A company in the automotive sector manufactures very large vehicles in high volumes. During the early stages of production, these semi-finished vehicles are indistinguishable from one another. Due to the nature of the production process, these items are temporarily stored—often without proper tracking—in areas that can be hundreds of meters away from where they are eventually needed.

Challenge

The semi-finished products are stored both indoors and outdoors, making the use of GPS technologies unfeasible. An initial attempt to track items by assigning the responsibility to forklift drivers failed due to the excessive manual effort required to collect accurate location data. When an item went untracked, it would effectively exit the production process and only reappear once it was eventually identified—sometimes weeks later. This led to cascading delays and made it difficult to monitor production. The search process often involved covering large areas by bicycle or forklift.

Solution

To overcome these challenges, our solution partner Bit Tonic implemented a Quuppa solution—equivalent to AccuRTLS—using AoA (Angle-of-Arrival) technology. This cutting-edge solution enables real-time tracking with location accuracy down to a few tens of centimeters in real-world industrial environments.

Each semi-finished product was fitted with a BlueUp Forte+ tag compatible with Quuppa’s infrastructure, enabling traditional indoor tracking via ceiling-mounted antennas. For the expansive outdoor areas—spanning several square kilometers—a fully autonomous drone system was developed. The drone is capable of autonomous take-off, landing, and navigation along predefined flight paths covering typical storage zones. Equipped with an AoA antenna, it can locate tagged items with one-meter accuracy. In adverse weather conditions or when flying is not possible, a similar tracking device mounted on forklifts—combined with GPS—was used to detect nearby assets during normal operations.

Results

The customer now has real-time visibility into the location of his semi-finished products, without requiring workers to perform manual tracking. This streamlined system has significantly improved production efficiency and reduced delays.

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With a bi-directional, persistent connection to all on-site edge devices, Quuppa Site Manager allows you to monitor the status of all your Quuppa Positioning Engines (*), actively manage configurations, and perform updates to your Quuppa systems remotely.

Simple and Efficient Asset Management

Quuppa Site Manager simplifies the management of your tracking infrastructure. It is designed for organisations that have multiple sites in different locations, or a single large site with multiple buildings and potentially different infrastructures. With Quuppa Site Manager, users can remotely monitor, update and make necessary changes to their sites without being physically present at each facility. This eliminates the hassle of implementing changes on-site or setting up secure remote connections to each site separately, and allows you to easily upgrade and downgrade Quuppa system components. Testing new software versions and pushing them into production becomes a streamlined process that improves overall system management efficiency.

Cloud-Based APIs for Enhanced Connectivity

Quuppa for Enterprise provides a modernised and secure way to connect to Quuppa APIs via Site Manager. Each Quuppa Positioning Engine (QPE) connected to Site Manager can be controlled through its own API endpoint, secured with API tokens generated and managed through the Site Manager user interface. This cloud-based approach ensures secure and reliable connectivity while providing seamless access to Quuppa APIs.

Dedicated Single-Tenant Cloud Architecture

Quuppa Site Manager is built on a dedicated single-tenant cloud architecture, creating a separate instance and database for each customer. This architecture offers several key advantages:

• Data Security: Each customer’s data is stored in an independent database, ensuring it remains separate and inaccessible to others outside the organisation.
• Reliability: Your system will run on a separate instance that is not affected by traffic from other systems and peak loads, ensuring the system stability and reliability.
• Scalability: Quuppa for Enterprise’s cloud-based architecture allows the client system to scale to multiple sites, adapting to the evolving needs of organisations.

Centralised Management and Version Control

A key advantage of Quuppa Site Manager is its ability to provide centralised asset management and version control for multiple sites. Users can easily perform system testing, troubleshoot, collect logs from different systems and configure tags from a single platform. This centralised approach streamlines operations, reduces complexity and enhances overall system control and security.

Mobile Deployment Tool for Simplified Installation

The Quuppa Site Manager introduces a Mobile Deployment tool, which facilitates the installation process of the Quuppa System. The Mobile Deployment tool allows people with little to no previous experience or understanding of the system to carry out the deployment of Locators using only a smartphone. This means that the person mounting the Locators can carry out the deployment process themselves without the need for extensive training or expertise. The Mobile Deployment tool offers also the possibility for several people to deploy separate Locators simultaneously, further increasing the installation efficiency of the installation. In addition, the project file is updated immediately once a Locator is deployed successfully.

Real-Life Use Cases of Quuppa Site Manager

With the Quuppa Site Manager tool, end customers can efficiently manage multiple sites from a single dashboard, streamlining the process of quickly tracking and locating assets across multiple facilities. In addition, end customers can rest assured that they will benefit from a secure integration with the Quuppa system, ensuring their data privacy and protection.

For system integrators and middleware providers, the Quuppa Site Manager provides centralised asset management between different customers. This enables improved support services, troubleshooting, tag configuration and system testing to meet each customer’s unique use cases.

