Past Articles from Official Board Markets and Paperboard Packaging
 
How to Make RFID Work (OBM March 18, 2006)
RFID won’t go away if you ignore it. Yes, it has the potential to be high cost and low return if executed incorrectly.
 
IP Facility Tests Gen 2 Tags (OBM March 18, 2006)
As many companies await the complete rollout of Generation 2 hardware before implementing RFID solutions in their supply chains, International Paper ASURYS is performing Gen 2 technology assessments in its Customer Solution Center (CSC). The RFID center, established in June 2004, is a fully integrated engineering development, testing and training facility in Memphis, Tenn.
 
ASURYS, RFID4U Offer Training (OBM March 4, 2006)
ASURYS™ and RFID4U™ have partnered to offer CompTIA RFID+™ certification training. There is an increasing need for education and certification around RFID technology, but most training companies have put their certification training on hold until CompTIA’s new RFID certification exam is released this spring. ASURYS and RFID4U are offering this certification training in spite of the exam closure.
 
SSCC, Texas Instruments Test Gen-2 RFID Box Straps (OBM March 4, 2006)
Texas Instruments Inc. and Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) demonstrated the first Electronic Product Code (EPC) Generation 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) strap-on-box prototypes last week at RFID World 2006 in Dallas.
 
RT's Alliance to Track P-O-Ps with RFID (OBM Feb 18, 2006)
Alliance, a division of Rock-Tenn Co., Norcross, Ga., has made a financial investment in GOLIATH Solutions. GOLIATH provides RFID-based information systems that track and report on retail display programs. The parties have entered a multiyear agreement to install GOLIATH systems at more than 5,000 Walgreens drugstores.
 
RFID Market to Grow Tenfold (OBM Feb. 4, 2006)
Here’s a piece of RFID trivia: cumulative sales of RFID tags for 60 years until the beginning of 2006 have totaled $2.4 billion. Here’s a factoid that’s not so trivial: 600 million tags were sold in 2005 alone, according to a new IDTechEx study of the RFID industry.
 
RFID Labels Will Dominate (OBM Feb. 4, 2006)
The U.S. smart label industry, which includes electronic article surveillance (EAS), radio frequency identification (RFID), and interactive packaging labels, is currently dominated by EAS labels.
 

RFID Wants Box Makers (OBM Sept. 24, 2005)
Corrugated and folding carton converters are on John Seaner’s mind these days.
 
Thinking RFID? Prove It (Paperboard Packaging June 2005)
Prove its value to your own business before thinking about responding to customer mandates. Here are some pluses and minuses for board converters.

Other Resources
 
TAPPI RFID Boot Camp & Symposium
The 2006 TAPPI Boot Camp and RFID Symposium will provide participants the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in cutting-edge RFID (radio frequency identification) technologies and applications for the pulp, paper, packaging and converting industries.
 

EPCglobal
EPCglobal is leading the development of industry-driven standards for the Electronic Product Code™ (EPC) to support the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in today’s fast-moving, information rich, trading networks.
 
Michigan State School of Packaging
 

Innovate Forum
Innovate Forum’s mission is to play a leading role in helping engineering-driven manufacturing companies increase revenue and profit by developing superior products through the use of innovative technologies and processes, including RFID.