Archive for the RFID Category
RFID sales generated $5 bln in 2007
RFID sales around the world hit $5 bln in 2007, a figure pushed by a $2 bln investment in China's chipped national ID card, according to IDTechEx....
Animals, food and farming RFID to reach $9.4 bln by 2017
The market for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) of animals, food, and farming will reach $9.4 bln by 2017, making it the largest market for RFID technology, VSurance claims....
RFID generated $4.96 bln in 2007
In 2007, the total RFID market size is $4.96 bln. By 2017, the total RFID market size is estimated to grow to $26.88 bln, RFID Limited says....
RFID tag shipments to grow by 100% every year
Wi-Fi RFID tag shipments will grow at over 100% annually through 2010, reports In-Stat. AeroScout shipments accounted for the majority of all Wi-Fi RFID tags in 2006. 2006 worldwide Wi-Fi RFID tag shi...
Chinese RFID market to grow at 82.4% a year
RFID vertical application market was estimated at RMB 1.477 billion in China in 2005, in which ultrahigh frequency (UHF) RFID application accounted for only 10.6% at RMB 156 million. IDC predicts that...
RFID to earn $2 bln by 2011
By 2011, the A&D RFID market is expected to realize revenue in excess of $2 bln, ABI Research says....
RFID baggage handling to generate $11.8 mln in 2006
The overall systems revenue for RFID airline baggage handling will be $11.8 mln in 2006, growing to almost $27.5 mln in 2011, a CAGR of 18.49%, ABI Research said....
565 mln high-freq RFID ICs shipped in 2005
More than 565 mln high-frequency RFID tag ICs were shipped in 2005, according to ABI Research. In the year from Q1 2005 to Q1 2006, shipments of HF ISO14443 tag ICs increased 104%....
RFID presence in retail industry generated $161 mln in 2005
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the retail consumer products goods sector reached $161 mln in 2005, with hardware accounting for 41%, according to Venture Development Corp. RFID wi...
12.4% of Western European companies piloting RFID projects in 2005
According to IDC, 12.4% of companies in the Western European manufacturing, retail/wholesale, and logistics sectors were piloting or planning to pilot radio frequency identification (RFID) in 2005, wi...
Worldwide RFID spending to reach $504 mln in 2005
Worldwide RFID spending is expected to total $504 mln in 2005, up 39% from 2004. RFID will begin to experience broader industry adoption with business value-focused implementations toward the end of 2...
Retail RFID revenues reached $400 mln in 2004
Revenue in the RFID market for retail totaled $400 mln in 2004, and estimates put the technology at about $4.2 bln by 2011, according to Frost & Sullivan. The North American retail RFID market is clos...
RFID to be a $6.1 bln industry in 2010
Datamonitor predicts that RFID technology will be a $6.1 bln industry by 2010, triple what it is today....
52% of men and 31% of women are aware of RFID.
According to BIGresearch and Artafact LLC, RFID awareness is much higher among men (52%) than women (31%). RFID aware men and women understand the technology and can accurately describe it to others. ...
90% of manufacturing RFID projects will focus on data integration
60% of manufacturers surveyed by Datamonitor are already working on RFID projects. 90% of manufacturers surveyed said their next RFID project will be based on systems and data integration. 90% of IT e...
41% of adults know what RFID is
41% of adults say they know about RFID, up from 28% in September 2004, according to BIGresearch and Artafact. 23% of consumers said they learned about RFID from the Web. 26% found out about it from TV...
Only 16% of the companies implemented RFID projects
The Computing Technology Industry Association says 80% of IT manufacturers and service companies see a shortage of RFID talent to implement, service, and support radio-frequency identification technol...
Government RFID spending to grow 120% by 2009
US government spending on RFID should grow 120% by fiscal year 2009, according to INPUT. RFID spending should start to take off in fiscal 2007, as businesses start demonstrating success in areas other...
RFID tagging in Europe to reach 10 bln euros by 2010
Radio tagging offers the possibility of creating a data profile for goods in order to improve flows of information along the value chain. The application possibilities for radio tagging are far more t...
RFID to solve $30 bln drug counterfeiting problem
Drug counterfeiting may cost the worldwide pharmaceutical industry more than $30 billion annually. RFID is seen as one way to lower that cost. Issues of drug counterfeiting and patient safety differen...
RFID tags generated $300 mln in 2004
RFID tags are poised to become the most far-reaching wireless technology since the cell phone, according to In-Stat. Worldwide revenues from RFID tags will jump from $300 mln in 2004 to $2.8 bln in 20...
10 bln RFID tags by the end of 2005
Deloitte & Touche expects collecting, collating and presenting RFID data will become a very sizeable industry, with technology companies grabbing the lion's share of revenue. By the end of 2005, more ...
RFID budgets to increase 3-5 times in 2005
Most of the 137 companies that undertook to meet RFID mandates during 2004 did get involved with the technology to a greater or lesser degree. But many started small, allocating much lower budgets to ...
GPS and cellular are most popular technologies for wireless tracking
ABI Research surveyed supply chain optimization providers, government and counter-terrorism agencies and loss prevention firms on plans to use wireless tracking technologies. GPS and cellular telephon...