Quuppa Site Manager is a comprehensive and powerful tool for managing and orchestrating RTLS systems at scale. With its centralised asset management capabilities, cloud-based connectivity and Mobile Deployment Tool, Quuppa Site Manager provides organisations with an efficient and streamlined solution for seamless multi-site management. Whether you’re an end customer looking for enterprise-level asset management and tracking, or a systems integrator requiring centralised control and support, Quuppa Site Manager is a solution that puts efficiency and scalability at your fingertips.

(*) Quuppa Positioning Engine (QPE) is the core software of the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System. It receives data from the Locators, runs it through advanced positioning algorithms and provides a standard JSON / REST – push / pull API that allows seamless integration with other systems. The system provides accurate and reliable positioning in real time, with updates as frequently as 50 times per second.

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Understanding Quuppa Lite and
its Unique Features

Quuppa Lite is a versatile solution that offers an affordable and flexible option for inventory management and creating environments with mixed accuracy levels. While Quuppa Pro provides precise location tracking, Quuppa Lite focuses on providing approximate location information, making it suitable for scenarios where pinpoint accuracy is not necessary across the entire facility.
Quuppa Lite offers a more generalised view of asset location, providing information on which area an asset is located (presence detection or area presence). This flexibility ensures that businesses can focus their resources on areas that require precise tracking while still having a general understanding of asset location in other parts of the facility.

Lower Deployment and Operating Costs

Implementing Quuppa Lite comes with a range of benefits that can significantly improve inventory management processes while reducing operating costs. One of the primary advantages of Quuppa Lite is its affordability due to reduced deployment and operational costs. The simplified infrastructure requirements make it a cost-effective choice for businesses looking to optimise their tracking systems without incurring significant expenses.

Furthermore, Quuppa Lite offers cost savings in terms of subscription fees. Its affordable nature and simplified infrastructure requirements reduce subscription costs compared to more precise location tracking solutions. This affordability makes Quuppa Lite an attractive option for businesses looking to optimise their tracking systems while controlling costs.

Easy Deployment of Quuppa Lite

Quuppa Lite is designed to be easy to deploy, minimising the time and effort required to set up the system. The simplified installation process allows businesses to quickly integrate the Quuppa system into their existing infrastructure.

Start Light and Scale to High-Accuracy Tracking

While Quuppa Lite provides approximate location information, businesses always have the option to upgrade to Quuppa Pro for high-accuracy tracking using the same Quuppa system and hardware. The upgrade option eliminates the need for the complexity of managing multiple tracking systems and simplifies overall infrastructure requirements. As a result, businesses can reduce costs associated with maintaining and managing separate tracking solutions.

Real-Life Use Cases

Quuppa Lite has proven effective in various real-life use cases, enhancing efficiency and productivity in inventory management, especially in storage areas. In a busy warehouse with numerous storage sections, keeping track of inventory can be challenging. Quuppa Lite offers a solution by providing approximate location information on assets within different warehouse sections.

Similarly, in large logistic centres, tracking packages and goods in real time is crucial for optimising operations. Quuppa Lite can provide valuable insights by offering site-level accuracy, allowing businesses to monitor the movement of packages and goods throughout the supply chain. This enables better planning, improved routing, and faster response times, ultimately enhancing the overall efficiency of the logistics centre.

Presence detection in charging areas is another use case where Quuppa Lite shines. Charging areas for assets such as electric vehicles or portable devices require efficient management to ensure a smooth charging process. Quuppa Lite can detect the presence of assets in charging areas, providing real-time updates on asset availability and enabling businesses to optimise charging resources. This ensures that charging areas are utilised effectively, reducing waiting times and maximising asset utilisation.

Gateway Functionality and Back-channel Commanding

Quuppa Lite offers gateway functionality, allowing seamless integration with sensors and other devices. As a data gateway, Quuppa Lite can collect data from different Bluetooth® sensors in the environment and expose them through an open API. This eliminates the need for multiple infrastructures and allows businesses to leverage Quuppa Lite as a gateway for all. For example, in manufacturing, businesses can pair data from weight sensors with location data to monitor (e.g. bolts, oil) inventory levels and trigger alerts when replenishment is needed.

Quuppa Lite also supports back-channel commanding for tags, enabling businesses to send commands to tags and receive responses. This capability opens possibilities for automation and real-time asset management. For instance, businesses can use back-channel commanding for pick-to-light use cases, improving accuracy and reducing errors in picking operations.

Summa summarum

Quuppa Lite not only offers a cost-effective solution but also turns the Quuppa system into a versatile solution that can address the different needs of businesses, optimising their inventory management processes and building mixed environments without compromising reliability and real-timeliness. With its unique features, such as lower operating costs, easy deployment, upgradability to Quuppa Pro, scalability, and gateway functionality, Quuppa Lite empowers businesses to make informed decisions based on location data.

Real-life use cases demonstrate the effectiveness of Quuppa Lite in enhancing efficiency and productivity in various industries, such as inventory management in storage areas, logistic centre tracking, and presence detection in charging areas. The power of Quuppa technology, combined with integration capabilities and cost savings, makes Quuppa Lite an attractive choice for businesses seeking cost-effective and reliable inventory management solutions.

