HID Global, a provider of trusted identity solutions, has announced that it has acquired Omni-ID, a manufacturer of RFID tags and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) hardware devices for passive and active tagging,tracking, monitoring and alerting applications.The acquisition is intended to strengthen HID's presence in India and China, according to the company.
"I am very pleased to welcome Omni-ID into the ASSA ABLOY Group and HID," said Björn Lidefelt,the executive VP and head of HID Global,in a prepared statement. "Omni-ID is a strategic technological addition to HID and reinforces our current RFID and IoT offering. Expanding our sales and manufacturing footprint in India and in China with Omni-ID will further enhance HID's ability to serve customers locally, while extending our industrial IoT technology into emerging markets."
Omni-ID provides passive, rugged,long-range UHF RFID tags and labels in several form factors for various identification requirements.The company focuses on organizations in the industrial, oil and gas, and transportation markets that seek RFID solutions for use in challenging environmental conditions, such as heat, wind, dirt, explosives and other difficult scenarios.
Through the acquisition, Omni-ID will bring passive UHF temperature sensing to HID's identification technologies portfolio, while increasing its expertise and capabilities in custom RFID design and personalization. Active tags and solutions from Omni-ID feature embedded technologies and protocols, such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), LoRaWAN, GPS, Quuppa and Wirepas,which the company says will complement the HID Location Services offerings.