Vendors - Europe, Africa & Asia

Ainix Corp.: This Tokyo company provides bar code technology and acts as an integrator for RFID hardware and software.

Aldata Industries Oy: This Finnish company specializes in the software development and systems integration of RFID systems for data collection and security applications.

Amskan: An Australia systems integrator specialising in RFID data capture systems

APT Smart Solutions: Founded in 1995, APT is a British company that provides information and RFID tagging systems

Athelia Solutions: Owned by the Gemplus and Air Liquide groups, this French RFID system integrator offers turnkey solutions for tracking plastic crates, ham manufacturing, beer kegs, cheese producing, equipment maintenance and LPG gas cylinders. Its customers include Air Liquide, Primagaz, Allibert, Campofrio, Heineken, Vivendi in France and in Spain.

Autoscan Technology: An automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technology provider headquartered in Singapore, Autoscan is a subsidiary of PSA Logistics, which provides container management and IT systems. Autoscan offers AIDC consulting services, systems integration and outsourcing capabilities designed to help businesses leverage the latest AIDC technologies when implementing their growth strategies. Its core expertise is in bar-coding and data collection systems, plastic card personalization systems, smart card application and loyalty applications, middleware and RFID.

Bopack Systems: Based in Belgium, Bopack’s primary technology is bar coding, but it is a reseller for Telxon RFID systems.

Codeway Ltd.: This British company sells barcode scanners and printers, portable data capture, labels, and RFID. Specialists in automatic identification and data capture systems.

Crown Computing: This British company, based in Staffordshire, is primarily a bar code company, but does act as a distributor and system integrator for RFID technology.

Datum-International Data Systems: Based in Cairo, Egypt, Datum is Psion Enterprise Middle East partner and Zebra Technologies gold channel partner

eeuteron Acquisition: A Canadian software company that integrates RFID technologies.

Duna Computers: One of the Republic of Macedonia’s leading providers of systems and technology for RFID, barcode, mobile data capture and printing solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, transport, and government sectors.

EID Aalten b.v.: A supplier of Trovan identification equipment, this Dutch company develops and produces readers for many different applications like access control or animal identification.

ELGAB L-G Johansson AB: Based in Smedjebacken, Sweden, Elgab designs and delivers customized RFID solutions for industrial applications.

ePC Group: This international RFID implementation firm, headquartered in Boston and London, was formed by industry veterans John Greaves and Pete Abell. The firm also has a presence in Illinois, Texas, California, Pennsylvania and Holland. ePC Group professionals have implemented RFID more than 150 times. Services include product analysis; tag and antenna design specifications; site surveys & RF audits; on-site and laboratory testing; reader interface architecture; implementation engineering; business case development; compliance coaching and strategy development. ePC Group provides objective, vendor-neutral advice and is not a reseller of RFID products.

Euchner & Co.: This German company creates custom RFID software and acts as an integrator for hardware vendors to offer complete tracking solutions.

ExtELF: This Swiss company offers consulting services for companies looking to implement strategic RFID systems.

Farther Synergies: A Singapore company that provides consulting in supply chain management utilizing RFID technology.

IDTechEx: Based in Cambridge, this UK company hosts smart label conferences, produces industry reports and offers consulting services, including market research and assessing RFID technology.

Inala Identification and Control: This South African system Integrator speciales in the fields of identification and tracking, industrial automation, real-time data acquisition, and control and building management.

Innovision Research & Technology: UK-based IRT provides engineering and consulting services to help companies develop new products using the latest technologies, including high-volume and ultra-low-cost RFID applications. It can deliver manufacturable, custom solutions within realistic timeframes. It has a U.S. sales office in Plano, Texas.

Integrated Product Intelligence: A UK consulting company that offers consulting services on the implementation of RFID systems for asset tracking, security, supply chain and other applications.

Intellident: A British company specialising in the design and supply of software for asset tracking and recording systems. The company combines RFID hardware from companies like Philips, Tagsys and Texas Instruments with its own ASSETRAK software components to provide single source solutions.

Jojo automasjon AS: This Norwegian company sells RFID systems for industry and logistics applications. The company specializes in purpose-built antenna arrangements, transponder mounting arrangements, transponders in metal/metal environments, purpose-built transponders and transponder injection systems for fish and animals. It also makes explosion-proof equipment for use in gas hazardous areas.