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The urban combat training center CENZUB in Sissonne, northern France, is a unique real-world training environment, built to improve the operational performance of units in the field and in urban terrain. The armed forces can use the new-generation CERBERE training system developed by Thales Group and Ruag Defences France to have exercises of 500 infantrymen and their 80 vehicles on a 120 km² terrain, which is the size of a town of 3,000 inhabitants.

“Modern combat training requires a new level of preparation and closer cooperation as military units are using sophisticated technology and new weapon systems for executing operations. The CERBERE-system simulates, tracks and analyses force engagements in urban or open environments by implementing visual and sound animation devices as well as laser systems installed on weapons, allowing for the reproduction of the combat environment including battle effects like smoke and explosions”

Alexis Richard– Project Manager, Thales Group

The CERBERE-system allows detailed post action analysis, using combat videos, voice and data exchange recordings, and attrition generated by combat fire simulators using information and location systems. Thales has designed 3D Models of the entire combat area, including a village centre, 5-6 floor apartment buildings, industrial buildings, a supermarket, a church and even a hospital. The troops can be located on the map real time.

Soldiers tracked even in the most challenging training environments 

The training center is equipped with 4,000 Quuppa Locators in 300 buildings and more than 5,000 tags will be installed into military vehicles, combat shoes and explosives by the end of 2022. Soldiers are tracked in real time with the accuracy of down to a few centimeters. The Quuppa system is very precise and reliable across diverse buildings with multiple floors and on staircases as well as in tunnels. Vehicles can be located with the Quuppa technology near the buildings and explosions of tagged test hand grenades can be monitored on the map. The effects of the explosions on the troops provide important information. The Quuppa technology is combined with GPS to ensure effective coverage of large outdoor areas.

The French Army commanders monitor and track tactical situations in the operation center and from touch-screen tablets. Even Battalion level maneuvers can be followed live. Instructors are able to supervise the operational capabilities of combat units. “In the digitalized battlefield, the troops can be advised during and after the actions with high-quality analysis review tools and combat training simulations”, comments Richard. “The CERBERE-system provides a new dimension to combat training, as close to real combat conditions as possible.”

“We tested different indoor location technologies in the training center and the Quuppa platform proved to be the best technology for the needed purposes. In urban warfare you need to know which room each soldier is in and as the walls might only be 10 centimetres thick we need very precise, continuous and dynamic positioning as well as excellent scalability in real time.”

Alexis Richard– Project Manager, Thales Group

“During this truly unique and demanding project we have proved that our indoor location solutions function very well in all kinds of buildings and in the most challenging environments, like for example in narrow tunnels underground, stairwells, industrial buildings and warehouses with steel roofs and walls”

Antti Kainulainen- CTO, Quuppa

About Quuppa

Quuppa is a leading technology provider for real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS). The company was established in 2012 by a team of experienced engineers and scientists as a spin-off from Nokia Research Center and has since successfully commercialised its offering, creating a complete product platform: the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System, a one-size-fits-all technology platform for location-based services and applications. Our platform offers companies a complete software suite of tools for planning, simulating and commissioning projects, that can be used as a solid and scalable foundation for building various location-based solutions. The open API makes it fast and easy to take the platform into use. To date, the Quuppa Ecosystem has more than 200 partners around the world who use Quuppa’s open, versatile and reliable positioning platform to deliver accurate, real-time and cost-effective location solutions to companies in a range of industries, including manufacturing and logistics, retail, healthcare, sports, law enforcement and security. For more information, please see quuppa.com.

For more information, please contact:

Sari Arjamo-Tuominen, Chief Marketing Officer

sari.arjamo-tuominen@quuppa.com

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The landscape

The market analysis in the Gartner report estimated that the Indoor Location Services market will generate $55 billion revenue by 2030, up from $1.9 billion in 2021. However, the sector faces several challenges. One of the biggest is the paradox of needing to deliver solutions that are flexible enough to serve a diverse range of sectors, but capable of understanding and addressing the particular requirements of specific and complex use cases.

Quuppa’s solution 

The Quuppa Intelligent Locating System is a versatile technology platform for location-based services that is proven with big name customers across a range of vertical markets. At the same time, the system is fully configurable, giving customers the flexibility to address their individual needs. The combination of location accuracy, low latency and reliability of the Quuppa system allow it to support mission critical use cases for a vast range of customers.

Using its unique angle of arrival (AoA) and angle of departure (AoD) technology, advanced positioning engine and complete SW application suite, Quuppa can deliver asset and people tracking with centimetre level accuracy. Customers also benefit from the extensive partner network which offers customers an unmatched selection of options for their deployments.

In practice

Quuppa has a broad customer base of big-name brands with unique challenges and demands when it comes to the RTLS services they need.

Airbus

One of the world’s most reputable and recognizable names in the aviation industry needed an RTLS technology capable of working with its complex supply chain to track high value assets. Quuppa has been a trusted partner of Airbus since 2016, driving greater efficiency across the organisation.

