Digital Angel
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Networking & Communication Devices |
| Headquarters | South St. Paul, Minnesota, US |
| Key people | Joseph J. Grillo |
| Employees | 419[1] |
| Website | www.digitalangel.com |
Digital Angel, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIGA) develops global positioning satellite (GPS) and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. Headquartered in South St. Paul, Minnesota, their products offer security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecommunication, security infrastructure and the controversial Verichip human implant, a product which has caused concern among advocates of civil liberties.
Applications for this technology include pets, wildlife and livestock identification using implantable RFID microchips, scanners and antennas.
Digital Angel has also researched and developed GPS search and rescue beacons that integrate geosynchronous communications for use by the military and the private sector to track aircraft, ships and other high value assets.
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[edit] Subsidiaries
Digital Angel GPS and RFID products enable the rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of people. Applications of their products include identification and monitoring of pets and fish with implantable RFID microchips, identification of livestock with ear tags, GPS based search and rescue beacons for aircraft, ships, boats, and individuals.
Animal Identification Segment
- Daploma
- Destron Fearing - Leading US manufacture since 1945. Pioneered microchip technology for animals in 1980s.
Asset Identification Segment
- Signature Industries LTD. - UK-based company since WWII, supplying electric safety products, and major supplier to the RAF.
- SARBE - Encrypted GPS emergency beacons for military forces
- McMurdo - Supplier of maritime emergency location beacons and navigational devices in Europe
Digital Angel owns a minority position (49%) in VeriChip.
[edit] Chief executive officer
- Joseph J. Grillo (President/CEO): CEO of Digital Angel since January 2, 2008, succeeding Kevin McGrath. Grillo is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Technologies Division of Assa Abloy. Randy Geissler was CEO from 2000 - 2003.
