UPM Rafsec starts RFID operations ahead of schedule

UPM Rafsec, the RFID tag and inlay manufacturer, announced that its new RFID tag production facility in Fletcher, North Carolina (USA) has begun operations ahead of schedule and is now supplying RFID tags to the company's customers in North America. Ramp up of production was originally planned for the latter part of Q4 2005.
Christer Hrknen, senior vice president of UPM Rafsec, commented, "We are very pleased that the Fletcher site has opened ahead of schedule - ramp up of production proceeded truly without a hitch."