George Schmitt & Co. has announced a collaboration with Wiliot to support the conversion, testing, and large-scale manufacturing of Bluetooth-enabled smart labels.

The partnership centers on integrating Wiliot’s Gen3 IoT Pixels—battery-free, stamp-sized sensors—into finished label constructions designed for logistics, retail, and supply chain applications.

As demand grows for item-level visibility and real-time data across supply chains, the ability to reliably produce and validate smart labels at scale is becoming increasingly critical. George Schmitt’s role in the collaboration focuses on converting IoT Pixels into production-ready labels while ensuring consistency, durability, and performance.

“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.”

In-line testing addresses scalability challenges

A key element of the company’s approach is its proprietary, high-speed in-line testing system, designed specifically for BLE-enabled labels. The system enables each label to be validated during production—ensuring it is powered, serialized, and transmitting as expected.

By identifying and removing defective units before they leave the production line, the process addresses one of the primary barriers to scaling smart label deployments: ensuring consistent, reliable performance across high volumes.

The manufacturing platform also incorporates serialization and high-speed converting processes to support throughput requirements without compromising quality.

Enabling next-generation supply chain visibility

Wiliot’s IoT Pixels harvest ambient energy and continuously transmit Bluetooth signals, enabling real-time tracking of an item’s location, condition, and movement throughout the supply chain. The technology is a core component of the company’s Physical AI platform, which is being deployed across retail, logistics, food and beverage, and parcel delivery sectors.

“As demand for Wiliot’s IoT Pixels scales, the ability to convert them into finished labels with consistent performance becomes critical,” says Sagi Lindenfeld, VP of operations at Wiliot.

The collaboration highlights the growing importance of converter expertise in smart label manufacturing, particularly as technologies such as BLE and battery-free sensors move toward broader commercial adoption.

By combining sensor technology with advanced converting and inspection capabilities, the partners aim to accelerate the transition from pilot programs to full-scale deployment of smart labeling solutions.