Zebra Technologies
Zebra's customers include more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 and Global 2000. Zebra products are used in a variety of industries, including consumer goods, manufacturing, automotive, health care, electronics, transportation, telecommunications, chemical, textiles, shipping, warehousing and distribution, military and government, food packaging and distribution, aerospace, education, security, construction, entertainment, hospitality, and retail.
Zebra Technologies, with international headquarters in Vernon Hills, Illinois, has an installed base of nearly three million printers worldwide. 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.
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 Corporation in 1986. Zebra had its initial public offering (IPO) in 1991; its shares are traded on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol ZBRA. In 1998, Zebra merged with Camarillo, California-based Eltron International, Inc., a market-leading manufacturer of desktop bar code label and plastic card printers. In 2000, Zebra acquired Comtec Information Systems, a leader in innovative mobile printing solutions. The company manufactures and distributes Genuine Zebra Supplies from its facilities in Wisconsin, Rhode Island, and Preston, England. All products are now sold under the Zebra brand with the exception of Eltron-brand card printers.
Zebra's international distribution network encompasses more than 90 countries throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific. Zebra Technologies Europe Limited, located in the United Kingdom, provides product and specialty label sales and support to European operations from its UK manufacturing plant. Zebra also has sales and support offices in France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina and Miami, Fla., which also serves Latin America in addition to Brazil and Argentina.
Zebra is recognized as one of the nation's fastest growing companies by leading industry analysts and national and local business magazines. Zebra was named to Deloitte and Touche's prestigious "Fast 50" list for 2002, a regional ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in the United States and Canada. In addition, Forbes named Zebra to its 2002 list of the "200 Best Small Companies in America" for the sixth consecutive year and Zebra also was one of only four companies to be awarded Business Finance magazine and Hyperion's 2002 Vision Awards for excellence in business performance management. Zebra is often included in BusinessWeek's annual rating of the 100 hot growth corporations and Hoover's Hot 250 list of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.