Optel opens plant to handle serialisation demand

Optel Vision has finished building a 25,000 sq ft manufacturing facility to accommodate growth in serialisation projects.

Construction of the $4m plant at Optel’s headquarters in Quebec, Canada followed an 18 month period in which headcount doubled on rising demand for serialisation.

Optel says it is now hiring staff in IT, project management and production to form a 150-strong workforce at the new plant.

The facility - which was completed in six months - gives Optel capacity to handle big serialisation projects. Housed at the manufacturing plant is a shipping and receiving area designed to handle large and heavy materials, plus technical training facilities.

Completion of the facility is the latest step in efforts by Optel to capture a slice of the serialisation market. At Achema last year it showcased its TrackSafe system of 1D codes, 2D codes or RFID tags, which it is using to prepare clients for track-and-trace requirements.