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Beontag Launches Viking Micro+ Next-Gen Mini Bluetooth Tracker

Viking Micro+ is designed to make heavy-duty construction sites more efficient and safer than ever.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Beontag announces the arrival of the Viking Micro+, an advanced mini Bluetooth tracker that aims to meet the specific requirements for demanding heavy-duty construction projects.

The developed tracker has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of construction sites, where small but robust devices must be able to operate reliably in challenging and hazardous conditions. 

This breakthrough solution is the result of a strategic partnership established in 2021 between Beontag and OneStop Pro, the award-winning construction software solution for equipment and machine management, with Beontag providing the advanced beacons, while OneStop delivers the system and user experience.

The result is a comprehensive tool-tracking solution designed to withstand the harsh conditions of construction sites, including extreme temperatures, heavy vibration, weather exposure, dirt, impacts, and other heavy use. With increased robustness, the Viking Micro+ is built to endure the demanding lifecycle of construction tools, ensuring long-term reliability and performance in the field.

A key innovation of the Viking Micro+ is its ability to address a long-standing challenge in the construction industry: tracking smaller tools that cannot accommodate the larger BLE tags currently available. Designed to be both rugged and compact, the Viking Micro+ fits seamlessly on handheld tools without interfering with their operation. The tag is powered by a built-in battery and requires only simple mounting to function.

“Since 2021, the partnership between Beontag and OneStop Pro has underlined our common goal of transforming the construction industry with innovative technologies,” Cedric Le Labousse, Beontag’s EMEA GM for DTE, said. “As a watershed moment in the field of automated tracking of construction site equipment, the Viking Micro+ shows how digitalization can be implemented in concrete terms to enable construction companies to work more efficiently and safely than ever.”

“As the first supplier to offer this type of mini Bluetooth tracker in large volumes, we have built up extensive expertise with this product through customer feedback over the past few years,” added Dominik Märkl, CEO of OneStop Pro. “Tracking equipment – especially smaller and moderate cost tools – is a key requirement for our clients, enabling them to operate safe and cost-effective sites and operations.  Our experience and focus on these needs, combined with Beontag’s innovative, forward-thinking digital solutions, have helped us to successfully develop the Viking Micro+, and we look forward to rolling it out to customers worldwide.” 

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