Thomas Brunner, Managing Director, Kathrein Solutions

Kathrein Solutions is revolutionizing the way of working with RFID, AutoID, sensors and RTLS technologies and has become a recognized innovator and market-leader in the AutoID sector.

We are the leading AutoID hardware and software solution provider for

  • Manufacturing & Logistics
  • Healthcare
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems

Kathrein Solutions offers a modular AutoID-Turn-Key-Portfolio including Hardware, Software, Services and Support to business partners. The Kathrein sales and business model is based on the innovative technology leadership and a very strong and global partner ecosystem with highly motivated and experienced AutoID and IT specialists.

Thomas Brunner, Managing Director, Kathrein Solutions

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KATHREIN Solutions

IoT Solution Provider

Kathrein Solutions is revolutionizing the way of working with RFID, AutoID, sensors and RTLS technologies and has become a recognized innovator and market-leader in the AutoID sector.

Kathrein Solutions offers a modular AutoID-Turn-Key-Portfolio including Hardware, Software, Services and Support to business partners. From the initial proof of concept up to global rollouts, Kathrein supports customers and partners in applications for Manufacturing & Logistics, Healthcare and Intelligent Transportation Systems.

The Kathrein Solutions sales and business model is based on the innovative technology leadership and a very strong and global partner ecosystem with highly motivated and experienced AutoID and IT specialists.

Portfolio

  • Hardware: The Kathrein UHF passive RFID hardware portfolio comprises first-class stationary and mobile readers, UHF antennas with a read range of a few centimetres up to several metres, and security transponders.
  • Software: The Kathrein “CrossTalk” application software integrates any kind of AutoID, RTLS, or sensor device into IT applications and IoT platforms. The modular CrossTalk suite therefore reduces complexity through standardization and many pre-configured features, visualization, and business content.
  • Service & Support: Kathrein offers a wide portfolio of blueprinting, implementation, rollout, and maintenance & support services, as well as project management and training courses.
Proof of Excellence

An RTLS Ready For All Challenges

K-RTLS from Kathrein Solutions presents innovative features! Kathrein Solutions has developed an RTLS with high performance and numerous features for partners and customers. The RTLS, consisting of three components, enables users to achieve unprecedented transparency of business processes. Martin Dobler and Patrick Hartmann from Kathrein Solutions explain to RFID & Wireless IoT Global how users benefit from granular object information. “If customers want to use new infrastructures such as LPWAN or 5G in their applications, this implementation is possible. Our long-term vision is to be able to offer a transponder that can cover all use cases in this environment.”

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Taking Digitisation to the Next Level

Digitisation progresses at a fast pace By broadening their wireless IoT portfolio, Kathrein Solutions wants to build on previous successes as a partner for digitisation projects and sustainably establish business and solutions in new markets and sectors. Not a day passes without multiple newspaper headlines focusing on digitisation projects. This internationally-visible market development matches exactly with the new orientation of Kathrein’s RFID branch that was initiated more than two years ago. With the acquisition of noFilis, Kathrein Solutions created an IoT solution provider that can realise single-source digitisation projects. RFID & Wireless IoT Global talked to the management about targets and benefits in the field of IoT. Jürgen Walter, Head of Solutions and COO of the Kathrein Group, wants to build on previous successes as well as to create and sustainably establish business in new markets and fields. Thomas Brunner, Managing Director of Kathrein Solutions, underpins these goals by focusing on the development and integration of IoT solutions for global vertical markets. At the centre of attention are solutions for vehicle identification and healthcare applications. The CrossTalk IoT software adds to the hardware portfolio. In the interview, Martin Dobler, CTO of Kathrein Solutions, illustrates why flexibility and scalability of modular platforms are the key to future-proof digitisation applications.