Safran

Working with Orange Business Services (OBS) Quuppa has been able to assist Safran Aircraft Engines with the management of 15,000 tools in its two large factory plants which spread over 55,000 and 20,000 square meters, respectively.

“We are proud that Quuppa is a key partner to multiple ‘leaders’ in the Magic Quadrant, adding its powerful positioning technology to allow them to deliver a comprehensive offering.”

Sammy Loitto, CEO at Quuppa

From the CEO

Sammy Loitto, CEO at Quuppa commented, “We are proud that Quuppa is a key partner to multiple ‘leaders’ in the Magic Quadrant, adding its powerful positioning technology to allow them to deliver a comprehensive offering. It has been a year of significant developments for Quuppa, with strides made not only to deliver more for our customers but to push the boundaries of what the industry as a whole can deliver. From building our partner portfolio to extend the solutions we can offer customers, to working with industry bodies to define the standards that will enable a significant leap forward for Indoor Location Solutions. We pride ourselves on enhancing what is possible for the industry and it is fantastic to see that recognised.”

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Under the agreement, Arrow will resell Quuppa products and services to Arrow’s customer base.

Quuppa’s Intelligent Locating System provides tracking of tags and devices to within a few centimetres and with millisecond latency. The technology platform is achieving widespread use in indoor tracking applications. Its combination of cost-effectiveness, reliability and performance is proving successful in areas ranging from industry and healthcare to retail and security.

The Quuppa Intelligent Locating System is highly scalable and features an open API that simplifies integration with existing and future systems. It has inbuilt telemetry and monitoring, which removes the need for active maintenance. Combined with the long-lasting tags and ease of deployment, this minimizes the cost of ownership.

Location services are being adopted across many markets, and the addition of Quuppa’s portfolio gives our customers further choice and flexibility in their product designs,”

Matthias Hutter, VP of PM & Supplier Marketing EMEA, Arrow Electronics.

RTLS technology has opened up a market for a number of new applications. In industrial settings, RTLS helps enable a safer and more efficient workplace, tracking assets, optimizing their use and alerting personnel to potential dangers. The healthcare sector, which has long understood the benefits of tracking medical equipment in hospitals automatically, can now extend monitoring to benefit vulnerable patients. And nowhere is the performance and versatility of the Quuppa RTLS better demonstrated than in sport where the technology is deployed to track the position of ice hockey players, and the puck, in real-time.

This is an exciting opportunity for us to expand the Quuppa customer base and sales reach via Arrow’s network in the EMEA region”

Sammy Loitto, CEO of Quuppa

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Quuppa was established in September 2012, by the team responsible for the invention of the High Accuracy Indoor Positioning (HAIP) at the Nokia Research Center.

With over fifteen years of experience as its foundation, the Quuppa team commercialised their innovation to create a complete product platform – the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System.

Our real-time location systems (RTLS) is used across a wide cross section of industries including Logistics, Healthcare, Security, Retail and Hospitality to Sports. Quuppa is using RTLS to help organisations improve overall business efficiency, optimize operations and enhance worker safety through asset tracking.

Today Quuppa is a leading provider of Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS), with 2600+ deployments in 55+ countries and over 200 partners worldwide.

Quuppa is a privately owned, independent company, employing 50+ people and holds its headquarters in Espoo, Finland – with offices in Washington DC (USA), Sydney (AUS), Shanghai & Shenzhen (CN).

How did you come up with the idea for the company?

We believe that in the future, all devices will be connected not just by data, but by location. Currently, ’location’ for most people means the location provided by outdoor positioning systems. But because most devices and users actually spend most of their time indoors, there is a growing demand for services that utilise indoor positioning.

In outdoor positioning, the entire globe can be covered by just a few satellites. But when it comes to indoor positioning, each building is a world of its own. Because the indoor positioning environment is so complex, it cannot be dominated by any single major player.

Our technology is open to be used by everyone in this collaborative ecosystem. Much like GPS is to outdoor positioning, we see the Quuppa technology becoming a de facto standard indoors; either to be used alone or in combination with other technologies. There are many use cases and different customer needs, which demand for a variety of technology solutions.

Quuppa wants to serve as a key building block for the new Location-Enabled World. We aim to be a catalyst that accelerates the success of our partner companies through our technology and know-how.

How has the company evolved during the pandemic?

The pandemic has had both positive and negative effects on the business. Location, in general, became a hot topic and the pandemic accelerated demand for location tracking.

This generated new safety use cases for the Quuppa locating system; e.g. to secure business continuity and worker safety in offices, factories, hospitals via social distancing and contact tracing; if someone was tested positive to back track who the person has been in contact with.

The negative effects were as for many others that many industries put new IOT investments on hold. Also, in some cases people could not travel onsite, so the project got postponed. On the other hand, we are seeing more governmental initiatives for example in the healthcare and elderly care industry to secure investments in digitalisation in order to be better prepared for future pandemics.

