More Than Just RFID

In its study titled “Printed Electronics—On Track to a Major Industry,” IDTechEx analysts state that “printed electronics will commonly take the form of tape, ‘wallpaper,’ posters, packages, and packaging rather than electronic equipment.” It goes on to declare that, “the biggest opportunity for printed electronics is for versions on flexible paper or polymer substrates because these will become lowest in cost and most suitable physically for the largest volume applications in [the] future such as smart labels, smart packaging, books, newspapers, signage, posters, and billboards.”