Sonoco-Alcore, with 30 tube and core plants and six paper mills in Europe, is using UPM Raflatac DogBone RFID tags in its fibre-based cores to help customers reduce costs through advanced inventory tracking.
Sonoco is using the technology with its Intellicore engineered carriers. The tags are embedded in the cores during the winding process and tested to ensure 100% functionality. They enable users to follow rolls through the supply chain process with real-time tracking and location information.
"This technology is a value-add to our products that can provide cost savings to our customers. It allows for easy tracking and management throughout the product's life cycle," says Eddie Smith, vice-president, Sonoco Europe.
"Printers can benefit in many ways by using RFID technology," adds Mikko Nikkanen, business development director, UPM Raflatac, RFID. “Paper roll traceability at core level enables continuous printing through several phases without losing important paper type and quality information of the material. Material leftovers from the previous run can be re-used for new printing work. In savings this can result in over 10% savings in material costs.”
External weblinksConverting Today is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.UPM Sonoco