What can we hope to see from Quuppa Technologies in the future?

In 2020 we raised €20 million of funding and our focus has been to use this for product development; ease of use of the system, lowering the infrastructure cost in the set up phase and offering the whole range of use cases from high accurate positioning to room/zone level accuracy.

Our vision is that in 10 years location will become ubiquitous.

Twenty years ago, WiFi was a rarity, phones weren’t smart, and data was costly.

Today you can get WiFi even on a plane; all devices from toothbrushes to tower cranes are online, and everyone understands the value in connectivity.

But what will the next 15 years bring? At Quuppa, we see a clear path from today’s Connected World toward a Location-Enabled World.

What we mean is that data without context is not relevant. Connectivity itself doesn’t make anything smart. Only by enriching data and connectivity with location will our world become truly smart.

We envision the value of location to be as clearly understood in 2030 as the value of connectivity is today. Meanwhile, we are seeing more and more businesses leveraging on Location-Based Services for driving their everyday operations.

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Loitto, who holds an MBA and a Master’s in Industrial Management, will switch from his current position as Senior Vice President of Sales at Bittium to start in his new role at Quuppa on August 1st. Current Quuppa CEO and company founder Kimmo Kalliola will continue as a Member of the Board. Kalliola will also head the company’s strategic development and cooperation projects, with the goal of achieving a further leap in growth.

Quuppa is the leading technology provider for indoor positioning technology. During its relatively short history, the company has grown to an annual revenue level of 10 million euros, expanded its workforce from five to fifty, and opened new sales offices on three continents.

“Our goal is to grow from 10 to 100 million euros within the next five years and become the market leader. To support this kind of exceptional growth, we need a CEO with experience in developing a global product business and building an organisation to support it. Sammy Loitto’s previous achievements in similar tasks speak for themselves,” says Kimmo Kalliola, Quuppa founder and current CEO.

“I am happy to become the new CEO at Quuppa and I feel excited by the possibility of getting to lead a company that is at such an interesting stage in its history. Quuppa has already proven its growth capabilities, it has a highly competitive product portfolio, and its technology know-how is top-notch. The recently completed funding round has placed Quuppa in a prime position to grow further towards becoming market leader,” says Sammy Loitto, incoming Quuppa CEO.

Before his current spell at Bittium, Loitto worked in various leadership and sales positions at companies, including Gryphon Secure, Jolla, and Airbus.

Kalliola will continue with the company and concentrate on exploring new ways for Quuppa technology to become part of various automation systems of the future.

“Our technology has fantastic potential because we are able to locate targets with a centimetre-level accuracy and apply any type of radio signal to do this. For example, we would be able to provide self-driving vehicles with a highly accurate, camera and radar-independent steering system that works even in snowy, rainy or foggy conditions,” says Kalliola.

”A great number of other possible use cases can be found in the fields of building automation, healthcare, retail, logistics, and drones. In my new role, I will work together with chip manufacturers and other technology manufacturers to explore these possibilities,” Kalliola says.

Quuppa recently completed a 20 million euro funding round. Investors included the Finnish growth company focused private equity investor Bocap, and Tech Consulting Group TCG. Both of these investors have strong previous experience in helping technology companies achieve international success.

Quuppa already has more than 200 partners all over the world, with the company’s systems used in manufacturing, healthcare, smart buildings – and even in sports. The global mobile operator Orange is using Quuppa technology. In the field of smart offices, Quuppa has partnered with Haltian to create solutions for TietoEvry and Halton, amongst others. In sports, Quuppa technology is employed in Wisehockey’s smart puck system which follows the puck and the players in real time during an ice hockey match. The system is used in the Finnish Liiga’s top-division and in the international KHL league.

For more information:
Sari Arjamo-Tuominen
Vice President, Marketing
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The company took part in the Great Place to Work (GPTW) competition for the first time this year, and was already awarded the certification and now the listing.

On the 28th of April 2021, Quuppa was listed as one of Finland’s Best Workplaces, in the category of small-sized companies with 20-49 employees. According to the GPTW Trust Index survey, employees consider the company to be a great place to work, making the company eligible for recognition. Obtaining the certification, especially in the midst of a corona pandemic, is a sign of a healthy work environment and culture.

“We are delighted that Quuppa was listed in the very first year of our participation in this competition. Having a good time at work is equally important for me as achieving good results, and I believe the two go hand in hand. People are most motivated and productive when they are happy and enjoy their work!” says Kimmo, Quuppa co-founder and CEO.

Confidence is Paramount in Employee Experience

The results emphasise a strong confidence in management. Quuppa employees feel that they are trusted and their skills are valued. In addition to management, the results emphasise the company’s community spirit, teamwork and open communication. Colleagues trust and support each other, and everyone pitches in to maintain the spirit. Taking care of the mental well-being of employees is always important, and becomes even more so during challenging times.

The results also reflect that Quuppa employees feel the company offers them opportunities to flourish and grow, according to their individual skills and preferences. Ville Norra, who has been involved in the company from almost the beginning, is a good example of this. In addition to the Creative Director title, he is responsible for designing the products and developing the user experience.

