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We solve everyday inefficiencies to allow our customers to focus on their core business. 

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We eliminate everyday inefficiencies, empowering our customers to focus on their core business.

Our company provides cutting-edge services for industrial customers. Our mission is: “We bring efficiency to our industrial customers’ physical supply chain processes.” This mission deeply guides our daily work. We strive to understand customer operations and their unique challenges, which helps our developers create intuitive software solutions. By analyzing what customers do and why, we help them achieve optimal results and streamline their processes.

Our story

A very engineering, hardworking, yet fun-lowing team is gradually built up.

2002

Two Finnish engineers, Ville and Antti, strongly believe in enhancing efficiency in the business processes of industrial companies.

On a cold January day they file a new company registration form and toast with warm beer instead of champagne, to save money for the company. The name VILANT on the registration form comes from their names.

2003

The entrepreneurs had their first glimpse of the company future success as they nearly stumbled into a project that required a more durable solution than barcodes. The technology chosen was RFID (passive HF in those days).

From one perspective the project was the biggest stroke of luck for the company as it certainly demarcated the future route. Yet back then the technology was everything but mature, so bumps on the road were not to be avoided. To ease up the pain at the customer end, some pain relief fluid (a.k.a Finnish Vodka) was delivered alongside the system.

2004-2005

Although GS1 had not yet ratified the EPC standard for UHF RFID, the first UHF RFID readers became available. This made it possible for Vilant Systems to implement its very first Goods Inbound logistics project. And this was not a small one. The customer was ABB and the implementation became a benchmark for many afterwards.

2005 marks an important year in the Finnish RFID history as RFID Lab: the non-profit organization to promote the technology was founded. During the RFID Lab first years Vilant Systems played an important role in the organization of the operations. The picture shows Antti with a HF RFID reader from the company Softronica.

2006

Everybody benefits when GS1 standardizes the technology as it lowers barriers to invest. But as the EPC Generation 2 UHF RFID standard was first introduced in 2006, it meant a lot of work from 2004 and 2005 was thrown to bin and the hard work started yet again.

Vilant Systems always had the entrepreneurs throw themselves hands on to  work. The picture shows a UHF RFID gate from 2006 finished in the early hours of the morning together with its creator.

2007-2009

With a ratified standard to follow, the UHF RFID market finally began to form. There were tag manufacturers, chip manufacturers, reader manufacturers and integrators. Even large companies such as Oracle and IBM had a go at creating RFID middleware. The Vilant TURNKEY solution offering seemed to appeal to the selected segment of large companies, yet the market in Finland is limited. In 2008 already 40% of the turnover comes from export.

At this stage the company had grown to have some 10+ employees, yet the entrepreneurs were very much hands on both in project installations as well as cleaning up new office space.

When the company is small, it is important to get 150% out of your team. A culture that allows trial-and-the-occasional, yet needed error, a culture that nurtures people who speak frankly and a culture that allows the team to have fun at work is not easy to create. However when the management sticks to continuous honest communication, arranging free-time activities and being involved in every-day tasks, such culture can be born and is still today valued and nourished at Vilant. 

2010-2012

After the 2009 recession companies started getting their budgets fast back. This meant that after slowing down in 2009, Vilant had to speed up faster than ever in 2010 with a 100% turnover growth as well as. In a short time a lot of new employees entered the company.

Coming into 2011 the company was really set for international markets with Sweden and Switzerland as main target markets to start with. The acquisition of Swisscom Auto-ID Services AG (then a subsidiary of Swisscom AG) made Vilant a micro-multinational over night. At the same time still a relatively small company, yet a very capable team serving international markets with complex UHF RFID projects.

And even if some international colleagues had been there before, all of a sudden there was a whole Swiss team to be integrated to Finnish habits. Lucky enough they were engineers and outdoor enthusiasts at heart too. 

2012-2017

As time went, the company wanted to grow and more Sales People were recruited, some from the industry, others with less experience from RFID, but all with the same hunger to grow the market. The final Red-Grey-and-Black aka Vilant brand driven exhibitions saw light in 2017.

2017-2025

Since joining the Turck global family, the company has experienced significant growth, gaining valuable colleagues and expanding its capabilities. This integration has enabled extensive training for personnel across the Turck network, empowering local teams in 38 countries to provide dedicated Track & Trace support. Leveraging this expansive global footprint, the company now successfully delivers projects to customers on all six continents, ensuring localized service with global expertise.

2023-

First we launched an RFID & RTLS Showroom at our Espoo HQ, then we built moveable ones to Sweden and Germany, allowing us to showcase our technology to customers and partners alike.

Onze oplossingen verminderen de verspilling van

TIJD – Geen verspilde tijd meer met het zoeken naar materialen of het corrigeren van fouten.

GELD – Minder kosten voor te grote voorraden en het corrigeren van fouten.

MATERIALEN – Overmatig gebruik wordt geminimaliseerd en voorraadbeheer wordt geoptimaliseerd.

OVERPRODUCTIE – Overproductie wordt voorkomen door nauwkeurige prognoses.

EXTRA KILOMETERS – Fouten bij verzendingen worden verminderd om onnodig heen-en-weer-rijden te voorkomen.

Trotse leden van de Turck-groep.

Een strategische stap waar het bedrijf naar op zoek was, werd uiteindelijk in 2017 gezet toen het merendeel van de aandelen van Vilant Systems werd verkocht aan de Turck-groep. Door zich aan te sluiten bij deze wereldwijde automatiseringsgigant kan Turck Vilant Systems gebruikmaken van de internationale verkooporganisatie en het hardwareproductportfolio van Turck. Verdere internationale groei ligt dan ook zeker in het verschiet.

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Turck Vilant Systems werkt samen met onze oplossingspartners om klantprojecten in verschillende landen aan te bieden en te realiseren. Wij bieden begeleiding en knowhow op het gebied van RFID, ondersteuning bij het verkoopproces en als partner komt u in aanmerking voor partnerkortingen. Wij helpen u de juiste vragen te stellen over het RFID-systeem, de businesscase te formuleren met een return on investment van 6 tot 12 maanden en bieden u een gedetailleerde en foutloze systeemofferte.

Daarnaast heeft Turck Vilant Systems technologiepartners waarmee we nauw samenwerken bij de ontwikkeling van RFID-technologie. We zijn ook lid van verschillende normalisatie- en brancheorganisaties, waarin we bijdragen aan de ontwikkeling van RFID-technologie.

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