Company:Vilant Systems

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Turck Vilant Systems Oy
TypePrivate
IndustryRFID systems
Founded2002
HeadquartersEspoo, Finland
Key people
Ville Kauppinen, Managing Director, Co-founder of Vilant
Antti Virkkunen, Chairman of the Board, Co-founder
ProductsTurck Vilant Visibility Manager, Turck Vilant Device Manager, Turck Vilant Client, Turck Vilant Engine
Number of employees
50 (2017)
Websitewww.turckvilant.com

Turck Vilant Systems Oy (formerly known as Vilant Systems Oy) is a privately held technology company headquartered in Espoo, Finland .

History

Vilant Systems was founded in 2002[1] by Antti Virkkunen and Ville Kauppinen. The company provides end-to-end RFID information systems for industrial customer having its focus especially in manufacturing and logistics. RFID installations provided by the company spread to over 1000 different sites in 38 countries.[2] A German family-owned company, Turck bought the majority of Vilant Systems shares in 2017 and since 2018 the company is known as Turck Vilant Systems.[3]

Growth

Vilant has been nominated as Finland's 3rd fastest growing young technology company in 2006 and Finland's 7th fastest growing technology company in 2008 by Deloitte Consulting. In 2011, Vilant ranked 18th on the same list with 5-year growth being 444%.[4][5]

Vilant has won the EMEA mobility innovations award by Motorola in 2006.[6]

Vilant Systems is co-founder and member or RFID Lab Finland. RFID Lab Finland is an industry association that brings together vendors and end users of RFID technology.[7]

In 2011, Vilant was selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe award.[8]

Vilant has offices in Espoo, Finland, Gothenburg, Sweden, Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Bern, Switzerland. In 2011, Vilant acquired Swisscom Auto-ID Services AG in Switzerland.

Turck, a German family-owned company acquired the majority of Vilant Systems shares in 2017, resulting also to a change in the company name and since 2018 the company is known as Turck Vilant Systems Oy.

Area of business

Vilant Systems provides information systems, that make use of Radio Frequency Identification technology (RFID). The systems developed by Vilant exploit RFID technology in the monitoring of a corporate logistics processes. They enable the automation of movement transactions of transportation units in real time using RFID tags and RFID readers. Transportation units can be roller cages, containers, or different raw material units.[9]

Areas of application are:

Customers include ABB, Nokia, Sixt, Swiss Post and Helsinki City public transport / Helsinki Metro and Ahlsell

Key business partners are Microsoft, Confidex and Smartrac (formerly known as UPM RFID).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Valtra automates material flows with RFID | Manufacturing & Logistics IT Magazine". https://www.logisticsit.com/articles/2009/06/30/4463-valtra-automates-material-flows-with. 
  2. ↑ "Vilant founders and management". http://www.vilant.com/2422. 
  3. ↑ TURCK. "TURCK, Company News" (in en-DE). https://www.turck.de/en/company-news-2863_turck-takes-over-rfid-turnkey-solutions-provider-vilant-systems-8009.php. 
  4. ↑ "Deloitte Fast 50 Rising Stars 2006". http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,sid%253D73858%2526cid%253D130581,00.html. 
  5. ↑ "Deloitte Fast 50 2008". http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D230099,00.html. 
  6. ↑ "Motorola Enterprise Mobility awards 2006". http://www.logisticsit.com/absolutenm/templates/article-mobile.aspx?articleid=2588&zoneid=8. 
  7. ↑ "RFID Lab Finland members". http://www.rfidlab.fi/?2;2;7900;7900.html. 
  8. ↑ "Red Herring 2011 Europe Finalists". http://www.redherring.com/RHE/2011/finalists.html. 
  9. ↑ "Tekes article on Vilant Systems 21.12.2007". http://www.tekes.fi/eng/success_stories/menestystarina_tiedot.asp?id%3D6256. 
  10. ↑ "ABB Press release 4.4.2005". http://akseli.tekes.fi/opencms/opencms/OhjelmaPortaali/ohjelmat/ELO/fi/Dokumenttiarkisto/Viestinta_ja_aktivointi/Lehdistotiedotteet/ABB_pioneers_use_of_radio_frequency_identification_technology_in_Finland.pdf. 
  11. ↑ "Tekes article on Vilant Systems 21.12.2007". http://www.tekes.fi/eng/success_stories/menestystarina_tiedot.asp?id%3D6256. 
  12. ↑ "RFID Journal Article 7.11.2007". http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/3733/1/1/. 
  13. ↑ "RFID monthly article 12-2008". http://www.rfid-monthly.com/?page_id=75. 
  14. ↑ "More RFID article 12.12.2008". http://www.morerfid.com/details.php?subdetail%3DReport%26action%3Ddetails%26report_id%3D5280%26display%3DRFID. 
  15. ↑ "RFID Nordic magazine 12-2007". http://www.rfidnordic.se/pdf/RFIDnr3ENG07.pdf. 
  16. ↑ "RFID Journal Article 10.12.2007". http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/3782/2. 
  17. ↑ "RFID Update Article 16.11.2007". http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id%3D1490. 

External links

Vilant Systems association memberships:




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