YFY group
No. 51, Sec. 2 Chung Ching South Rd., Taipei, 10075, Taiwan
Overview
Founded in 1923, Taipei based YFY Group is one of the oldest and largest business groups in Greater China. Centered around Taiwan listed holding company YFY Paper, the group controls over 100 subsidiaries in pulp and paper, printing, electronic components, financial service, bio-tech, and other industries. Among others, YFY owns Greater China's No. 1 packaging company (YFY Packaging), Greater China's largest commerical printing group, Taiwan 4th private-sector financial service company (SinoPac Holdings), and the world-leading E-Paper dispaly manufacturer (Prime View Int'l)
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Electronics
- Manufacturing
Investment portfolio
- Omni-ID
Participated · Equity · Jan 2016
Omni-ID develops industrial RFID tags and visual tagging systems, including patented on-metal and visual tagging technologies to enable IoT applications for asset tracking, supply chain management and work-in-process. Led by CEO George E. Daddis, Jr., PhD, the company supplies tags and systems to the Manufacturing & Logistics, Energy, IT Assets and Tool Tracking industries. Omni-ID raised $21M in funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand its global presence and product portfolio. The company plans to open new offices in Germany and India. In conjunction with the investment, several new board members were added to strengthen governance. Omni-ID is based in Rochester, NY. Omni-ID supplies high-performance, passive low-profile UHF RFID tags that operate in harsh environments, including on, off, and near metal and liquids. Its patent-pending technology is designed to enable a broad range of applications to improve asset tracking, supply chain management and work-in-process. The company intends to use the funds for new product and sales channel development. Omni-ID recently secured almost $8M in additional funding from private equity firm Trillium Group. The company is led by recently appointed President and CEO George E. Daddis Jr., PhD. Customers include Alcatel-Lucent, BHP Billiton, Boeing, Daimler-Benz, FloraHolland, GE Healthcare, Holt Cat, Honda, HP, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Lister Petter, Metro Group, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Prime Rail, Prisas Printura, Saab, Saipem, Sun and Wiseman Dairies.
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