Paragon ID increases capacity with BW Bielomatik TagLiner for RFID tag production

As a provider of RFID tags and contactless ticketing, with growing requirements from its customers and new contracts to fulfil, Paragon ID needed equipment that could deliver speed and increased capacity while providing high quality products in UHF (traceability and retail) and HF (secure authentication and customer engagement). 

Purchased in 2017, the Tagliner has allowed Paragon ID to strengthen its global set-up of high performance centralized chip attachment, coupled with multiple converting sites in Romania, France, UK and USA to serve its markets: mass transit, health, pharma, defence, automotive, retail and fast moving consumer goods. 

This investment has already proved beneficial to secure and support new contracts (100m+ UHF and NFC tags) including:

- Hasbro Dropmix game in partnership with NXP
- New health and pharma projects, such as Biolog-id
- Retail and automotive track and trace 

The TagLiner, a new chip bonding system for RFID tag production, was launched in April 2018 by BW Bielomatik, part of BW Papersystems, during RFID Journal Live! Show in Orlando. The company claims the system has ‘world record speed, combined with an exceptional bonding strength of the RFID chip and an industry-leading output’. 

Clem Garvey, CFO and COO at Paragon ID, said: ‘Our strategy is to remain one step ahead of technological advancements. Investing in this equipment was part of our global strategy to serve our customers with growing requirements for contactless solutions. Our product and service offering is at the crossroad between security and digital including issuance, smartphone apps and security platforms.’

Jürgen Rexer, global technical sales manager RFID at BW Papersystems, commented: ‘We are delighted to have worked with Paragon ID on the launch of our new TagLiner. Our close working relationship has giving us the opportunity to test our machine in a live industrial environment allowing us to be able to officially launch the machine in April, ready for other tag manufacturers.’