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Lufthansa Successfully Speeds Up Aircraft Maintenance with UPM Raflatac’s RFID tags

Lufthansa Technik has successfully used RFID technology in tracking aircraft components for the past two years

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Lufthansa Technik, a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has been successfully using RFID technology in tracking aircraft components for the past two years. Lufthansa Technik Logistik (LTL), the logistics service provider of LHT, was one of the first companies to use RFID technology in aviation. Since 2008, LTL has been attaching RFID tags to documents accompanying components as they are removed, serviced or repaired, and reinstalled. The use of RFID t...

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