May 03, 2017—
With the broadening position of the Internet of Things and radio frequency identification applied sciences in retail, in addition to within the logistics, aviation and automotive sectors, world label producer Avery Dennison has opened a lab to assist assist development in these areas. Avery Dennison’s I.Lab is an expertise middle on the firm’s European headquarters in Oegstgeest, Netherlands.
According to Avery Dennison, the I.Lab is meant to present clients with hands-on expertise utilizing its clever labels for quite a lot of use instances in retail and past. It additionally goals to encourage firms to deliver questions and innovation challenges to Avery Dennison.
The roughly 300-square-meter middle consists of a show space simulating shops that promote meals, attire, cosmetics and equipment. It is situated in the identical constructing as one in all Avery Dennison’s supplies laboratories, the place the corporate additionally innovates primarily based on the concepts and requests of companions and finish customers. It formally opened on Monday, Apr. 24.
Avery Dennison has been broadening its label portfolio, says Francisco Melo, the corporate’s basic supervisor and VP of world RFID for Avery’s Retail Branding and Information Solutions division, so as to handle greater than conventional stock accuracy through EPC ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID labels. Increasingly, RFID labels are getting used for extra functions than counting stock, resembling point-of-sale (POS) administration, magic mirrors and digital article surveillance (EAS). In addition, Near Field Communication (NFC) know-how, 2D bar codes and wi-fi sensors have gotten a part of the Internet of Things-based options firms are searching for.
The 120-square-meter lab is meant to assist companies perceive the choices out there to them, primarily based on Avery Dennison’s current know-how, in addition to to deliver particular challenges or concepts for future improvements. That, Melo explains, may show to profit not solely Avery Dennison, but additionally retail and different industries trying to clear up issues with RFID or different IoT applied sciences.
