INGECOM - INGECOM, Active Tags with very unique performance

2005

INGECOM was founded in 2005 with the aim to provide a product able to cover the requirements of tracking, tracing and streamlining the assets within a process flow.

The low-ownership cost Active-Tag operating within the worldwide 2.45GHz frequency band quickly became a reference.

2006

The so-called first generation of Active-Tag was presented at the 2006 RFID expo of Beijing. The first customer successfully built an application software and installed a system to track and trace reusable metal containers in the frozen food industry.

2007

Siemens purchased the 1st generation of Active-Tag in September 2007 and started using it for the real time inventory and localization of their measurement instruments.

2008

The second generation of Active-Tag finished qualification in late 2008. It's the first dual-frequency active-tag with 10 years battery lifetime in the size of a half a credit card.

2009

The now famous SIM-WFC (Wide Field Communication) development was initiated in 2009 on request of a major Chinese mobile phone operator. Since then the WFC has proven to be a well industrialized product able to generate significant interest from worldwide prospects.

2010

The year 2010 is a cornerstone in the life of the company with the installation of a brand new automatic assembly line for the production of our active-tags and controllers. Having the R&D and the production within the same premises concurs to enhancing the customer's benefits: Swiss made R&D, production and customer support at lower cost. The price list was significantly reduced in comparison to the year before.

2011

2011 is the ramp-up of sensor networks. The temperature sensor is the most widespread, particularly for the monitoring of industrial process like transformers. The vibration sensor is well adopted for asset protection in museums.