Thomas Hitzer

SMARTRAC TECHNOLOGY Dresden GmbH engages in the design, manufacture, and testing of electronic and electromechanical components, particularly miniaturized components. It specializes in technologies for the production of electronic circuit boards, installation of microassemblies, as well as the development and manufacture of equipment for the production and testing of microasseblies. The company was founded in November 1994 and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

Smartrac NV develops, manufactures, and supplies radio-frequency identification components for a broad bandwidth of applications. Its products are used in a wide array of applications including access control, animal identification, automated fare collection, border control, contactless payment, electronic product identification, industry, libraries, media management, laundry, logistics, retail, and public transport. The company was founded by Richard Rudy Bird and Manfred Rietzler in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.