“I’ve got to try and learn over the years, many different things and to define the role, depending on what feels good. I have never once thought that I come to work because I get paid for it, but I always think that I come here because the work is nice.” Norra says.

Quuppa’s team spirit has also carried over to the remote work required by the pandemic. The teams have developed their processes collaboratively, and the culture includes heavily cultivated techie humour.

International and People-Oriented

Quuppa has targeted the international market from the very beginning and the majority of its customers are from outside of Finland. Growth has been steady in all markets. In addition to Keilaniemi in Espoo, the company has offices in Washington, Sydney, Shanghai and Shenzhen, and its ecosystem includes more than 200 partners globally.

The development-oriented company invests especially in recruitment and successful candidate experiences. Quuppa grew its team last year by about 10 new employees and there are plans to recruit the same amount again this year. The staff is diverse in terms of both age and gender distribution, as well as nationalities, which total almost 10.

Growing Together With The Company

Young professionals, in particular, are interested in an innovative technology company operating in a new field, where you can genuinely influence your goals and grow within the company. The fact that the official language of the company is English adds to the interest.

“Multiculturalism brings many benefits and broadens the perspectives. Quuppa’s organisational structure is also wonderfully smooth, anyone can ask for help,” says Diana Bobkova from Russia, who recently started in Quuppa’s product management team as a Junior Product Manager.

“I believe many are attracted to our open culture where humour flourishes. I think the GPTW certification sums up the essentials, this is a great place to be at work.” Ville Norra sums up.

More information:
Katriina Lahti, People Manager, Quuppa

Phone +358 50 520 7085

Email: katriina.lahti@quuppa.com

About Quuppa 

Quuppa is a leading technology provider for real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS). The company was established in 2012 by a team of experienced engineers and scientists as a spin-off from Nokia Research Center and has since successfully commercialised its offering, creating a complete product platform: the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System, a one-size-fits-all technology platform for location-based services and applications. Our platform offers companies a complete software suite of tools for planning, simulating and commissioning projects, that can be used as a solid and scalable foundation for building various location-based solutions. The open API makes it fast and easy to take the platform into use. To date, the Quuppa Ecosystem has more than 200 partners around the world who use Quuppa’s open, versatile and reliable positioning platform to deliver accurate, real-time and cost-effective location solutions to companies in a range of industries, including manufacturing and logistics, retail, healthcare, sports, law enforcement and security. For more information, please see quuppa.com.

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Quuppa, a leading technology provider for real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS), and Actility, a global provider of LPWAN connectivity solutions, announce a deep technological cooperation for integration of their software systems and tracking devices made by Abeeway, an Actility Group company, specialized in fused multi-technology geolocation for the Internet of Things.

Through the partnership, Quuppa and Actility will develop products that work seamlessly together to provide added value to end customers. Enhancements include making Abeeway’s ATEX certified tags trackable by the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System, a one-size-fits-all technology platform for location-based services and applications. This enables the companies to provide a powerful, versatile and scalable asset tracking solution for industrial environments, achieving a location accuracy of below 1 meter.

Tracking objects outdoors or indoors in an industrial environment presents a lot of challenges. When choosing the right indoor or outdoor positioning technology for your demands, many different factors come into play. While some applications demand pinpoint accuracy, others require more basic knowledge of an object’s presence within a defined space.

On the one hand, Quuppa’s Intelligent Locating System is a powerful engine for various location-based services and applications. It provides accurate and real-time positioning data for tracked Bluetooth® devices, by using advanced proprietary algorithms.

On the other hand, Abeeway long autonomy devices allow continuous usage for months and years thanks to LoRaWAN® connectivity. The devices work both indoors and outdoors thanks to their multi-technology geolocation system, integrating GPS, Abeeway’s patented Low-power GPS, WiFi Sniffing, Bluetooth Low Energy & Bluetooth LE Beaconing feature for precise indoor tracking.

Abeeway devices combine cutting-edge location technologies, robust hardware, a meticulous selection of high-performing low-power chipsets and the no-compromise optimization of software. This allows flexible behaviour, highly responsive to changing needs, and guarantees the location of assets and people in various coverage scenarios.

Unlimited IoT use cases for Industries and Healthcare.

Making Abeeway trackers compatible with Quuppa software allows new types of use cases for indoor and outdoor geolocation. The integrated solution is designed to deliver reliable location data even in complex indoor and outdoor use cases or hazardous environments like a construction site, a mine, a refinery. It provides you with real-time data of the operating status of your machines and monitoring of mobile assets as well as people. This unique, custom fit IoT tracking solution is particularly relevant for use cases such as asset tracking and management in indoor facilities, factories, resource tracking, theft prevention, warehouse logistics, fleet management and much more.

