04/01/2025: How RFID and mobile credentials are reshaping access control. At embedded world 2025, Alfredo Neumann shares insights into current technology trends, regulatory demands, and ELATEC’s role as a partner for future-ready authentication solutions.
11/19/2024: The updated Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) presents operators of public and semi-public charging stations with a new challenge: ad hoc charging must now also be possible without prior user registration.
07/30/2024: Aside from the many advantages they offer, the Internet of Things and the rapidly emerging area of Artificial Intelligence are making companies increasingly vulnerable to cybercrime. This makes an encrypted authentication solution all the more important.
07/22/2024, Munich: Thanks to his in-depth knowledge of the company structure and his strategic foresight, he is ideally qualified to reinforce ELATEC’s position as an innovation leader in global competition.
03/06/2024: In smart hospitals, access control and the associated authentication ensure patient safety, data integrity and efficient processes. Thanks to a consistent system, access, security and convenience are standardized for everyone.
01/12/2024: Modern production environments require sophisticated security concepts. An intelligent, flexible authentication solution makes an important contribution to protecting people, infrastructure and data.
10/12/2023: Unveiling the era of smart offices: where sophisticated authentication fuses convenience & paramount security, championing efficiency & future-readiness.
09/01/2023: Amidst the EV surge, ensuring robust charging infrastructures is pivotal. Explore the importance of flexible authentication and the tech behind it and discover how to select the best reader technology in this evolving landscape.
05/04/2023: Polaris Automation and Caron Engineering provide hardware, software and integration of ELATEC readers to enable manufacturers to supply Internet of Things-based access to machinery, tools, and analytics.
03/28/2023: As a leading provider of RFID and mobile access solutions, ELATEC Inc. has built a strong reputation for delivering reliable and innovative products in the region, leveraging its parent company's 35-year history of success in Europe.
03/27/2023: To enable secure, smooth production operations for modern factories, it makes sense to use a modern authentication solution based on RFID and mobile technologies. See how these technologies can cover a wide variety of applications.
03/10/2023, Munich: ELATEC is introducing the new TWN4 MultiTech 2 LEGIC and TWN4 MultiTech 2 LEGIC M models, continuing the success story of the versatile TWN4 MultiTech 2 LEGIC readers and writers.
03/09/2023: Radio-frequency identification (RFID) enables fast, easy user authentication and access control for EV charging. AUTEL, a leading provider of DC and AC charging station infrastructure, maximized their market opportunities with a universal RFID reader.
10/25/2022: The security of people and data must always come first, especially in hospitals, despite time pressures. A modern system that regulates user authentication and access to sensitive areas can significantly improve the level of security.
06/28/2022: Whether they are in the office or at home, data and networks must be protected against unauthorized access at all times and in all places. Single sign-on/PC logon systems can make an important contribution here.
06/23/2022: Where people operate machines and equipment, companies and facilities often face the same challenges: security, smooth workflows and cost-efficiency are essential. Machine authentication based on RFID can provide important support here.
04/06/2022: The diverse groups of people at universities pose a challenge in terms of safety: there are numerous people moving around the campus, and they all go about different activities and have individual daily routines.
03/11/2022, Phoenix, Arizona: Transact today announced a partnership with leading global provider of RFID products, software and services, ELATEC, to provide the OEM approved universal TWN4 MultiTech NFC and RFID reader, which is compatible with all Transact credentials.
02/18/2022: Protect people, data and vehicles and optimize costs and processes while keeping an eye on regulatory compliance: vehicle fleet operators face a number of requirements.
02/17/2022: As the number of electric vehicles grows, so does the need for high-performance charging infrastructure—including a reliable authentication solution that can be used to manage both access to charging stations and billing simply and securely.
02/17/2022: In laboratories and cleanrooms, controlling access is essential to protect people, machines and data. An authentication solution must meet the special requirements of this environment. Four criteria in particular must be taken into account.
02/17/2022, Munich, Germany: When charging electric vehicles, the multi-frequency readers of the TWN4 product family from Elatec allow convenient and secure authentication. The powerful readers can now also be used to implement the AR 2532-100 regulation issued by VDE.
12/16/2021: As the level of automation grows, factories are becoming increasingly complex and connected. At the same time, the demands on the efficiency and, above all, the security of processes are increasing.
10/22/2021: The electric vehicle charging market is growing at lightning speed, both in the U.S. and globally. As both consumers and government and commercial fleets transition to electric, membership-based charging stations are popping up everywhere.
10/21/2021: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged a lot of assumptions about office work—and the workplace may never be the same. One thing that hasn’t changed? The need for secure pull printing at shared multi-function printers.
10/21/2021: What if an infusion pump, IV drip, or medical cart could help prevent medical errors and streamline patient billing? With radio-frequency Identification (RFID) of consumables, operators, and patients, they can.
10/19/2021, Munich, Germany: As one of the world's leading providers of user authentication and identification solutions, ELATEC has a wealth of expert knowledge. Now, the company has launched its own blog, "Authentication Insights".
