RFID Enables Industrie 4.0

In 2017 the RFID market grew at almost double digit and we expect the growth in 2018 to be even higher.  While Western Europe and Japan already have a good installed based of RFID readers and the markets are mature, North America and China are now catching up.  While North America has a good RFID penetration in the supply chain and logistics area, the usage in manufacturing is still behind Western Europe. Next to the adoption of RFID for basic manufacturing applications, including track & trace, product and material flow, intralogistics, asset management, etc. there are new applications rising, which promise to push the market further.  These include IP protection, smart maintenance, or even RFID used within sensing solutions.  This also means that there is a deeper integration into ERP, MES, PAM, and the control layer.