Favendo, a provider of RTLS solutions, both Quuppa’s and Actility Solution Partner in Germany for more than a year, is already integrating Abeeway devices into its RTLS system and will be offering the solution to their customers. The integrated Favendo-Quuppa-Abeeway solution is applicable for real-time medical asset tracking in hospitals. The nursing staff spends a lot of time searching for medical equipment in their daily work. Thanks to Abeeway’s compatibility with Quuppa technology this solution can be integrated into an existing HIS and can increase productivity by up to 14% while reducing costs by up to 18%. It will provide a complete overview of the historical usage pattern and real-time location of patients, medical equipment, staff or medications.

“We are excited to welcome Actility/Abeeway into the Quuppa Partner Ecosystem, as this partnership opens up new possibilities for industrial applications, where accurate positioning is required” – Fabio Belloni, Chief Customer Officer and Co-Founder of Quuppa commented on the announcement.

“Ensuring seamless positioning of industrial assets, both indoor and outdoor, is the essence of Abeeway’s technology and products. Our partnership with Quuppa allows us to bring this principle one step further, leveraging their technology to offer a sub-meter accuracy positioning solution. Combined with the power of vertical applications such as the ones of Favendo or Industrax, our industrial customers benefit from the most advanced low-power asset tracking solution of the market.” says Shmuel Solomon, Channels Sales Manager, Enterprise Products at Actility.

“Congratulations to our partners, Quuppa and Actility/Abeeway! This strategic alliance adds a lot of value for us and our customers. The ATEX certified Abeeway tags are perfect for industrial environments and the Quuppa positioning platform provides great customizability and scalability for different use cases. Now all of this can be easily integrated into our Zircon API, so our end customers can access the data through one single interface” says Stefan Balduf, CEO at Favendo.

“As a long-time partner of both Quuppa and Actility/Abeeway, we are happy to see the two companies starting a direct partnership. With the integration of these two technologies, it is now much easier to deploy both wide-area outdoor tracking per LoRaWAN backbone and precise indoor tracking solutions at the same time, using just one device” says Nicolai Karl, Product Manager at INDUTRAX, a technology-independent Location-Aware Software provider.

About Quuppa

Quuppa is a leading technology provider for real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS). The company was established in 2012 by a team of experienced engineers and scientists as a spin-off from Nokia Research Center and has since successfully commercialised its offering, creating a complete product platform: the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System, a one-size-fits-all technology platform for location-based services and applications. Our platform offers companies a complete software suite of tools for planning, simulating and commissioning projects, that can be used as a solid and scalable foundation for building various location-based solutions. The open API makes it fast and easy to take the platform into use. To date, the Quuppa Ecosystem has more than 200 partners around the world who use Quuppa’s open, versatile and reliable positioning platform to deliver accurate, real-time and cost-effective location solutions to companies in a range of industries, including manufacturing and logistics, retail, healthcare, sports, law enforcement and security. For more information, please see quuppa.com.

For more information, please contact:
Christoffer Segercrantz, Vice President Sales: christoffer.segercrantz@quuppa.com
Sari Arjamo-Tuominen, Vice President Marketing: sari.arjamo-tuominen@quuppa.com

About Actility

Actility is a world leader in Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) industrial-grade connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things. Actility provides its ThingPark platform and network technology to deploy, operate and maintain public and private wireless IoT networks within a unified, scalable and versatile network infrastructure. The vast majority of nationwide LoRaWAN® network service providers (over 50) and hundreds of companies trust ThingPark all over the world. Through its subsidiary Abeeway, Actility also provides patented ultra-low-power tracking solutions. ThingPark Market offers the largest selection of interoperable IoT gateways, devices and applications to simplify and accelerate deployment of use cases.

Contact here: https://www.actility.com/contact

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WASHINGTON DC, (April 20, 2021) – Quuppa, creator of the most accurate and reliable positioning platform in the world, announced today a new partnership with Ztrax, a Brazil-based leader in providing solutions for locating people and assets. Together the companies will bring to the Brazilian market state-of-the-art technology for companies seeking real-time location solutions in many vertical sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, smart buildings, retail, and even in sports.

With Quuppa’s Intelligent Locating System, a one-size-fits-all technology platform for location-based services and applications, companies in Brazil will have the most accurate and scalable RTLS technology on the market today, enabling a variety of business use cases across sectors where data and location are merged to produce never before revealed information and insights in these environments.

Ztrax saw a clear advantage to the high accuracy and short-latency offered by Quuppa and integrated their solution adding a wide range of functionalities, ranging from monitoring employees workspace usage, necessary for all Covid related aspects. For example social distancing with occupancy limits for each department, visitors and service providers supervision and equipment process flow inside Technical Assistance and Logistics areas.

Ztrax is also helping Quuppa with the Anatel certification process, which is required for any radio electronics equipment to be used commercially in Brazil and assisting in the distribution of Quuppa products locally in Brazil, along with providing native language support and assistance.

