French electronic manufacturer Tageos, a specialist in RFID and wireless IoT inlays and tags, partnered ambient IoT pioneer Wiliot to develop a passive Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) inlay.

The EOS-654 BLE G3 comes in response to the growing demand for real-time location and condition monitoring across retail and logistics supply chains. This inlay was developed to support large-scale deployment of Israeli firm Wiliot’s Gen3 IoT Pixel sensor and the Wiliot Intelligence Platform.

The inlay has a dual-band architecture operating at 2.4GHz and sub-1GHz. This design enables longer-range energising, more reliable broadcasts and greater performance consistency across environments such as distribution centres, trailers, retail backrooms and store floors. Delivered as a dry inlay, it is ready for conversion into Wiliot’s Gen3 IoT Pixel sensor.

Requiring no batteries, the Gen3 IoT Pixel sensor works with Bluetooth reader infrastructure to transmit item-level data to the Wiliot Intelligence Platform. The platform analyses continuous streams of location, temperature, humidity, light, dwell time and movement data to power physical AI options, including cycle counting, shipment verification, reusable asset tracking and condition monitoring.

The inlay was developed with Wiliot at Tageos’ ICoE innovation centre of excellence, which opened in Munich last year in response to the increasing demand for wireless technologies. Specialising in product innovations such as antenna design, battery-free and battery-powered BLE sensors, and multi-component integration into roll-to-roll inlay manufacturing, the ICoE is part of the company’s research and development organisation. Once final product development and validation are complete, products can be seamlessly industrialised within Tageos’ global manufacturing network, which has a total production capacity of 12 billion units per year across locations in France, USA and China.

“We are proud to work with a global, high-capacity inlay manufacturer to further secure supply for the growing demand for our battery-free Gen3 IoT Pixel BLE sensors,” said Amir Khoshniyati, vice president at Wiliot (www.wiliot.com). “Combined with the Wiliot Intelligence Platform, this partnership powers the data layer behind physical AI and redefines real-time visibility across modern supply chains. Tageos’ innovation capabilities and proven ability to scale to billions of units make them an ideal partner for our rapid growth in ambient IoT.”

Hector Gomez, vice president at Tageos, added: “With Tageos’ innovation and commitment to quality, in addition to our expertise in inlay manufacturing, combined with our capacity we are now taking another significant step towards ambient IoT performance and battery-free BLE sensing technology. Wiliot shares our commitment to pioneering ideas and actions, and we are excited to expand our partnership further to unlock new applications and drive ongoing growth for the benefit of our customers worldwide.”

Headquartered in Montpellier, France, Tageos (www.tageos.com) operates manufacturing sites and offices in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico and USA. Tageos has been part of the Fedrigoni Group since 2022.