Adhesive RFID Label

The Early 2000s

In 2004, Verlag & Freie Medien, now the Think WIOT Group, launched the German print magazine RFID im Blick.

At that time, the main focus was on the traceability of goods, access control, and labeling and identification with RFID technology. Metal and water were hostile environments, UHF was not yet state-of-the-art, RFID and sensor technology were mere visions and experts predicted that it would be a long time before RFID would become widespread.

RFID is now an established technology in numerous automation and digitalization projects. The trend is rising.

Internationalization and Wireless IoT (WIOT)

Since 2016, the publishing house has no longer focused primarily on RFID, but on wireless IoT technologies. These include: LPWAN, BLE, NFC, RTLS, UWB, 5G, wireless sensor technology and ORM. RFID is now one of many wireless technologies.

The first English-language magazine Wireless IoT Global was also published in 2016. The Think WIOT Group is now experiencing its strongest growth in Asia and North America.

Think WIOT Group

The publishing house has diversified since 2017.

Today, the portfolio includes two topic-oriented e-magazines, two information platforms, a partner network for more than 70 companies, regular livestreams, video interviews, an end user conference, and joint booths at the Wireless IoT tomorrow.

All activities take place under the umbrella of the Think WIOT Group.

20 Years Later

Supply chains are transparent, processes in the warehouse can be mapped in real time as a digital twin, Manufacturing X achieves a high level of connectivity, big data and transparency, wireless sensor technology, data glasses, robotics and AI expand the applications.

The technologies are developing more rapidly than the implementations.

GP-T 7036 – RFID Label on wood

GERA-IDENT specializes in labels and tags for identification solutions in particularly demanding industrial applications.

All label designs utilize robust, high-quality and durable materials that offer the best price-performance-ratio.

GERA-IDENT labels can be applied to smooth, rough, fine-pored, coarsely porous, plane, round, water-absorbent and water repellent blanks or semi-finished products.

Key Facts

Frequency Range: NFC – 19.56 MHz (ISO 14443), HF – 13.56 MHz (ISO 15693 / ISO 18000-3), UHF – 860-960 MHz (ISO 18000-6c)
Different materials: various types of paper and film, thermal direct or thermal Transfer printable, numerous types of adhesives (permanent, removable, for diverse surfaces such as carton, many Synthetics, packaging materials, Wood, metall)
Different formats: from 12 × 12 up to 105 × 148 mm, various shapes are possible (incl. round)
Different chip sizes and antenna designs: from 96 bit up to 10 kbit; NXP, Infineon, Alien, Impinj, STM, others on request
many designs, perforations, markings, prints; Very adjustable regarding durability, use case and layer structure; Customizing on request, including special security features, if required

Applications

Labels and Tags for:

Production control
Asset management
Container management, C-parts management
Medical technology, pharmacy

Variants: Different frequencies and possibly combinations of frequencies (HF, UHF, NFC, Dual Frequency)

Brand GERA-IDENT