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UPM Raflatac provides Rafsec tags for the first large-scale RFID library implementation in China

1/25/2006

UPM Raflatac, a leading RFID tag and inlay manufacturer, announces today that it has entered into an agreement with Shanghai RFID System Technology Co. Ltd., to deliver Rafsec library tags. Together with Shanghai RFID System Technology, UPM Raflatac will supply RFID tags to Jimei University Library in Xiamen, China. The agreement covers the delivery of 300,000 RFID tags.

The new RFID system being deployed for Jimei University Library will help the library automate the borrowing and returning of library items, thereby reducing queuing times and theft. RFID technology will also speed up the sorting of library items, which will result in items being returned to the shelves quicker. Inventory is made much faster and easier by simply passing the RFID reader along the bookshelves.

Rafsec tags are designed especially for RFID library applications and are manufactured using the latest high-speed, high-volume production technology that is second to none.

Edward Lu, Business Development Director, Asia, for UPM Raflatac RFID business, comments “We’re extremely excited to be taking part in the first large-scale RFID library project in China. We have been supplying RFID tags for library applications for many years in many parts of Asia but the technology is just starting take hold in China. Our collaboration with Shanghai RFID System Technology Co. Ltd., will permit us to expand our presence significantly in this rapidly growing market.”

Jimei University Library will move to phase two of the implementation during the latter part of this year with more RFID implementations in other libraries at the campus.

For more information, please contact:
Mr Edward Lu, Business Development Director Asia, UPM Raflatac RFID business, tel. +65 9173 0884

UPM Raflatac
Communications
January 25, 2006

About UPM Raflatac
UPM Raflatac is a world-leading supplier of pressure sensitive labelstock for a wide variety of needs in product and information labeling. In addition, the company is at the global forefront in the development and high-volume production of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and inlays. UPM Raflatac has around 2,300 employees and an annual turnover of approximately EUR 860 million. The company has a global service network consisting of 11 factories on five continents and a broad network of terminals and sales offices worldwide. UPM Raflatac is part of UPM, a leading global forest products company with annual sales of EUR 10 billion and stocks listed on the Helsinki and New York stock exchanges.

About Shanghai RFID System Technology Co. Ltd.
Shanghai RFID System Technology Co. Ltd., is a hi-tech enterprise concentrating on the development of solutions and tag systems by RFID. The total capital for the incorporation is RMB 5 million which is jointly invested by Shanghai Belling Co. Ltd. and Shanghai NewTouch Software Co. Ltd. Located in the knowledge intensive area Lujiazui of Shanghai Pudong software park, and based on the strong development capability of RFID hardware supported by its investors, Shanghai RFID System Technology Co. Ltd., is poised to built up its leading position in the filed of RFID applications in China.