Russian Smart Product-Labeling Platform Enters the Market
The IAR-SOFT platform covers the entire product-labeling cycle – from a production line to a corporate group. The technology combines equipment, software and analytics in a single autonomous system.
IAR Group, a Russian developer and manufacturer of industrial automation equipment and software and part of I-Teco Group, has introduced IAR-SOFT, a next-generation industrial platform for managing product labeling across L1–L5 levels. Built on the company’s experience with Chestny znak (Honest Sign), Russia’s national digital product-labeling and anti-counterfeiting system, the platform is already running at Russian manufacturing facilities.
The End of Patchwork Automation
For years, product-labeling software evolved as a collection of disconnected deployment projects, with separate applications for production lines, servers, warehouses and integrations. For manufacturers, that IT environment largely remained a “black box”: it was difficult to see what was happening on the line, where delays occurred, at what point data exchange broke down or how the system would behave if an external service failed.
IAR Group is offering a full-fledged industrial platform that gives manufacturers an end-to-end view of product labeling and lets them manage it in real time. Built around the ISA-95 standard, the platform combines five modules, each responsible for a different level of manufacturing operations: IAR.Mobile handles data-collection terminals and warehouse operations; IAR.Terminal supports operator workstations; IAR.Line manages production lines in real time; IAR.Server coordinates the manufacturing site; and IAR.Trace operates at the enterprise level, integrating with ERP, MES, WMS, CRM and electronic document management systems.
A Million Codes per Minute
The platform is built around a predictive approach: embedded AI continuously analyzes telemetry to detect anomalies before production stops. When a failure occurs, the system automatically logs the incident, assesses its severity, alerts the responsible personnel and, when necessary, escalates the problem to the next level of technical support or to developers. In practice, this changes the operating model itself: the cause of an error can be isolated as it occurs rather than after the fact.
IAR-SOFT’s architecture eliminates a single point of failure. If internet access, corporate systems or GIS MT become unavailable, each level switches to autonomous operation, storing data locally and synchronizing it once connectivity is restored. During internal load testing, the platform processed up to 1.2 million labeling codes per minute without data loss, while 99% of standard operations were performed automatically.
The platform is already operating at several manufacturing facilities. In January 2026, IAR Group delivered a turnkey product-labeling system at the Shishkin Les plant. The team designed the architecture, assembled and tested the technology, and seamlessly integrated it into the production line – from code application and rejection to aggregation and data transmission to Chestny znak – without stopping production. IAR-SOFT is currently nearing completion of deployment at the production sites of one of Russia’s largest meat producers.
Chestny Znak – A Shield Against Counterfeits
Russia began introducing mandatory product labeling back in 2017: the national Chestny znak system tracks products from the factory to the checkout, protecting the market against counterfeits. In 2022, Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Center for Research in Perspective Technologies (CRPT), which operates Chestny znak, launched a program to replace imported product-labeling equipment with domestic alternatives. An experiment in labeling radio electronics began in 2023, with about 40 companies saying they were ready to participate. Manufacturers began exploring how to integrate code application directly into production lines.
In 2024 and 2025, Chestny znak continued to expand, adding new categories of food and industrial goods. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, mandatory traceability covered 31 product categories by 2025, while experiments were underway in 16 areas. Starting Sept. 1, 2026, new rules will extend to toys, groceries, cosmetics, household chemicals and medical devices.
Against that backdrop, demand for reliable industrial product-labeling infrastructure is only set to grow. With IAR-SOFT entering the market, Russian manufacturers now have a platform that can work simultaneously with production equipment, enterprise IT systems and government labeling infrastructure without dependence on foreign vendors.
Architecture for Growth
IAR-SOFT is built on a modern technology stack designed for heavy workloads in distributed infrastructure and for scaling from a single production line to an entire corporate group. The next stage of development will deepen its AI capabilities, moving beyond simply detecting anomalies toward predicting incidents and fully proactive management of manufacturing risks.
The platform’s architecture, built around the international ISA-95 standard and compatible with widely used ERP, MES and WMS systems, gives IAR-SOFT export potential. Over time, the platform could be adapted for markets in the Eurasian Economic Union and other Russia-friendly countries that are also introducing product traceability systems.
