HID Acquires Vizzia Technologies

HID Acquires Sewio Networks

August 6, 2024

Industrial Services

HID has acquired Sewio Networks, a Brno-based provider of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), to expand HID's RTLS portfolio and add high-precision UWB capability for asset tracking, intralogistics and smart factory use cases. Sewio’s hardware, on-premise and cloud software, and professional services will be integrated into HID’s Identification Technologies and Internet of Things Services units to better serve automotive and manufacturing customers.

Invixium Acquires Triax Technologies

July 17, 2024

Industrial Services

Invixium, a Toronto-based biometric access control and workforce management provider, has acquired US-based Triax Technologies to add AI-based RTLS and connected-worker capabilities to its product portfolio. The acquisition expands Invixium's offering beyond entry-point access control into site-level safety, productivity and asset-tracking solutions for industrial and critical-infrastructure customers; financial terms were not disclosed.

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 Vizinex RFID

May 17, 2022

Manufacturing

HID Global has acquired Vizinex RFID, a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based designer and manufacturer of high-performance passive RFID tags. The acquisition expands HID's RFID tag portfolio by adding Vizinex's PCBA-based tag platform and complementary U.S. manufacturing footprint to strengthen capability and presence across key verticals such as healthcare, oil & gas and data centers.

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 Bluvision

December 1, 2016

Cloud & SaaS

HID Global, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, has acquired Bluvision, a Bluetooth Low Energy provider for enterprise IoT, to expand its real-time location, asset-tracking and cloud-based IoT capabilities. The transaction closed December 1, 2016; financial terms were not disclosed and Bluvision will continue operations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.