“We are extremely excited about this new partnership and the possibility to expand our business to a new region together with Ztrax,” said Tom Ruth Vice President, Americas at Quuppa. “The Brazilian market is huge potential for us and our partners with numerous use cases in many verticals starting from Industry 4.0”

“With this partnership, Ztrax now has at its fingertips Quuppa’s best-in-class RTLS technology, which offers highly accurate and consistent tracking and location, while also providing much needed open standards that allow for the integration of third-party solutions, such as asset and wearable tags,” said CEO Sávio Bloomfield. The partnership will also benefit Ztrax customers with much easier access to Quuppa’s technology as Ztrax will be responsible for the whole importation process delivering equipment locally in Brazil.

About Quuppa

Quuppa is a leading technology provider for real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS). The company was established in 2012 by a team of experienced engineers and scientists as a spin-off from Nokia Research Center and has since successfully commercialised its offering, creating a complete product platform: the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System, a one-size-fits-all technology platform for location-based services and applications. Our platform offers companies a complete software suite of tools for planning, simulating and commissioning projects that can be used as a solid and scalable foundation for building various location-based solutions. The open API makes it fast and easy to take the platform into use. To date, the Quuppa Ecosystem has more than 200 partners around the world who use Quuppa’s open, versatile and reliable positioning platform to deliver accurate, real-time and cost-effective location solutions to companies in a range of industries, including manufacturing and logistics, retail, healthcare, sports, law enforcement and security. For more information, please see quuppa.com.

About Ztrax

Ztrax is a top provider of location-based services in Brazil with solutions for tracking and monitoring people, assets and equipment. The company is part of the Spacecom Group the largest Electronic and Monitoring devices and service provider in Latin America for tracking offenders. Ztrax offers a full solution stack, including state-of-the-art hardware and software that enables companies to track and monitor the core of their operation. For more information, please see ztrax.com.br.

Contact:
Quuppa: Sari Arjamo-Tuominen – sari.arjamo-tuominen@quuppa.com

Ztrax: Rigoberto Costa – rigoberto@ztrax.com.br

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(Helsinki 13.4.2021) – Quuppa, creator of the most accurate and reliable positioning platform in the world, has launched its QuuppaOne Partner Program. Through the program Quuppa, offers a variety of tools such as business planning, technical support, training, marketing, and even co-development, to support partners in scaling their business.

The Partner Ecosystem has been at the core of Quuppa’s existence and one of the key pillars in the company’s strategy since it was founded in 2012. Quuppa now has more than 200 partners globally who can leverage from the Partner Program. The partners are divided into various categories including Solution Partners, System Integrators, Tag Partners and Technology Partners and the program offering is customised for each partner type.

“Our mission is to create a location-enabled and connected world by offering a positioning platform but it’s really our partners who make what we do matter. We believe that the QuuppaOne Partner Program helps us to better focus, engage and support our strategic partners.” says Quuppa CEO Kimmo Kalliola.

The market for indoor positioning solutions is expanding at an incredible pace but isn’t yet considered truly mainstream. According to a MarketsandMarkets report the global indoor location market will grow from USD 6.1 billion in 2020 to USD 17.0 billion by 2025 *

“Last year alone we signed more than 60 partner agreements, so it is essential to have a more structured way of managing the channel. I believe that in the next few years the Quuppa Partner Ecosystem will be a key driver in shifting the entire indoor positioning market from niche to mainstream.” said Quuppa CMO Thomas Hasselman.

“As a Location-Aware Software company delivering solutions, we are very proud of our partnership with Quuppa. They have always been there to support us and help expand our business. The QuuppaOne program is the next step in strengthening the way we work together technically and commercially and will serve to make us both even more successful. We are excited to be a Quuppa Premium Partner in the manufacturing and logistics segments.” says Terence Phebey, Head of Sales and Marketing at INDUTRAX

“As one of the first partners since 2013, Nesa and Quuppa have worked tirelessly with a common goal to provide the best “dot on the map experience” across multiple industries. Today, we are proud to be officially recognised as a Quuppa Premium Partner and offer true intelligence and business value through our location solutions to companies via Quuppa Partner Ecosystem around the world.” comments Neil Salem, Founder and CEO of Nesa Solutions

Quuppa works with its global partner network to provide real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS) across a variety of industries, including manufacturing and logistics, retail and hospitality, healthcare, sports, law enforcement and security.

About Quuppa

Quuppa is a leading technology provider for real-time locating systems (RTLS) and indoor positioning systems (IPS). The company was established in 2012 by a team of experienced engineers and scientists as a spin-off from Nokia Research Center and has since successfully commercialised its offering, creating a complete product platform: the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System, a one-size-fits-all technology platform for location-based services and applications. Our platform offers companies a complete software suite of tools for planning, simulating and commissioning projects, that can be used as a solid and scalable foundation for building various location-based solutions. The open API makes it fast and easy to take the platform into use. To date, the Quuppa Ecosystem has more than 200 partners around the world who use Quuppa’s open, versatile and reliable positioning platform to deliver accurate, real-time and cost-effective location solutions to companies in a range of industries, including manufacturing and logistics, retail, healthcare, sports, law enforcement and security.

For more information, please see quuppa.com

Or contact sari-arjamo-tuominen@quuppa.com

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