Proof of Excellence

A Powerful IoT Solutions Team

Best of both worlds – Kathrein Solutions tackles the challenges of IoT with a broad profile A big shake up in the industry: RFID reader and antenna developer Kathrein is taking over the AutoID software and solutions provider Nofilis. A clear answer to the more and more important question: which company is a one-stop shop for IoT solutions? After the official merger in May 2017, Thomas Brunner, Managing Director, and Patrick Hartmann, Chief Sales Officer, look back at the successes of the newly created Kathrein Solutions – and forward at the possible benefits for customers. Thomas Brunner, Managing Director, and Patrick Hartmann, Chief Sales Officer, Kathrein Solutions, in an interview with RFID & Wireless IoT Global

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IoT Needs Connectivity

Kathrein starts with the next generation of RFID systems! The requirements for modern identification systems are increasingly defined by ERP architectures. Compared to a large percentage of RFID systems which are equipped either with a serial or a proprietary port, today only a few percent are equipped with a slow and non-network-ready protocol. The reason lies in a constant need for optimisation and efficiency gains in a production and logistics environment. By Thomas Brunner, Head of Business Line IoT Solutions, KATHREIN Group

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Supplier News

IoT Ready with OPC UA

Kathrein Solutions becomes member of the OPC Foundation! Kathrein Solutions GmbH is a new member of the OPC UA Foundation. The OPC Foundation, based in Arizona/USA, is a global organisation responsible for the development and maintenance of a secure, reliable and platform-independent communication standard in automation.

Supplier News

Kathrein Solutions invests in new IoT antenna measuring chamber

New IoT antenna measuring chamber in Stephanskirchen goes into operation! Kathrein Solutions has recently started operating a new measuring chamber at the Stephanskirchen location. This creates new possibilities for the optimisation of individual antennas and antenna systems, RFID/ RTLS transponders and customer-specific analyses during the development phase.

Solution News

Case Study by Kathrein Solutions | Intelligent Transportation Systems

Reading RAIN RFID @220 km/h with Full 128 bit AES Encryption! The world is getting smarter and IoT is on the advance. The automatic detection of vehicles with RAIN® RFID is no exception. Whether it is Electronic Vehicle Registra-tion (EVR), Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), Automated Vehicle Identification (AVI) or Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), every application requires highly accurate identification at the highest speed. Last but not least, the communication between a reader and a transponder as well as between a reader and a back-end system requires the highest level of security.

Solution News

Case Study by Kathrein Solutions | Car Tracking and Distribution

AUDI Rolls out RFID in the Vehicle Logistics in Plants Worldwide! At the AUDI AG production sites, scattered parking spaces and a changing infrastructure lead to high expenses connected to the search of the vehicles due to vehicles not allocated to production lines. A lack of transparency regarding the use of the parking spaces and the existing control processes have been labour-intensive and costly due to several system and material failures. For this reason, AUDI AG opted for a standardised concept for vehicle tracking at all production locations.

Solution News

Case Study | Vehicle Identification

Cloud-supported Access Control and Fleet Management One of the largest and strongest insurance companies in the world does not only focus on best performance for its customers; the company has also decided to make its own park and fleet management state of the art. The insurance group relies on the passive UHF RFID technology and device management from Kathrein Solutions in Ismaning near Munich, Germany.

Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner
Managing Director
Stephanskirchen, Germany
Martin Dobler
Martin Dobler
CTO
Ismaning, Germany
Michael Kaiser
Michael Kaiser
Director Partner and Product Management
Stephanskirchen, Germany
Christian Schnebinger
Christian Schnebinger
Senior Sales Manager
Stephanskirchen, Germany
Onur Yildiz
Senior Sales Manager
Stephanskirchen, Germany
Berthold Fabian
Berthold Fabian
Senior Sales Manager
Stephanskirchen, Germany
Franz Angerer
Franz Angerer
Business Development
Ismaning, Germany
Günter Rössler
Günter Rössler
Senior Sales Manager
Stephanskirchen, Germany
Björn Feldhaus
Sales & Channel Manager IoT
Wuppertal, Germany
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