How Converters Can Make RFID Labels
Disposable RTLS
RTLS tags take the form of plastic moldings on assets, heavy wristbands on people, and so on that can be sensed from a distance away. None are labels as yet, but the creation of G2 Microsystems means that a label version, say like the wristband in a swimming pool or an asset tag, with a printed battery in it, may be possible. The chip is not cheap in the sense of those for pallet and case tagging in billions yearly (soon). It is about $11 in volume. Chips for the pallet/case labels were $0.07 last year and may soon drop to $0.02. However, those using complex $3 RFID chips for labels and pages in passports make good returns because such sophistication can be priced in. Disposable $15 wristbands will find uses in hospitals where sanitizing reusable $100 wristbands is a problem. Some converters will be very happy to do runs of only millions of RFID labels, pages, and wristbands yearly, if they are highly profitable.
