How we became Idesco
Our story began at the end of the 1980s, when technology company Rautaruukki became interested in RFID’s potential. Founded in 1989 as an independent company, Idesco began by developing its own identification technology. We literally became one of the world’s first commercial companies to offer RFID solutions. They were deployed in applications like tube post systems, device identification supporting maintenance and repair, and in automated refueling systems.
We knew we were pioneers at the time. We were inspired to innovate new solutions for customers coming to us from widely different businesses – all eager to leverage the exciting new potential RFID offered. We demanded that our products withstand dirt, extreme temperatures, impacts, and operate flawlessly in any setting. As a result, some of our earliest delivered products remain on the job today, in the same setting they were installed over three decades ago. Yet since then, we have not retreated a millimeter from our own strict durability commitment.
We next expanded into person identification and access control, leading to more sophisticated encryption as security requirements continued to rise. The result is our practice of relentless development never slowed. Our most recent expansion has been in mobile identification. We now offer access control readers that transact very securely with users’ mobile phones, potentially presaging the eventual replacement of physical access cards and tags.
Yet despite RFID’s rapid evolution and expansion, our core values haven’t changed: reliability, constant development, partnership and respect for the individual. We continue eagerly embracing new technology, pursuing solid, true partnerships with customers, including many that have been with us for decades. Our customers value our products’ durability, our expertise and ongoing co-development of the unique, customized solutions they need.
Partly that is because every product we have launched was designed right here, in Finland. Numerous Finnish product developers, designers and mechanical design engineers have contributed over the years to our success. They ensure not only our products’ superior functionality, durability and usability – but also their uniquely Finnish design aesthetic. That is why Design from Finland recently acknowledged Idesco, and granted us the right to display their logo.
Although only a portion of our products come from our Oulu headquarters, we proudly declare everything Idesco makes is European-manufactured. That lets us closely monitor products development, from conception to completion, often all in the same building. Approximately 40 employees work for Idesco, mostly in Oulu, with sales personnel spread across Finland. Idesco, part of Swedish Lagercrantz Group, remains Finland’s market leader and is on a steady growth path across the European continent.
Every day, countless people around the world use our products, to access their homes, workplaces, vehicles, tools sets and shared conveniences. Our products frequently display our customers’ logos because they trust us to manufacture their own branded products. You will find our products across the world, deployed for access control, vehicle and asset identification across a broad array of settings and industries: enhancing security, saving resources, time and energy. We are proud to be Idesco.
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