Metrologic Instruments is an automated identification and data capture (AIDC) company headquartered in

Blackwood, New Jersey Blackwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Gloucester Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

bar code A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, Machine-readable data, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly refe ...

decoding hardware, adaptive optical solutions and high-speed

image processing An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimensiona ...

software. Metrologic Instruments is a Division of

Honeywell Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building technologies, performance ma ...

, with more than 20 sales and manufacturing sites in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Russia. It was Founded in 1968 by C. Harry Knowles and initially concentrated on the manufacture of

helium–neon laser A helium–neon laser or He-Ne laser, is a type of gas laser whose high energetic medium gain medium consists of a mixture of 10:1 ratio of helium and neon at a total pressure of about 1 torr inside of a small electrical discharge. The best ...

kits for academic instruction. These kits were sold to

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

teachers throughout the United States. In 1975, after breakthroughs in bar coding technology, it developed the world's first hand-held helium–neon laser

bar code scanner A barcode reader is an optical scanner that can read printed barcodes, decode the data contained in the barcode to a computer. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor for translating optical impulses into ...

. These bar code scanners utilize a broad array of technology including laser,

holographic Holography is a technique that enables a wavefront to be recorded and later re-constructed. Holography is best known as a method of generating real three-dimensional images, but it also has a wide range of other Holography#Applications, applic ...

, vision-based and

radio-frequency identification Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...

(RFID). The scanners helped merchants process bar-coded merchandise. Today, Metrologic Instruments manufactures over 40 different types of bar code scanners used by retailers, healthcare professionals, postal services and distribution companies around the world. , Metrologic Instruments had over 350 registered

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...

s with approximately another 130 patents pending. Honeywell acquired Metrologic in July 2008.

Metrologic world-firsts

1969 Metrologic introduces helium–neon laser hobby kits 1975 Metrologic introduces hand-held retail laser scanner 1976 Metrologic introduces programmable bar code verifier 1982 Metrologic introduces hand-held laser scanner with built-in decoder 1990 Metrologic introduces triggerless hand-held laser scanner 1993 Metrologic introduces triggerless wearable laser scanner 1996 Metrologic uses holographic technology in industrial applications 2000 Metrologic introduces CodeGate data transmission technology 2002 Metrologic introduces laser-illuminated imaging

Metrologic milestones

1968 Metrologic founded by laser technology pioneer C. Harry Knowles 1970 Metrologic begins selling helium neon instructional laser kits to high school and college science teachers. 1986 Metrologic opens first overseas office in Garching, Germany 1992 Metrologic hires Kevin DiPlacido to the Engineering dept. 1994 Metrologic's initial public offering 1998 Metrologic opens regional office in Singapore 1998 R&D and manufacturing center established in Suzhou, China 2001 Surpassed $100 million in annual sales 2003 Metrologic Japan established 2004 Metrologic Russia established 2004 Metrologic surpasses $150 million in annual sales 2004 Metrologic acquires Omniplanar, Inc. for $13 million and names Garrett Russell the General Manager of the division. 2004 Metrologic registered patents surpass 250s 2005 Metrologic surpasses $200 million in annual sales 2008 Metrologic Acquired by Honeywell

References

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