Making enduring profits from RFID

Dr Peter Harrop PhD, FIEE, FCIM is Chairman of IDTechEx Ltd. He was previously Chief Executive of Mars Electronics, the $260 million electronics company and Chairman of Pinacl plc, the $100m fibre optic company. He has been chairman of over 15 high tech companies. He has written 14 books on technical subjects, these being published by the Financial Times, John Wiley and others. He lectures and consults internationally on smart labels and smart packaging.

 

IDTechEx is a knowledge based company specializing in RFID smart labels, smart packaging and printed electronics. The company gives strictly independent marketing, technical and business advice and services on these subjects. It is in three forms - consultancy, publications and conferences. Staff are mainly honors graduates specializing in the subject. They travel intensively, visiting many conferences, universities and companies to learn and interpret the latest information. Indeed, IDTechEx is unusually international in its reach, with directors in the US and UK and technical associates in Japan, Spain and elsewhere. IDTechEx technical staff and associates speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, French, Dutch and many other languages.

 

Consultancy is carried out for a wide variety of clients across the world, recent examples including Hewlett Packard US, Polytechnos Germany, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, QinetiQ UK, Rexam US etc. Consultancy includes business and technical due diligence for investors and companies seeking licenses, guidance on technological trends and business plans and presentation of tailor made tutorials. IDTechEx has also recommended optimal technologies for certain product designs and product positioning sought by clients.

 

IDTechEx publications include introductory material such as "The Smart Label Revolution" "Smart Packaging" and "Printed Electronics" plus in depth analysis of aspects such as "RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities", "The Future of Chipless RFID" "Item Level RFID" And "Smart Tagging and Smart Packaging in Healthcare". IDTechEx also publishes the monthly web journals "Smart Labels Analyst" and "Smart Packaging Journal" which contain in depth analysis and reports on the many conferences staff attend worldwide. IDTechEx has the world's largest database of RFID case histories, containing over 1,500 RFID case studies see www.rfidbase.com  for more information.

 

The IDTechEx conferences are annual and include Smart labels USA, Asia and Europe, Active RFID, Food and Livestock Traceability, Printed Electronics USA and Europe, and Intelligent and Smart Packaging. IDTechEx only does conferences on subjects where it is a globally acknowledged expert.

 

For more information please browse www.idtechex.com  or contact Managing Director Raghu Das on .

Westin Copley, Boston, MA

March 28-29, 2006

 

The fifth event in this series - in previous years over 400 people and 45 exhibitors have attended.

Dr Peter Harrop PhD, FIEE is Chairman of IDTechEx Ltd. He was previously Chief Executive of Mars Electronics, the electronics company he took from start up to $260 million without acquisitions, after which it was sold for $500 million. He was Chairman of Pinacl plc, the $100m fibre optic company - a turnaround then sold to Tyco at a substantial return. He has been chairman of over 15 high tech companies. He has written 30 books on technical subjects, these being published by the Financial Times, John Wiley and others. He lectures and consults internationally on electric vehicles, energy harvesting and printed electronics. Peter has acted as expert witness in a High Court case in London concerning electric vehicles that led to an $18 million settlement. He has written analyses of the electric vehicle market for ten years.