Repeating the barcode market trend, where the market grew then declined, the value of the RFID market will initially peak before the annual numbers of tags sold peak.
As technical problems are slowly being overcome at the previously little-used UHF frequency to tag 30 billion pallets and cases a year, the market for item level RFID tagging of medicines, baggage, animals, books and tickets grows strongly in value. In 2008, 6.8 billion tags will be sold for these applications as well as 15.3 billion tags for pallets and cases.
The market for RFID interrogators or tag readers is expected to reach $1.14 billion in 2008 for EPC interrogators and $750 million in the same year for other interrogators, such as those for Near Field Communication.
Forecasts by territorial region show that by 2010, 48 percent of RFID tags by volume will be sold in East Asia, followed by 32 percent to North America.
This report also includes growth and market forecasts for chipless RFID tags--tags which contain no silicon chip--tags in the form of smart tickets and cards, and semi-passive and active tags. In 2010, 15 percent of all tags will be chipless, such as printed thin-film transistor circuits and Surface Acoustic Wave Devices, rising to 55 percent in 2013 as sub-five cent tags become ubiquitous.
Ten year forecasts are analyzed in over 100 tables and figures, with detailed explanations of trends, disruptions and year-by-year roadmaps. RFID markets are examined in many different ways: for example, by geographical region; by application; by format; by location; and by tag, reader and software value. The emergence of new products, legal and demand pressures, and impediments over the next ten years are also covered.
For further information, see the new IDTechEx market research publication "RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2005-2015" at www.idtechex.com, published in February 2005.
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