East Asia

The first OMET X-Flex press to be installed in India is in operation at Renault Paper Products, a Manohar Packaging Group Company, in Palghar. “The X-Flex is a uniquely engineered machine which minimizes operator intervention and is easy to operate,” says Mahendra Shah, director of Renault Paper Products. “The print station that combines the impression cylinder and chill roll is the source of a short web path. It is one reason that the press is able to average 23 meters – and from the 24th meter onwards we achieve a saleable product.” Unveiled at Labelexpo Europe in 2007, the

IDTechEx announced a new report “RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2009-2019”, which addresses the global RFID situation. Areas of growth, undersupply and oversupply, and trends are given based on extensive new primary research.

IDTechEx This year, for the first time, China has become the world’s largest market for RFID by value. A new report, “RFID in China 2007-2017,” is the summation of extensive new research by IDTechEx analysts including Chinese native Ning Xiao. Many companies in China were visited and interviewed to obtain this information, which is not available elsewhere. Here Ning Xiao summarises some of the findings (www.idtechex.com/china). RFID Market Size in China For the first time, China has become the world’s largest market for RFID by value. In 2007, the spend on RFID in East Asia will be $2.7 billion of $4.96 billion

BOSTON, Mass—RFID is acknowledged as an enabling technology impacting many areas of human endeavor. Thousands of companies supply solutions throughout the RFID value chain today, yet it is curious to monitor the industry as it evolves: Some applications are vastly oversupplied with little product value offered. Others are undersupplied despite high value tags being requested by users. East Asia will become the largest market for RFID yet few know of what is really happening there. Many large niches exist which have few system providers with appropriate experience. Most do not know of the largest and most profitable orders of RFID so far and ones