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Datalogic CEO Shares Their Secret to Success in a Tough Economy

Posted by Jenny Ray in General, Industry News on December 16th, 2011

Datalogic has continued to grow and acquire more companies despite the struggling world economy. On November 24, 2011, Datalogic CEO Mauro Sacchetto shared his wisdom on business strategy and growth on the Italian business and finance TV channel Class CNBC. He was a guest on “The Leaders”, a program focusing on outstanding executives and managers. Read the rest of this entry »

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Honeywell Buys LXE

Posted by Keith Crockett in Industry News on July 19th, 2011

In the last five years, we have seen a number of acquisitions occur in the barcoding industry. Large, big-name corporations are seeing the benefits of getting into the barcode industry. These acquisitions have introduced companies like Motorola and Honeywell into the market place. Read the rest of this entry »

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Despite Industry Wide Price Increases, Black Tie Pricing Stays the Same

Posted by Nicole Holcomb in General, Industry News on April 18th, 2011

This past year has seen quite a few supplies price increases due to rising material costs. System ID was notified by Zebra that once again they must increase prices on most stock items. On May 2, 2011, Zebra barcode label and tag prices will go up 4-5% and Zebra ribbons will go up 10%. Read the rest of this entry »

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System ID Celebrates 25 Years

Posted by Kyle Gambrell in General, Industry News, What Happened in 1986? on March 4th, 2011

“I feel the need…the need for speed!”

The year was 1986, and what a year it was. Top Gun was tearing up the big screen, while “The Cosby Show” was king of the small; gas was $0.89 a gallon and System ID opened its doors. Read the rest of this entry »

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System ID and Aruba offer Wireless Network Solutions

Posted by Keith Crockett in Industry News on January 31st, 2011

System ID has partnered with Aruba Networks to offer wireless network solutions for small to enterprise companies. System ID has decades of experience providing AIDC equipment from the top barcode hardware manufacturers. The addition of Aruba’s powerful suite of mobile solutions to System ID’s portfolio of products and services offers solutions that enable customers to improve their mobile operational efficiencies and reduce costs. Read the rest of this entry »

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How will Microsoft’s OS Change Affect You?

Posted by Keith Crockett in Industry News on November 19th, 2010

Microsoft split their Operating Systems (OS) mobile group into two. One focuses on consumer-grade devices. The other group focuses on enterprise devices. Read the rest of this entry »

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Barcode Labs Offers 3-Year Warranty on All Barcode Equipment

Posted by Jenny Ray in Industry News on September 21st, 2010

Barcode Labs, the industry leader in used barcode equipment, is extending their warranty to 3 years on all of their products until the end of the year. Barcode Labs has over 20 years of technical expertise and carries one of the industry’s largest selections of used barcode inventory, including both legacy and current models. Read the rest of this entry »

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End of Service for Zebra S600 Barcode Printers

Posted by Jenny Ray in Industry News on August 20th, 2010

Effective September 30, 2010, Zebra Technologies will no longer support S600 barcode printers. It was discontinued in June 2007 and Zebra’s recommended replacement is the S4M barcode printer. Once the End of Service date arrives, Zebra will not offer tech support or repair services for the S600. Read the rest of this entry »

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Zebra Announces a Barcode Label Price Increase

Posted by Jenny Ray in Industry News on July 16th, 2010

System ID was notified by Zebra that they will be increasing most stock barcode label and tag prices 4% on August 2 due to the increase in raw material costs. While the US economy has improved, new capacity to match the increased demand has not kept pace, creating shortages of key ingredients that go into adhesives and film resins. There have also been global events which have created additional shortages of the components that go into paper liner and facestocks. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Printable RFID Chip Could Greatly Reduce Costs

Posted by Jenny Ray in Industry News on April 7th, 2010

The industry hasn’t seen the adoption rate of RFID technology that we were expecting so many years ago. Why was that? You’d think with it being pushed through compliance initiatives by the United States’ Department of Defense and a giant, nationwide retailer like Walmart that RFID would have taken off in no time. Thousands of manufacturers would have to be RFID compliant or lose a huge client. Surely, the laws of supply and demand would eventually kick in and the high cost of RFID equipment, software, and tags would be driven down, competition amongst RFID manufacturers would flare up, and advancements in the technology would come as quickly as they do for the rest of the AIDC industry. Instead, RFID technology is still a hefty investment and even Walmart has backed off on their compliance initiative. It seemed that RFID would not be a practical solution for retail…until now. Read the rest of this entry »

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