Zebra Technologies

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Zebra Technologies Corporation
Company type Public
Industry Computer hardware, Manufacturing, Retail, Health care, Transportation and logistics
Founded1969;55 years ago (1969)
Founders
  • Ed Kaplan
  • Gerhard Cless
Headquarters Lincolnshire, Illinois, U.S.
Key people
  • Anders Gustafsson (chair)
  • William Burns (CEO)
ProductsRFID printers/encoders, barcode printers, mobile printers, card imaging printers, kiosk printers, real-time locating systems, UWB and related supplies and services, rugged mobile computers and tablets, scanners, software
RevenueDecrease2.svg US$4.58 billion (2023)
Decrease2.svgUS$481 million (2023)
Decrease2.svgUS$296 million (2023)
Total assets Decrease2.svgUS$7.31 billion (2023)
Total equity Increase2.svgUS$3.04 billion (2023)
Number of employees
9,750 (2023)
Website zebra.com
Footnotes /references
[1]

Zebra Technologies Corporation is an American mobile computing company specializing in technology used to sense, analyze, and act in real time. [2] The company manufactures and sells marking, tracking, and computer printing technologies. Its products include mobile computers and tablets, software, thermal barcode label and receipt printers, RFID smart label printers/encoders/fixed & handheld readers/antennas, autonomous mobile robots (AMR’s) & machine vision (MV), and fixed industrial scanning hardware & software.

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History

Zebra was incorporated in 1969 as Data Specialties Incorporated, 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 Corporation in 1986. Zebra became a publicly traded company in 1991.

In 1986, Zebra (then Data Specialties Incorporated) acquired Qwint Systems (formerly Martin Research), an early microcomputer pioneer which had restructured as a teletypewriter manufacturer at the beginning of the 1980s. [3] [4]

In 1998, Zebra Technologies merged with Eltron International, Inc. [5] In 2000, Comtec Information Systems was acquired by Zebra Technologies, [6] followed in 2003 by the acquisition of Atlantek, Inc., which was a manufacturer of photo ID printers. [7]

In 2004, the company expanded into RFID smart label manufacturing. [8] [9] In the following years, Zebra also acquired Swecoin, WhereNet Corp, [10] Proveo AG, [11] and Navis Holdings (later divested in 2011). [12]

The company bought the Enterprise Solutions Group (ESG) in 2008 and renamed the group Zebra Enterprise Solutions in 2009. In the same year, Multispectral Solutions, Inc. was acquired. [13] In 2012, the companies LaserBand, [14] and StepOne Systems were purchased with a cash price of $1.5 million. [15]

In 2013, the company acquired Hart Systems for $94 million in cash from the private equity firm Topspin Partners LBO. [16]

In 2014, Zebra acquired Motorola Solutions' Enterprise Division in a $3.45 billion transaction, providing mobile computing and advanced data capture communications technologies and services. Zebra's acquisition of the Enterprise Division included the Symbol Technologies and Psion product lines. [16] [17] Also in 2014, Zebra provided its real-time location system (RTLS) in NFL stadiums to track players and officials and provide location-based data for the NFL's Next Gen Stats program. [18] [19] Zebra’s partnership with the NFL extends through the 2025 football season. [20]

In 2018, the company acquired Xplore Technologies, a maker of ruggedized tablets and other hard-wearing hardware. [21]

In 2019, Zebra acquired Temptime Corporation, a provider of temperature monitoring devices to the healthcare industry. [22] That same year, Zebra also acquired Profitect, a retail software company that developed a product line used for tracking and identifying inventory losses. [23] [24]

In 2020, Zebra acquired Reflexis Systems, a provider of workforce scheduling and task management software to the retail, food service, hospitality, and banking industries [25] for $575 Million. [26]

In 2021, Zebra acquired Adaptive Vision (provider of graphical MV software), Fetch Robotics (manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots) and Antuit.ai (provider of AI-powered SaaS solutions specific to forecasting and merchandising for the retail and CPG industries). [27] [28] [29]

In 2022, Zebra acquired Matrox Imaging, a developer of machine vision components and systems. [30]

In December 2023, Zebra partnered with Verizon Business to create a software package that will allow for a faster private 5G network. Zebra tablets and computers will work on Verizon's private network, allowing for more network capacity and fast communication. [31] [32]

In 2023, Zebra unveiled Zebra Workcloud - its purpose-built suite of enterprise software applications, primarily serving in retail, banking and healthcare industries. [33] Zebra also introduced the WS50 powered by Workcloud, the first wearable Android touch computer. [34] [35]

Locations

Zebra Technologies has more than 128 offices in 55 countries, [36] including Australia, Poland, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. [37] [38] The company also has over 10,000+ partners[ clarification needed ] across 180 countries. [36] In the 2021 annual report, Zebra stated that it traded in 180 countries, with approximately 128 facilities and 9,800 employees. [2] [36]

Reception

Newsweek included Zebra on its 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity list. [39]

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