WEPA is using technology from Vilant Systems, as well as RFID-enabled cardboard reel cores, to identify each jumbo reel of paper used to make toilet paper, paper towels and other products. – Page 1
Nov 17, 2016—
WEPA, a German manufacturer of bathroom tissue and other paper products, is employing passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags to enable the automation of its manufacturing and reel transportation processes. The system is currently in use at the company’s Mainz facility, where 10-foot-tall tubes made of cardboard are wound with paper and are then transported to the warehouse, as well as to converting machines, by automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The RFID readers and software were provided by Finland-based technology company Vilant Systems, while RFIDtags were incorporated by Sonoco Alcore into its Intellicore paper cores. The software, known as Vilant Visibility Manager Server (VWM), captures and manages RFID read data and integrates that information with WEPA’s AGV software, warehouse-management software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
Source: RFID Helps Automate Paper Products Manufacturing – Page 1 – RFID Journal