RFID MARKET USD 9.7BN
[BIZ/SCI-TECH: Aachen, June 4] The electronic business network NEG has got a website, which is linked below, that answers questions about the use of RFID technology in SMEs. By participating in the process, businesses will help the NEG better meet market demands. There will be an RFID session on logistics. This will be held on June 18 at the Technology Center at the Europaplatz in Aachen from 14:00. It will be run by the competence centers ECC Stuttgart-Heilbronn and EC-Ruhr, which are part of the NEG network. The session is free of charge.
Market analysts at ABI Research are talking about long-term stable growth in the RFID sector. Not only the Airbus, but the US Defense Ministry too is showing a great interest in the technology. And as noted in our headline, through 2013 the market should grow to close to USD 10bn. This will mean a rate of growth from 2008 of 15% per annum. Michael Liard of ABI Research talks about the flexible application options there are for RFID technology for this positive market development. ABI bases its positive figures on the year 2007 and Q1, 2008.
http://www.rfid2008.ec-ruhr.de/