Antelliq is buying Agrident, its main competitor in making electronic identification systems for livestock.
Antelliq, until earlier this year known as Allflex, supplies ear tags and readers for the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency.
Agrident is based at Barsinghausen, Germany, not far from Hanover.
It makes and sells readers worldwide for farm animal management and traceability systems.
Agrident's RFID systems include AWR100, AIR100 and AIR200 handheld models and its ASR600 and ASR700 stationary panel readers.
Allflex already has six handheld RFID reader models on the CCIA approved list.
