HID Global Acquires Access-IS

HID Global Acquires Technology Solutions (TSL) UK Ltd

February 8, 2021

Manufacturing

HID Global acquired Technology Solutions (TSL) UK Ltd, a Loughborough-based designer and manufacturer of ruggedized handheld RFID readers, to expand its identification technologies portfolio. The deal adds TSL's mobile RFID hardware, multi-technology readers and developer SDKs to HID's RFID components and IoT enablement offerings.

HID Global Acquires Omni-ID

August 18, 2021

Manufacturing

HID Global, an ASSA ABLOY Group company, has acquired Omni-ID, a Rochester-based manufacturer of rugged RAIN UHF RFID tags and industrial IoT hardware. The acquisition strengthens HID’s RFID and IoT capabilities — including passive UHF temperature sensing and active/tagging technologies — and expands its sales and manufacturing footprint in India and China.

HID Global Acquires GuardRFID

February 8, 2023

Healthcare Services

HID Global has acquired GuardRFID, a Vancouver-based provider of real-time location services (RTLS) hardware and software for healthcare, to expand HID’s healthcare and active RFID/RTLS offerings. GuardRFID will be integrated into HID’s Identification Technologies business and IoT unit to broaden patient safety, staff duress, asset-tracking and infant-security solutions for healthcare providers.

HID Global Acquires Brazilian RFID Provider ACURA

June 21, 2022

Manufacturing

HID Global has acquired Brazilian RFID hardware manufacturer and reseller ACURA, expanding its RFID portfolio and manufacturing footprint in Latin America. The deal adds a São Paulo-based operations and manufacturing facility (Extrema, Minas Gerais) and approximately 80 employees to HID Global, strengthening its local presence for enterprise, logistics, transportation and retail customers.

Access Control Systems (Guardian Access Solutions) Acquires ASPIS and Access Control Technologies and Rebrands

March 30, 2023

Electrical Services

Nashville-based Access Control Systems, LLC (now rebranded as Guardian Access Solutions) completed prior acquisitions of Access Security Parking Integrated Solutions (ASPIS) of Georgia and Access Control Technologies (ACT) of Florida, consolidating regional operations and expanding its suite of access control, gate, parking revenue control, video surveillance and overhead door services across the U.S. Southeast. The combined business — headquartered in Nashville with offices in Tennessee, Georgia and Florida — is positioning itself as an integrated system integrator and service provider to residential, commercial, healthcare, industrial and transportation customers across the region.

IGES Institut GmbH Acquires Majority Shareholding in Device Access UK

March 4, 2019

Healthcare Services

IGES Institut GmbH has acquired a majority stake in Device Access UK Ltd, a Southampton-based reimbursement and market access consultancy serving medical device manufacturers. Device Access founder Michael Branagan-Harris will remain CEO and also lead IGES' UK business activities as Country Manager, as IGES continues its European expansion in the medical devices market.