Avery Dennison Smartrac Opens Largest RFID Plant

Avery Dennison's ninth facility, in Querétaro, Mexico, will increase production capacity to meet the rising demand for UHF RFID tags and labels on apparel, food, consumer goods and packages.

Avery Dennison is a material science and digital identification solutions company. Its Smartrac division offers RFID products for inventory management and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The company says it intends to spend more than $100 million on the new site, then employ 600 workers to produce RFID inlays, tags and labels.

The factory will serve the Americas, as well as other parts of the world, and Avery Dennison reports that it will be the largest RFID plant it operates globally.

The 25,000-square-meter (269,000-square-foot) facility, located in Querétaro's FINS III industrial park, is expected to be open for business next year.