Identecsolutions
Founded 1999 Β· 71 employees on LinkedIn Β· 1 known investors
Identec Solutions builds real-time asset identification, localisation, and personnel tracking systems for industrial settings such as factories, container terminals, offshore oil rigs, wind parks, and mines. Its products (Asset Agent, Crew Companion, Reefer Runner, Terminal Tracker) cover worker safety/mustering, refrigerated container management, and Industry 4.0 visibility for logistics and industrial operations.
Also known as IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Β· IDENTEC SOLUTIONS AG Β· Identec Solutions GmbH
Investors Β· 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026IDENTEC SOLUTIONS is an Austria-headquartered supplier of wireless identification and localisation technology for industrial and logistics environments. Its portfolio is organised around four product lines: ASSET AGENT for real-time identification and localisation of mobile assets in plants, factories and terminals; CREW COMPANION for personnel-on-board management, automated mustering and access control on offshore assets such as oil rigs, FPSOs and wind parks, with a variant for underground and open-pit mining; REEFER RUNNER for automated management and monitoring of refrigerated containers independent of container type or manufacturer, including a 5G version aimed at barges, trucks, trains and small depots; and TERMINAL TRACKER, a modular automation solution providing gate, quay and yard visibility for deep-sea container terminals.
The company serves oil and gas, marine and ports, mining and tunnelling, and smart factory markets across five continents. Its hardware line includes i-PORT readers, i-MARK tags and i-Q350 RTLS/RMU devices, and it maintains ISO 9001:2015, ATEX, IECEx, Profibus and other certifications. Deployments referenced in company announcements include Volkswagen Slovakia (vehicle production tracking), the Arlberg road tunnel modernisation in Austria (worker safety), ΓBB-Infrastruktur's Wolfurt rail terminal, Mainfreight in Altona, Australia, Haugesund Cargo Terminal in Norway, and Rijeka Gateway in Croatia, where 170 reefers were linked to the Navis N4 terminal operating system.
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Timeline Β· 26
launches, deals, and filingsDr. Kurt HΓ€nsler is no longer serving as Chief Financial Officer.
Described as the first fully automated rail-based reefer monitoring system in Austria.
Deployment linking 170 reefer containers to Navis N4 for automated monitoring and real-time visibility; announced February 2026.
Norwegian terminal adopts Reefer Runner for automated, remote 24/7 management and monitoring of refrigerated containers.
MH Global Invest GmbH (Mathias Muther and Elmar Hartmann) acquired a majority stake in Identec Solutions AG.
Mobile asset identification, location and management solution for manufacturing and logistics industries.
Enables car terminal operators to locate, identify and handle vehicles for real-time overview and visibility.
Application for managing offshore personnel movement at helicopter ports, in use in Bergen and Stavanger, Norway.
The automation solution was revamped with new features and broken into modules usable independently, in groups or as one solution.
Project expanding existing Asset Agent software for vehicle tracking in indoor production and outdoor finished-vehicle areas at the Bratislava plant.
Worker location monitoring supplied for the modernisation of Austria's longest road tunnel.
Mobile reefer management and monitoring solution for barges, trucks, trains and small depots.
IDS Germany moved to Hamburg for better access to the maritime industry.
Company focused on offshore, mining, maritime and smart factory markets with Crew Companion, Reefer Runner, Terminal Tracker and Asset Agent.
Acquired Melbourne-based Sattel, a provider of PDS-based container terminal solutions, forming subsidiary IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Australia & New Zealand.
Acquired WTEK/Tunnelcom, a Norwegian sales partner serving the offshore and mining sectors; the Kristiansand office became subsidiary IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Norway AS.
Acquired Baumer Ident GmbH of Weinheim, Germany, a producer of industrial Auto-ID systems; IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Germany GmbH was founded and the US subsidiary IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Inc. was established in Dallas, Texas.
IDENTEC SOLUTIONS AG was formed between 2000 and 2001 to expand the shareholder base, and the final shares of Identec (Canada) were purchased.
Prof. Wilhelm Gantner, owner of Gantner Electronics, founded IDENTEC SOLUTIONS GmbH and became its first CEO, establishing headquarters in Lustenau, Austria, following pilot orders from VW and other automotive and logistics companies.
Gantner Electronics developed the first long-range active RFID hardware for an automotive customer and acquired 50% of Identec (Canada), a long-range RFID competitor, to develop the American market.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Identecsolutions do?
- Austrian provider of wireless RFID/RTLS systems for asset tracking, personnel safety and reefer container monitoring.
- Who are Identecsolutions's investors?
- Identecsolutions's investors include Skagerak Capital.