| | Barcode Printers - Portable | Manufacturer Spotlight: Zebra
Zebra Technologies is a leading global provider of rugged and reliable specialty printing solutions, including on-demand thermal bar code label and receipt printers and supplies, plastic card printers, RFID smart label printer/encoders, certified smart media, and digital photo printers.
With the most recognized brand in the automatic identification industry and the most complete product line, Zebra solutions are used by more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 and global 2000 companies to improve business processes, increase productivity, and strengthen security. Nearly five million Zebra printers have been sold worldwide.
History
Vernon Hills, Ill.-based Zebra was incorporated in 1969 as Data Specialties Inc., a manufacturer of high-speed electromechanical products. The company changed its focus to specialty on-demand labeling and ticketing systems in 1982, and became Zebra Technologies Corp. in 1986. Zebra became a publicly traded company in 1991, with shares traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol ZBRA. Today, with more than $650 million in annual sales, the company still manufactures all of its printers in U.S.-based facilities located in Vernon Hills, Ill. and Camarillo, Calif. The company also manufactures and distributes Genuine Zebra Supplies from its facilities in Wisconsin, Rhode Island, California, and Preston, England. To underscore its commitment to quality and reliability, all of Zebra’s design and manufacturing sites are certified to the ISO 9000 international standard for quality management.
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