Verizon Ventures invests in CoreTigo to revolutionize manufacturing
Summary
CoreTigo’s founding team brings decades of experience in the wireless communications space: CEO Eran Zigman previously managed Texas Instruments’ WiLink product line of wireless connectivity products; Ofer Blonskey, VP of R&D, developed Radio Frequency, PHY algorithms, and embedded systems at Apple prior to co-founding CoreTigo; and Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Gabi Daniely led the marketing and product strategy for AeroScout, which pioneered the WiFi RFID space before being acquired by Stanley Black & Decker. Manufacturing plants will benefit from downtime and maintenance reduction, experience faster machine speed and capacity, and smarter production line planning. CoreTigo’s innovative technologies redefine Industry 4.0 connectivity, linking each component of manufacturing: ERP and MES systems, the human workforce and the broader machine environment. CoreTigo’s IO-Link Wireless solutions are an integral part of the advancement of IIoT (the Industrial Internet of Things) and the convergence of IT and OT. CoreTigo’s solutions work together to send data from the factory floor to the cloud and share it instantly, providing a new and scalable use case for 5G and Multi-Access Edge Computing in manufacturing environments.