Producing and testing RFID smart labels: technology choices, costs, yield and other issues

 

Gerald Steinwasser is the General Manager of Mühlbauer, Inc. , a subsidiary of German Mühlbauer AG. Gerald has been with the company for more then ten years and has been focusing the last years mainly on the bare die applications related to RFID and high-speed flip chip die sorting and RFID converting.

Prior to Mühlbauer, Gerald has been already working in the US for a medical company, Gambro Healthcare, where he was responsible for the 24/7 production of a highly automated injection molding department.

Originally from Germany, Gerald came to the US the first time in 1988 through an exchange program with the German military. Gerald graduated from the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich with a degree in aircraft- & aerospace technology.

Mühlbauer is a global, independent consultant and manufacturer of turnkey automation solutions for the smart card, smart label, semiconductor backend and vision industries. In addition, the company is active in the areas of data enrollment and verification, precision parts and OEM production. With about 1,800 employees in 29 locations on five continents, Mühlbauer is a leading supplier of production equipment for the smart card industry.

 

Mühlbauer solutions enable to manufacture any type of chip card, including ID cards, contact and contactless cards, dual interface as well as multimedia cards and smart labels for access control, supply chain management, tracking of textiles and applications for the retail industry.