Green Gains
Printed electronics
RFID, of course, is an obvious and often-discussed example of printed electronics. Driven by the retail sector in order to achieve supply-chain efficiency, RFID is finding commercial application, albeit slowly due to limitations resulting from the relatively high cost of silicon RFID chips. Still, the potential is there for RFID tags to be printed by conventional printing processes at costs in the range of a penny per tag. Mass production of printed RFID tags should gain market share from 2008 onwards and it is predicted to have a 40 percent share of the RFID market by 2016. Potentially, printed RFID tags will be as common as UPC codes.
Jack Miller is founder and Principal Consultant at Market-Intell LLC, offering Need to Know™ market intelligence in paper, print and packaging. Previously, he was senior consultant, North America, with Pira International.
Known as the Paper Guru, Jack is the former director of Market Intelligence with Domtar, where he also held positions as regional sales manager, territory sales manager and product manager. He has presented at On Demand, RISI’s Global Outlook, PRIMIR, SustainCom World and at various IntertechPira conferences. Jack has written for Printing Impressions, Canadian Printer, Paper 360, PaperTree Letter and Package Printing, along with publishing a monthly e-newsletter, MarketIntellibits.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from The College of the Holy Cross and has done graduate studies in Statistics and Finance.
