Labelexpo Americas 2024: Ancillary technology

New and improved RFID labeling equipment, small-batch printing tools and sustainable technology were among the trends for ancillary technology exhibitors at this year’s Labelexpo Americas 2024. 

"Although RFID technology has been around fro many years, the recent use of RFID for inventory tracking and security on a large scale is relatively new"

Ancillary suppliers also were focused on offering increased operator friendliness and improved software capabilities at the show, as well as stronger hardware upgrades. 

Suppliers respond to RFID 

Walmart has been leading the push for companies to include RFID in its labeling. The move could revolutionize both the checkout process and inventory management, but it also requires big changes from its suppliers. 

Many of the ancillary exhibitors at this year’s show offered innovative technologies to companies looking to integrate RFID tags into their labeling. 

Buskro showed RFID-DLP1085, which integrates printing, personalization and tracking in a single seamless process. Engineered for fast, reliable label production to meet demanding schedules, it includes built-in RFID capabilities to enhance tracking and inventory management. 

BW Papersystems highlighted multiple manufacturing technologies for the RFID industry with its T-165 manufacturing platform, which is made for the entire value chain of RFID production. The highly modular system ensures accurate RFID inlay placement, register lamination of multiple layers of paper or foil, rotary die cutting and other relevant supplementary processes. The available features also include chip data encoding and tag personalization.

EAM featured Wipe-on RFID labeling machines, which included custom labeling and part handling, high-speed application rate capability and a small integration footprint.

‘Although RFID technology has been around for many years, the recent use of RFID for inventory tracking and security on a large scale is relatively new,’ the company says. ‘We work directly and cooperatively with EAS and RFID label manufacturers to improve our equipment and their label manufacturing processes to bring the end customer the best EAS and RFID solutions.’

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