Collaboration advances scalable production of BLE Smart Labels | 14-06-2026 |

George Schmitt & Co., a USA-based manufacturer of advanced label manufacturing and smart packaging, has announced a collaboration with longstanding AIPIA member Wiliot to convert, test, and manufacture it’s Gen3 IoT Pixels. This continues Wiliot’s policy of collaborative agreements announced over the last few months (with Walmart -see newsletter 6/10/25 and Tageos – see newsletter 10/02/26).

The companies believe as demand grows for continuous, item-level visibility across supply chains, the ability to consistently produce and validate BLE-enabled labels at scale has emerged as a central requirement. George Schmitt has addressed this need with what it says is a unique approach to converting Wiliot’s IoT Pixels into finished labels – combining serialization, in-line testing, and high-speed manufacturing processes designed for throughput and consistency.

Through the collaboration, George Schmitt integrates Wiliot IoT Pixels into label constructions tailored for logistics, retail, and supply chain environments, including the materials, adhesives, and formats required to ensure durability and performance in deployment.

“Wiliot’s technology introduces new requirements at the label level,” said Bill Gunther, president of George Schmitt & Co. “Our role is to convert those IoT Pixels into finished labels with the consistency and performance required for large-scale deployment. We’ve engineered our testing and manufacturing processes to deliver that reliability at production scale and speeds.”

The company’s manufacturing platform is designed to support high-volume output while maintaining tight control over quality – ensuring that each label is fully validated before it leaves production. A central component of this is the company’s proprietary testing system, developed to meet the specific demands of BLE-enabled labels. The system enables high-speed, in-line validation of each label – ensuring that every unit is powered, serialized, and transmitting as expected. By enabling full inspection during production, defective labels can be eliminated before they reach customers, addressing a key barrier to scaling BLE-based supply chain networks.

The collaboration supports the continued expansion of Wiliot’s Physical AI platform by strengthening the manufacturing and testing layer required for large-scale deployments, it says At the core of the platform are the IoT Pixels – battery-free, stamp-sized sensors embedded into labels that harvest ambient energy and continuously transmit Bluetooth signals, enabling real-time visibility into the location, condition, and movement of individual items.

Wiliot is working with some of the world’s largest companies across retail, logistics, QSR, food and beverage, and post and parcel to deploy Physical AI at scale – bringing continuous, item-level intelligence to physical supply chains, it claims. As adoption grows, consistent label performance becomes essential to ensuring that data is accurate, reliable, and actionable across high-volume environments.

“As demand for Wiliot’s IoT Pixels scales, the ability to convert them into finished labels with consistent performance becomes critical,” said Sagi Lindenfeld, VP of operations, Wiliot. “George Schmitt brings deep in-house expertise in embedding our IoT Pixels into label constructions – including materials, adhesives, and form factors used across logistics and retail – ensuring reliable integration and readiness for high-volume production.”