Security News > 2021 > August > HID Global acquires Omni-ID to exted RFID portfolio and broaden footprint in Asia

HID Global announced 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.

"I am very pleased to welcome Omni-ID into the ASSA ABLOY Group and HID," said Björn Lidefelt, EVP and Head of HID Global.

"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 and fortifies HID's deep expertise and capabilities in custom RFID design and personalization.

"The acquisition of Omni-ID supports HID's Identification Technologies business strategy to power trusted identities by optimizing our portfolio with a broader range of value-added RAIN RFID UHF components, active identification devices and more ways to deliver highly customized, 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.

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