Where Can I Purchase Inlays to Use Inside a Pack of Cigarettes?

Published: February 10, 2012

Which vendors would you suggest I consider for such a deployment?

—Name withheld

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Depending on what exactly you are trying to achieve, you would likely want to use a passive high-frequency (HF) or ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) transponder. Among the major providers of inlays are:

Avery Dennison


Invengo


Smartrac—which recently acquired UPM RFID, Neology and KSW Microtec (see Smartrac Acquires UPM RFID, Becoming a UHF Tag Leader)

In addition, Impinj and NXP Semiconductors manufacture the chips found in many inlays, so they could also likely put you in touch with partners that produce inlays.

—Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal