According to Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports, Toray, a major Japanese material manufacturer, has successfully developed a technology for low-cost production of IC labels, reducing the cost of a single label to less than 2 yen, which is about the original price. About 1/5 of the production cost. IC labels are used for inventory management of clothing and other products and are important components for the future development of the Internet of Things (IOT). Toray uses special materials to directly print and record information on integrated circuits, which can significantly reduce the cost of producing electronic labels in the future.
At present, in the global IC label industry, European and American companies such as Avery Dennison of the United States have production advantages, and Japan’s Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Dainippon Printing have begun to enter this field. industry. Toray uses high-strength carbon nanotubes as raw materials to develop new materials that are conductive under certain conditions. It is scheduled to launch IC label product business as early as 2022.
According to statistics from a survey agency, the global market output value of RFID products such as IC tags will reach 409 billion yen by 2022. In recent years, large companies have used IC tags, etc., to collect and analyze product information, which is said to improve business operation efficiency.
Toray predicts that the market size of IC tags will reach 1 trillion yen in the second half of 2020. Since the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and large convenience supermarkets have proposed to With the plan to install IC tags on all products, the demand for IC electronic label products is expected to grow rapidly.
