Evolution —Polischuk

Five years ago, RFID wasn’t quite in the mainstream of package printing, but it is now moving forward with a host of participants. Companies such as UPM Raflatac, Avery Dennison, Schober, and Topflight are carving out pieces of this promising pie. And this year, the reports talk about technologies beyond RFID, specifically, printed electronics. Technologies for this segment are currently being developed in laboratories around the world, but it’s not too early to be keeping an eye on where it’s headed.