HID Global, a provider of trusted identity solutions, announces that it has acquired Omni-ID, a manufacturer of RFID tags and industrial IoT hardware devices for passive and active tagging, tracking, monitoring, and alerting applications.
The acquisition extends HID’s market leadership in RFID technology and strengthens its presence in India and China. “I am very pleased to welcome Omni-ID into the ASSA ABLOY Group and HID,” said Björn Lidefelt, EVP and Head of HID Global.
Strategic technological addition
“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 brings passive UHF temperature sensing to the HID identification technologies portfolio
Omni-ID provides passive, rugged long-range RAIN RFID ultra-high frequency (UHF) tags and labels in several form factors for an array of identification requirements. The company focuses on organisations in the industrial, oil & gas, transportation, and other markets seeking rugged UHF RFID solutions for use in challenging environmental conditions (high heat, wind, dirt, explosive, and other difficult scenarios). Additionally, Omni-ID brings passive UHF temperature sensing to the HID identification technologies portfolio and fortifies HID’s deep expertise and capabilities in custom RFID design and personalisation.
Active identification devices
Active tags and solutions from Omni-ID are implemented with embedded technologies and protocols such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), LoRaWAN, GPS, Quuppa, and Wirepas, which complement the HID Location Services offerings.
“The acquisition of Omni-ID supports HID’s Identification Technologies business strategy to power trusted identities by optimising our portfolio with a broader range of value-added RAIN RFID UHF components, active identification devices, and more ways to deliver highly customised, feature-rich solutions to customers as a leading component supplier for RFID use cases and IoT applications,” said Marc Bielmann, SVP and Head of Identification Technologies with HID Global.
With a history of innovation in RAIN RFID solutions, Omni-ID adds engineers and key staff with over 15 years of RFID expertise to HID’s team of industry veterans. Omni-ID was founded in 2007 and is based in Rochester, New York, with approximately 170 employees worldwide. It is now a Business Unit within HID’s Identification Technologies Business Area, which is led by Marc Bielmann.
- Network / IP
- Biometrics
- Residential security systems
- Power plant security
- Security devices
- Security tagging
- Security monitoring system
- Radio frequency Identification
- Network monitoring
- Identity management
- Security service
- Human identification system
- Mobile communications
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Corporate Security
- Central Monitoring
- Data Security
- Oil & Gas Security
