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UPS to make parcel-tracking tags in India

Thursday, 30 May 2024



LONDON, May 29 (Reuters): United Parcel Service, the world's biggest parcel delivery firm, is in talks with several Indian state governments to make some of the tags used in tracking packages in the Asian country, a senior executive told Reuters on Wednesday.
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UPS began expanding its use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on packages about two years ago.