Life in the RFID Industry Is Getting Better

Since last fall, huge leaps have been made to reduce the cost of manufacturing smart labels, tickets, and cards. With the transponder being the most costly component of a smart product, the 66 percent reduction in price of UHF tranponders over the last nine months has opened the doors to wider-spread use of smart labels, tickets, and cards. Furthermore, with pressure-sensitive transponders having been typically more expensive than dry, today some transponder manufacturers are offering both for the same price. We all hope that this will remain the case over time for it takes the tasks of applying adhesion and cutting the transponders from one another away from the converter.