KTP: This British company, East Yorkshire, specializes in systems integration with particular expertise in bar coding and (RFID) radio frequency identification. It was acquired by TrenStar.

Logicode: A Singapore company that acts as a distributor and value-added resseller for a range of bar coding products, RF terminals and intelligent controllers.

Lyngsoe Systems: This privately-owned, Danish systems integrator and software manufacturer, founded in 1970, offers a range of software, hardware and services for monitoring and automating processes in complex logistics chains. RFID-based solutions account for about 40 percent of annual turnover. Its product line includes automated sorter control systems, asset and material management solutions, product traceability systems, supply chain performance systems, technical administration and maintenance systems and task planning systems—all capable of handling RFID equipment and tags. The company's main markets are postal services, airports supply chain and public and private home care providers. Lyngsoe Systems has offices in the United States, Canada and Denmark covering RFID, sales, project and service.

Noblestar: This Reston, Va.-based systems integrator provides the expertise and knowledge to help companies architect, design and implement RFID-based systems into their existing IT infrastructure. The company focuses on data acquisition and arbitration, enabling the large amount of data provided by RFID systems to be directed where it is needed. It has overseas offices in London, England, and Warsaw, Poland.

ODIN Technologies: Reston, Va.-based ODIN Technologies provides RFID software and integration services. Its services include: secure supply-chain extranet implementation and management; business process engineering and full needs assessment; system design and architecture; system selection and RFQ/RFP; end-to-end systems integration; full Wal-Mart compliance and post post-implementation maintenance. The company's staff includes two former security CEOs and engineers from MIT, The Naval Academy, The University of Virginia, Cal-Berkeley, University College Cork and The University of Maryland, and it has as a consultant one of the founders of the EPC protocol.

Phi Data BV: A Belgian supplier of printing and automatic identification systems. It is a distributor of radio frequency and bar code technology.

SAMSys Technologies: This Canadian company provides RFID hardware solutions and RFID integration consulting services. SAMSys offers a selection of readers spanning low frequency, high frequency and UHF, supporting a broad range of protocols. The consulting service focuses on the front-end of the RFID implementation process.

Siemens Dematic, Material Handling Automation: This German company offers material handling automation, information processing and RFID integration solutions throughout the supply chain. The company takes a consultative approach toward designing and implementing customized, automated material handling solutions for manufacturing as well as distribution and warehousing applications. It's product line including conveyors, tilt tray and crossbelt sorters, trailer loading systems, automatic guided vehicle systems, automated storage/retrieval systems, automated electrified monorail systems and the software and controls to support them.

Spectra Consulting: This product-independent RFID consulting company operates in both Europe and the United States. It assists companies with planning and implementing RFID solutions. Special programmes are designed to assist companies that are considering the use and integration of RFID alongside existing automatic identification systems.

Tata Consultancy Services: India's largest independent software and IT services company helps companies implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and does enterprise application integration. The company has also established a team of RFID engineers supported by business domain experts to offer services for integration of RFID and legacy IT systems; design, development, integration and deployment of middleware and tools required for RFID solutions; consultancy/advice in selection of RFID tags, readers and associated equipment; and design, development, integration and deployment of tag reader interfaces, reader data management, reader location management and synchronization software.

Teklogix de Argentina SA: This Argentine company distributes RFID technology.

TrackWave Technologies: This Singapore company is a subsidiary of Germany's EuroIQ AG. It is a value-added reseller and systems integrator. In addition to RFID systems, the company also offers global positioning systems and other wireless technologies. TrackWave worked on one of the largest RFID projects in Asia, CubeInfo.

Tricon: This Austrian consulting company is part of the Trierenberg Group, a global holding company. It focuses on using RFID and other information technologies to improve supply chain management and logistics and for product protection and security.

Unimicro Argentina SA: A distributor of RF, scanner, barcode printers and other auto-ID technology.

Viivakoodi Optiscan Oy: A Finnish auto-ID company (formerly known as Juha-Viivakoodi), Viivakoodi supplies complete labeling, identification and data collection solutions based primarily on bar coding and RFID technologies. Services include equipment and supplies sales, systems integration, software development, maintenance, training and consultation.