Intermec
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Intermec is a manufacturer and supplier of
RFID
systems, voice recognition systems, and life cycle services.
Intermec holds patents in
Fortune 100 companies. Intermec was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.[1]
On December 10, 2012, Intermec announced it agreed to be acquired by
Honeywell International Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $600 million. The Merger was approved by Intermec’s stockholders on March 19, 2013 and received regulatory approval from the European Commission on June 14, 2013. FTC clearance was announced on September 13, 2013.[2]
On September 17, 2013, Honeywell announced the completion of the acquisition of Intermec. Intermec will be integrated with Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, within the Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) business.[3]
Products
The majority of Intermec's business comes from automating supply chain operations in
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 printersand Media
- Mobile computers
- Wireless networks
- Software Tools and Utilities
- Voice recognition hardware systems and software
- Lifecycle 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 life cycle services company Enterprise Mobile
- 2013 - Acquired by Honeywell, now part of Honeywell Scanning and Mobility
References
- ^ "Intermec Technologies Corporation Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Intermec Technologies Corporation".
- ^ "U.S. puts conditions on Honeywell's Intermec purchase". Reuters. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Honeywell Completes Acquisition of Intermec". Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
External links
- Honeywell Scanning & Mobility new corporate web site