RFID Changes Course

Chinese suppliers gear up for exporting later

IDTechEx noted that several Chinese RFID suppliers have now entered the top ten in the world and, gorging on the huge Chinese market, they will be ready in a few years to take on exports with massive economies of scale already in place. This year, China may order as many HF library tags as the rest of the world combined and it has already placed a large order for HF RFID tickets (potential 3 billion yearly). For now, the orders are being placed very widely across Chinese industry but Watchdata and Datang Telecom are among the leading Chinese suppliers. Despite Huahong and other chipmakers getting some of the action it is the European NXP that makes most of the chips for RFID in China - mainly HF. Motorola is having success selling UHF RFID systems into China, notably to China Post.