RFID Forecasts, Players and Opportunities 2008-2018 by aarkstore

June 18, 2009 - PRLog -- This report is the summation of extensive new research in late 2007 and early 2008 including interviews with RFID adopters and solution providers in the various applicational RFID markets, giving an unprecedented level of insight into the total RFID industry and what is really happening.

Purchasers receive an electronic PDF and (optional) printed copy of this 266 page report, a separate functional spreadsheet of the forecasts, six months access to the monthly IDTechEx journal RFID Analyst worth $500 and access to report updates throughout the year.

In 2008 the value of the entire RFID market will be $5.29 billion, up from $4.93 billion in 2007. This includes tags, readers and software/services for RFID cards, labels, fobs and all other form factors. By far the biggest segment of this is RFID cards, and $2.26 billion of the total $5.29 billion being spent on all other forms of RFID - from RFID labels to active tags.

The tagging of pallets and cases as demanded by retailers (mostly in the US) will use approximately 325 million RFID labels in 2008, but we see strong take off in retail outside mandates, such as from Marks & Spencer who have used well over 100 million RFID tags to date. The tagging of animals (such as pigs and sheep) is quickly taking off as it becomes a legal requirement in many more territories, with 90 million tags being used for this sector in 2008. This is happening in regions such as China and Australasia. In total, 2.16 billion tags will be sold in 2008 versus 1.74 billion in 2007 and 1.02 billion in 2006.

This comprehensive report from IDTechEx gives the complete picture with detailed forecasts at a price unmatched by others.

Full analysis by each market is given in great detail including in-depth historic data. Over 200 companies are profiled in this report. We give detailed ten year forecasts of the volumes of tags required, their value and the total market value for the following market segments:

PASSIVE RFID
Drugs
Other Healthcare
Retail apparel
Consumer goods
Tires
Postal
Books
Manufacturing parts, tools
Archiving (documents/samples)
Military
Retail CPG Pallet/case
Smart cards/payment key fobs
Smart tickets
Air baggage
Conveyances/Rollcages/ULD/Totes
Animals
Vehicles
People (excluding other sectors)
Passport page/secure documents
Other tag applications

ACTIVE RFID / BATTERY-ASSISTED
Pharma/Healthcare
Cold retail supply chain
Consumer goods
Postal
Manufacturing parts, tools
Archiving (samples)
Military
Retail CPG Pallet/case
Shelf Edge Labels
Conveyances/Rollcages/ULD/Totes
Vehicles
People (excluding other sectors)
Car clickers
Other tag applications

Market analysis by a huge number of parameters
Using new, unique information researched globally by IDTechEx technical experts, we analyse the RFID market in many different ways, with over 180 tables and figures. They include detailed ten year projections for EPC vs non-EPC, high value niche markets, active vs passive, readers, markets by frequency, markets by geographical region, label vs non label, chip vs chipless, markets by application, tag format and tag location. Cumulative sales of RFID are analyzed as are the major players and unmet opportunities. It covers the emergence of new products, legal and demand pressures and impediments for the years to come.

Which sectors are booming and which are under performing? This report examines each sector in turn. Those doing well in numbers sold are sometimes much less impressive in dollars taken and vice versa.

Highly profitable 'niche' markets analyzed
Major players now and in the future in the various parts of the value chain are identified and the big orders and milestones now and in the future are analysed, such as the rollout of the $6 billion national ID card system in China. Of course, not everyone will want to serve the severely price constrained, highest volume markets. For them, we examine many niches of at least one billion dollars potential that are emerging and many smaller opportunities where there is even less competition. They include:
Passports in the face of new terrorism resulting in new laws
Livestock and food traceability in the face of new laws, bioterrorism, avian flu, BSE, fraud with subsidies etc.
Intermodal containers (Smart and Secure Tradelanes and other initiatives)
Healthcare
Those in prison and on parole
Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN), for warning of natural disasters, military and other purposes


Table of Contents :  
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Definitions
1.1.1. RFID
1.1.2. Chipless/printed RFID
1.1.3. Passive and active RFID
1.2. Tags have different shapes
1.3. The RFID value chain
1.4. Where tags are placed
1.5. The show so far - 1945 to 2008
1.5.1. Cumulative sales by applicational category
1.5.2. Cumulative sales active vs passive
1.5.3. Cumulative sales chip vs chipless
1.5.4. Dominant RFID chip suppliers
1.6. Historic RFID tag sales 2005 to 2007
1.6.1. Progress in 2005
1.6.2. Progress in 2006
1.6.3. Progress in 2007
1.7. Ultimate potential
1.7.1. Potential for different applications
1.7.2. Tag price sensitivity at highest volumes
1.7.3. Price sensitivity curve for RFID (adoption curve)
1.8. Legal push
1.9. Demand pull
1.10. Constraints on market growth
1.10.1. Impediments to highest volume RFID

2. MARKET BY SPECIFICATION AND EPC RFID
2.1. League table of RFID specifications
2.2. EPCglobal
2.3. Progress with EPC adoption so far
2.4. Forecasting EPC adoption
2.5. Choice of tagging package or product
2.6. EPC successes
2.7. EPC versus Non EPC

3. MARKETS BY COUNTRY
3.1. Number of RFID projects by country
3.2. Ongoing importance of the US market
3.3. RFID across four continents
3.4. Projected sales of RFID tags by territory
3.5. Increasing importance of the East Asian market
3.5.1. A view of the RFID market size in Thailand from the Thailand Forum.

4. MARKETS FOR PASSIVE RFID
4.1. Passive vs active
4.2. Sub categories of passive tag
4.3. Project cost, size and payback
4.4. Passive market by applicational sector
4.5. The main things that are passive tagged
4.6. Passive RFID market by range
4.7. New passive technologies create new markets
4.7.1. Forecast for chip vs chipless/printed tags
4.7.2. Price advantage the main driver of market gain

5. MARKETS FOR ACTIVE RFID
5.1. Sub categories of active tag
5.2. Project cost, size and payback
5.3. Active market by applicational sector
5.4. The main things that are active tagged
5.5. Active RFID market by range
5.6. Active RFID market by battery type
5.7. New active technologies create new markets
5.7.1. Hand-held homing devices
5.7.2. New markets - Smart Active Labels
5.7.3. An example of massive 'niches'
5.8. Technologies facilitating growth
5.9. Forecasts for active RFID tags
5.10. Forecasts for systems
5.10.1. The spend on active RFID systems
5.10.2. Active RFID players

6. MARKET FOR RFID INTERROGATORS
6.1. Overview
6.2. Interrogator numbers
6.3. Interrogator price
6.4. Interrogator market value

7. MARKETS BY FREQUENCY
7.1. Spread of tag sales
7.2. Passive frequencies
7.3. Active frequencies


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