IPICO Sports
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IPICO Sports is a sport timing manufacturing company in the RFID timing market that serves sporting events including running, triathlons, cycling, mud runs, swimming and Nordic sports as well as physical fitness testing for scholastic and military purposes in over 50 countries.[1]
History[edit]
Philip Lockwood founded Mercury Sports Group (MSG) in 2003 with the goal to revolutionize race timing. At the same time, IPICO Inc. was working on their RFID technology in South Africa while looking for ways to expand into the global market. After working together to build technology for sports applications, MSG was acquired by IPICO Inc. to form IPICO Sports in 2008 following the shipment of the first Elite Reader kit in March of 2007.[2] In 2009, IPICO won Frost & Sullivan's North American RFID Sports Technology Leadership of the Year Award.[3] In 2015, IPICO Sports was acquired by event management and registration company ACTIVE Network, LLC.[4]
Events[edit]
IPICO race timing chips have been used to track a variety of sporting events, including the Main Cross Country Festival of Champions.[5] Additionally, the BolderBOULDER worked with IPICO Sports and End Result starting in 2007, tracking times for over 53,000 participants in the 2009 race.[6][7] IPICO also teamed up with End Result on the 2008 Ironman World Championship, among other races.[8]
In addition to running races and triathlons, other events utilize IPICO's sport timing. One example is the American Birkebeiner cross country skiing event.[9]
Products[edit]
- Shoe Tags
- Bib Tags
- Multisport Tags
- Power Tags
- Reader Mats
- Cycling Antennas
- Registration Readers
References[edit]
- ↑ "How Active Network Helps Companies Keep Score". Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ↑ "IPICO Sports: It's All in the Timing". Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Excellence in Best Practices". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Active Network acquires global timing company to boost its software offerings". Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ↑ "72 schools, 1,619 XC runners to converge on Belfast for Saturday's Maine Cross Country Festival of Champions". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ↑ "IPICO Enters Race for RFID Sports Timing". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ↑ "DICK'S Sporting Goods BolderBOULDER and MAGPIE Announce 'Smoothest Race in Decades.'". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ↑ "End Result News". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Birkebeiner to use IPICO Sports Timing System". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
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