Intermec Inc. is a manufacturer and worldwide supplier of
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equipment, including barcode scanners,
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s, mobile computers and RFID systems.
Intermec holds more than 10% of the patents in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).
Intermec customers include 75 percent of
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companies and 70 percent of Fortune 100 companies. Intermec (IN) is traded on the
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.
Products
The majority of Intermec's business comes from automating supply chain operations in
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and
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, transportation and logistics, direct store delivery and field service sectors. Their product lines include:
- RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) readers, printers, tags and labels
- Barcode scanners, Barcode printer
A barcode printer is a computer peripheral for printing barcode labels or tags that can be attached to physical objects. Barcode printers are commonly used to label cartons before shipment, or to label retail items with UPCs or EANs....
s and Media
- Mobile computers
- Wireless network
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s
- Software Tools and Utilities
- Professional Services
- Support Services
Corporate timeline
- 1966 – Interface Mechanisms formed
- 1982 – Company renamed Intermec Corporation
- 1991 – Acquired by Litton Industries, Inc. (NYSE:LIT)
- 1994 – Ownership transferred to Western Atlas Inc. (NYSE:WAI), a Litton spin-off
- 1997 – Ownership transferred to UNOVA, Inc. (NYSE:UNA), a Western Atlas spin-off
- 1997 – Acquired Norand and UBI (United Barcode Industries)
- 1997 – Acquired radio frequency identification (RFID) semiconductor technology from IBM, Inc.
- 1998 – Acquired Amtech Corporation's high-frequency RFID business, Amtech Transportation Systems
- 2006 – UNOVA, Inc. becomes Intermec, Inc., retaining Intermec Technologies as subsidiary
- 2011 - Acquired private voice technology company Vocollect Inc. and mobility outsourcer Enterprise Mobile
Royal Mail Contract
Intermec announced in July 2008 that it was awarded a contract by the UK's
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for 25,000 of their CN3 rugged mobile computers. Intermec beat out its largest competitor Symbol Technologies, which is now owned by
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. The first CN3's were delivered late Summer of 2008.