What Hidden 'secret Weapons' Lie Behind Yongdao RF's Innovations?

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In this issue, let's take a look at the listed enterprises for 2025:

Yongdao RF Technology Co., Ltd.

Amid the wave of digital transformation, Internet of Things (IoT) technology is rapidly penetrating various industries. As a globally leading provider of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology solutions, Yongdao RF Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yongdao RF") leverages its strong expertise in RFID antenna design and manufacturing, electronic tag packaging, reader design and manufacturing, and application system integration to continuously provide efficient and intelligent one-stop solutions for sectors such as apparel and footwear, e-commerce retail, logistics and warehousing, and smart manufacturing, helping clients achieve intelligent upgrades.

Part 01

Thick accumulation and thin development: years of precipitation have cast the cornerstone of growth

The growth process of Yongdao RF is a history of struggle. As early as 2000, when many companies were still waiting and seeing RFID technology, PwC RF became the first Asian company to participate in the MIT AUTO-ID Center in the United States with keen market insight and forward-looking technical vision, which laid a solid technical gene for the company and made it always stand at the forefront of industry technology in subsequent development.

In 2006, PwC RF once again showed its advanced strategic vision and built Asia's first EPC Global certification and testing center, which not only allowed the company to take the lead in meeting international standards, but also set a benchmark in the industry and opened up a key channel for its products to enter the global market. Since then, the company's development has been making great progress.

In 2007, the establishment of the Yangzhou production base marked the beginning of the large-scale development of Yongdao RF. Since then, the company has continued to increase production investment and increase production capacity.

In 2015, the first factory of PwC RF was put into operation, and it became the world's largest RFID Inlay single factory, further allowing global customers to see the strong production strength and large-scale operation capabilities of PwC RF.

In 2020~2021, the second plant of Yangzhou and the third plant of Taipei were completed one after another, forming a production system with an annual production capacity of more than 5 billion pieces coordinated by both sides of the strait, further consolidating its advantages in production capacity.

In 2022, PwC RF obtained the ARC certification in the United States, becoming the first company in the Asia-Pacific region to pass the European and American market access certification. This certification is not only a high recognition of its technical strength and product quality, but also provides a strong guarantee for it to fully open the door to the European and American markets.

As of 2024, PwC RF has served more than 900 customers around the world, and our RFID products have been used in more than 30 Fortune 500 companies and world-class brands around the world, such as UNIQLO, Walmart, H&M, etc., as well as Chinese national projects.

In 2025, PwC will continue to deepen its global layout strategy, and the Vietnam factory will officially achieve mass production, with an annual production capacity target of 30 billion pieces, further consolidating its dominant position in global production capacity and laying a solid foundation for its long-term development in the global market.

Part 02

Multi-dimensional layout: three dimensions to build core competitiveness

Yongdao RF's achievements today are inseparable from its multi-dimensional layout in the development process. The company has always regarded "RFID Inlay, Tag Design and Manufacturing Solution Provider" as the core positioning of long-term development, and has carried out strategic planning around the three dimensions of technology depth, global layout and ecological empowerment, creating a unique core competitiveness.

In terms of technical depth, PwC RF has set up a professional technical and R&D team, adopting the iterative model of "sales generation, reserve generation, and R&D generation" to ensure that technology is always at the forefront of the industry. It is reported that in the first half of 2025 alone, the company will launch dozens of new products to continuously meet the market's diversified demand for RFID products. At the same time, the company has also conquered core technologies such as label passwords, and has made new breakthroughs in high-end fields such as retail labels, liquid labels, medical labels, microwave labels, aviation logistics labels, and eco-friendly degradation labels, which can provide customized solutions for different industries.

In terms of global layout, PwC RF has shown strong strategic vision and execution. In addition to cross-strait production bases, the company has also set up technical service centers in the United States, Japan, Europe and other regions, forming a global service network. The official commissioning of the new factory in Vietnam this year has successfully avoided geopolitical risks, achieved an agile response of "origin close to the market", and can meet the needs of global customers faster and enhance market competitiveness.

In terms of ecological empowerment, PwC relies on world-leading technical capabilities such as EPC Global and ARC to promote its own upgrade from OEM to ODM independent design. Through ARC certification, the company has further expanded its product and technology output capabilities, and the figure of PwC RFID tags can be seen in the applications of major brands around the world, forming a good industrial ecology.

Part 03

Keep improving: quality, cost and delivery are perfectly integrated

Adhering to the management concept of "ultimate QCD", PwC RF has achieved seamless docking and deep integration in the three key links of quality control, cost optimization and delivery guarantee, providing customers with high-quality, low-cost and timely high-quality products and services, demonstrating the company's excellent professionalism and strong market competitiveness.

Quality control

In terms of quality control, PwC RF implements strict factory management processes, manufacturing systems, label certification and performance testing, and successfully passes ARC certification, ensuring stable and consistent label performance and quality, as well as reliability in various extreme scenarios.

Cost optimization

In terms of cost optimization, PwC RF successfully reduced the cost of single tags to the critical point of large-scale commercial use using the optimized Flip-Chip Inlay process, greatly reducing the procurement cost of customers, strongly supporting the RFID application and deployment of global customers, and enabling more enterprises to benefit from RFID technology.

Delivery guarantee

In terms of delivery guarantee, PwC RF has established an emergency order response mechanism at various production bases (Yangzhou, Taipei, and Vietnam). Whether it is facing sudden order demand or a large number of orders during the peak season of the industry, the company can meet the delivery of orders in a timely manner, ensuring that customers' production operations are not affected, and has won a high degree of trust from customers.

It is precisely with its strong production capacity, scientific and reasonable multi-dimensional layout and the spirit of excellence that PwC RF stands out in the global RFID field and successfully builds the widest customer group coverage. This customer group not only includes the core forces of the industry such as system integrators and intelligent equipment manufacturers, but also covers all enterprises and partners involved in and applying RFID technology. Especially in terms of market expansion, Yongdao RF accurately focuses on the four mainstream markets of clothing, shoes and hats, retail e-commerce, logistics and warehousing, and intelligent manufacturing, and actively participates in market segments such as national electricity meters, animal ear tags, aviation luggage, medical equipment and medicines, vending cabinets, unmanned retail stores, books, and transportation, building a strong strength to provide customized solutions for customers in different fields.

Looking forward to the future, on the basis of consolidating innovation and service advantages, Yongdao RF will continue to promote global layout, expand production capacity in Southeast Asia, and reduce trade barriers; increase investment in R&D, deepen existing technologies, and continuously improve product performance and quality; Actively explore emerging fields, open up new business growth points, bravely stand at the forefront of the RFID industry, and make greater contributions to the progress and development of the industry.