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Toppan launches eco-friendly NFC tag label

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Toppan launches eco-friendly NFC tag label

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eco-friendly NFC tag label
Eco-friendly NFC tag label (left) and paper-based antenna substrate (right)

Toppan has developed an eco-friendly near-field communication (NFC) tag label that uses paper material as the substrate for the antenna instead of conventional polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. Global sales of the new tag label was launched on 23 January 2023, with Europe expected to be a promising market due to the high level of environmental consciousness.

In addition to reducing plastic consumption to zero by switching to paper, a new circuit fabrication technology ensures sufficient communication performance as an NFC device. Taking advantage of the properties of paper as a substrate, the NFC tag label is designed to break when it is removed, making communication impossible and thereby preventing fraudulent use due to reattachment of labels.

The value of the global NFC tag market hit USD 3.8 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 15.5 billion by 2030. In addition to increased use in contactless payment systems and supply chain management, this is driven by factors including more social distancing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NFC tag labels are predominantly produced by using metal foil to form an antenna on a plastic substrate, such as PET film. As governments and businesses advance activities to move away from the use of plastic, the market for NFC tags is seeing growing demand for replacing plastic with paper materials that have a lower environmental impact.

Illustration of the layer structures of an NFC tag label using PET film as the antenna substrate (left) and
Toppan’s new eco-friendly NFC tag label using a paper-based substrate (right)

However, achieving sufficient communication performance has been challenging because the electrical resistance of circuits increases when printing methods employing conductive inks, such as widely-used silver nanoparticles, are used to form antennas on paper.

“Toppan’s new NFC tag label meets growing demand for more eco-friendly solutions as the NFC market expands globally,” said Takamitsu Nakabayashi, general manager of RFID/IoT and security development in Toppan’s DX Design Division. “We will expand sales globally, focusing particularly on the European market, where measures focused on reducing environmental impact is gathering pace.”

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