Specialty Printing — Paper and Ink Going Digitial

Still, printed antennae, transistors and batteries could eventually change the dynamics of the RFID industry, says industry analyst Sara Shah. “They would allow manufacturers and distributors to create their own ‘smart packaging’ and bypass the whole, long RFID tag production chain.”

According to the study, printed antennae that operate in either the high or ultra-high frequency bands are available now, and a large proportion of UHF RFID antennae could be produced this way. The outlook is less bullish for printed transistors.