Michael Liard

The factory’s capacity is scalable to hundreds of millions of pieces annually, according to market demand.Manufacture in Southern China’s Guangdong province provides definitive advantages, such as being close to existing and potential customers and direct access to the Chinese market. “The opportunity to operate locally gives us a solid base for growth in the Asian market and at the same time validates our position as the globally leading manufacturer of RFID tags and inlays,” says Christer Härkönen, Senior Vice President of UPM Raflatac’s RFIDbusiness.In the Asian market, UPM Raflatac serves several RFID end-use areas including apparel, ticketing, supply chain management, pharmaceutical, media management, transportation and industrial.