10/05/2021, Munich: ELATEC has been granted a patent in Europe and the USA for the reader's USB rotary connector. This enables a unique 360° mounting of the reader. With this extraordinary solution, the company once again demonstrates its innovation and customer orientation
10/05/2021, Munich: To ensure that the introduction of an access control system is a success, companies should pay particular attention to the future-proofing and flexibility of the solution as well as the security of the overall system.
08/12/2021, York, Pennsylvania: KioWare has added the Elatec TWN4 family of RFID card and NFC and BLE mobile credential readers to its list of supported devices which makes it easy for kiosk deployers to add RFID functionality.
05/31/2021, Palm City, Florida: What’s the best way to ensure product quality and production uptime in industrial automation? Read in the article of the Assembly Magazine what Chris Randall says about it.
03/17/2021, Munich, Germany: <p>The latest ELATEC DevPack 4.05 focuses on mobile functionalities and additional transponder types. With the support of Google Smart Tap, Android-based credentials are enabled. Apple's NFC-enabled Wallet Credentials (ECP 2.0, VAS) for iOS are also supported.</p>
02/03/2021, Toronto: Feb 03, 2021: Toronto technology company Nymi has begun offering its Workplace Wearables solution, which includes its sensor-based wristband to communicate with ELATEC.
11/24/2020, Puchheim, Germany: ELATEC, a global leader in RFID technologies for user authentication and access control, is preparing for future international growth with new management and a new corporate structure.
09/08/2020, Munich: The latest version of ELATEC’s DevPack software has made it even easier for customers to implement their RFID projects. The newest version of ELATEC’s DevPack software offers several new functions that make implementation even easier for customers.
08/11/2020, Munich, Germany: Horgen, Switzerland, August 11, 2020 – Swissprime Technologies, the developer of KleverKey, has teamed up with ELATEC to enable secure, touchless user authentication using smartphone credentials. ELATEC’s popular TWN4 MultiTech family of RFID/BLE read
08/05/2020, Palm City, Florida: Safetrust Inc, a world-leader in virtual credential solutions, today announced a technology partnership with ELATEC to provide customers with a secure, touchless authentication solution for ELATEC’s TWN4 MultiTech family of BLE readers.
07/09/2020, Munich, Germany: The new DevPack now allows the readers to be configured for English, French and German keyboard layouts. The security and configurability of the TWN4 RFID readers have once again been significantly improved.
07/01/2020, Munich, Germany: Robert Helgerth takes over the management of the company and will set the course for the company's growth in the future. The previous CEO, Stefan Haertel, is moving from operational responsibility to a strategic consulting role.
06/18/2020, Palm City, Florida: MFPS ARE COMPUTERS that can print, copy, scan and fax. They have their own CPU and memory and support their own applications. This is great for productivity, but is also what makes access control at the MFP so important.
06/16/2020, Munich: There are many RFID readers on the market. The companies that gain competitive advantages are those that offer more than just technology. Because a perfect solution consists not only of the hardware, but also flexible and powerful software and support.
05/28/2020, Munich, Germany: RFID Specialist ELATEC donates face masks for Disaster Control Department of Fürstenfeldbruck and Augustinum Retirement Home. ELATEC used its international trade contacts to procure a large quantity of protective face masks.
02/28/2020, Palm City (Florida): What’s the best way to reduce accident and theft rates for materials handling equipment and industrial vehicles? Make sure that only trained and authorized people can start them up.
02/18/2020, Munich (Germany): Elatec will be presenting its universal RFID readers as well as identification solutions that are based on BLE and NFC. Special focus at the trade show presentation: services and tools for developing software and applications for Elatec products.
11/28/2019, Puchheim: ABB has partnered with ELATEC to deliver mobile-enabled electric vehicle charging – the partnership makes charging at out-of-home ABB EV charging stations as simple as pulling up your Apple or Android Wallet.
09/06/2019, Puchheim: ELATEC is proud to present a new addition to its TWN4 multi-technology RFID reader family. The TWN4 Slim is a very flat reader, smaller than a credit card. It supports all common RFID technologies as well as smartphone ID solutions with NFC and BLE.
05/10/2019, Puchheim: Bike share systems are springing up in urban centers, large campuses and tourist destinations around the globe. Bike sharing provide an option that bridges the gap between public mass transit and taxi or ride share services.
04/03/2019, Palm City: Connected medical devices, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), quality measurement systems and other innovations have transformed the way patient care is delivered, how outcomes are measured and monitored, and how patients connect with healthcare providers.
03/19/2019, Palm City: From enterprise networks to vehicle fleets and surveillance systems to perimeter gates, having access control to let the right people in - while keeping everyone else out - is a security necessity.
02/01/2019, Palm City: User authentication deficiencies, endpoint data leakage and excessive user permissions are the three most common cybersecurity risks facing health systems and hospitals, according to new data from Clearwater CyberIntelligence Institute.