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"Five years from now, I think printed antennas will be 80 to 85 percent of the UHF (ultra-high frequency) RFID tags and labels (which are the most versatile and useful of the smart labels)," Neilson said.

Printing details

While conductive inks can be printed in-line on the presses printers already have on the shop floor, they are still a different kind of product that requires a slightly different process, Neilson said.