UPM Raflatac restructures RFID business

UPM Raflatac is restructuring its RFID business by transferring tag and inlay production from the company’s Jyvskyl facility in Finland to Guangzhou, China, and to Fletcher, North Carolina, USA. The Jyvskyl facility is to be turned into a development center.

The company also revealed that its RFID business, which currently has around 200 employees, will decrease by around 25 people. Plans concerning production transfer and development will be negotiated with employees according to local legislation. Opportunities for relocation within UPM as well as retraining will be handled as part of the negotiations. The proposed actions are estimated to be completed by the end of March 2010.

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