- Zebra Technologies
Infobox_Company
company_name = Zebra Technologies
company_
company_type = Public (nasdaq|ZBRA)
foundation =1969
location =Vernon Hills, Illinois , U.S.
key_people =Anders Gustafsson ,CEO
num_employees = 2500
revenue = profit$759 million USD (2006 )
industry =Computer hardware
products =RFID printer/encoders,Mobile printers , Card imaging printers, and otherperipherals
homepage = [http://www.Zebra.com/ www.Zebra.com]Zebra Technologies (nasdaq|ZBRA) is a manufacturer of thermal bar code label and receipt printers,
RFID smart label printer/encoders, and card printers, based in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Zebra has products in 100 countries around the world. Zebra-brand printers are used by more than 90 percent ofFortune 500 companies.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. Today, with more than $650 million in annual sales, the company manufactures all of its printers in US-based facilities located in Vernon Hills, Illinois and Camarillo, California. The company also manufactures and distributes its printers and supplies from its facilities in
Wisconsin ,Rhode Island ,California ,High Wycombe andPreston ,England ,Heerenveen in theNetherlands andWarsaw inPoland . All of Zebra's design and manufacturing sites are certified to theISO 9001 international standard for quality management.Zebra's printers make use of a specialized page formatting language called "Zebra Programming Language" (ZPL). Some printers also use a "Zebra Basic Interpreter" (ZBI 2) to allow the user to capture and manipulate incoming data for use in printing.
Zebra Technologies is also the owner of the Swedish ticket and kiosk printer company,
Swecoin .External links
* [http://www.zebra.com/ Zebra Technologies home page]
* [http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/about_zebra/our_company/leadership.html Zebra's Corporate Leadership]
* [http://www.rfidradio.com/?p=10 An interview with Zebra on their RFID printing products]
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