# Intermec

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American electronics manufacturing company

Intermec, Inc. Type Public Traded as NYSE: IN Industry AIDC Founded 1966; 60 years ago (1966) in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States Defunct December 2012; 13 years ago (2012-12) Fate Acquired by Honeywell Key people John Waldron (president of Honeywell Scanning & Mobility) Products Barcode readers, wireless networking, mobile computers, RFID Website www.honeywellaidc.com

Barcode scanner Intermec Scanplus 1800 SR

**Intermec, Inc.** was a manufacturer and supplier of [automated identification and data capture](/source/Automated_identification_and_data_capture) equipment, including [barcode scanners](/source/Barcode_scanner), [barcode printers](/source/Barcode_printer), [mobile computers](/source/Mobile_computer), [RFID](/source/RFID) systems, voice recognition systems, and life cycle services.

Intermec held patents in [RFID](/source/RFID) (Radio Frequency Identification) and customers include 75 percent of [Fortune 500](/source/Fortune_500) companies and 60 percent of [Fortune 100](/source/Fortune_100) companies. Intermec was traded on the [New York Stock Exchange](/source/New_York_Stock_Exchange).[1]

On December 10, 2012, Intermec announced it agreed to be acquired by [Honeywell International Inc.](/source/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]

In 2013, Honeywell announced the acquisition of Intermec.[3] Intermec was integrated with Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, within the Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) business.[4]

## Products

The majority of Intermec's business came from automating supply chain operations in [manufacturing](/source/Manufacturing), [warehouse](/source/Warehouse) and [distribution](/source/Distribution_(business)), [retail](/source/Retail), [transportation](/source/Transportation) and logistics, direct store delivery and field service sectors. Their product lines included:

- [RFID](/source/RFID) (Radio Frequency Identification) readers, printers, tags and labels

- [Barcode scanners](/source/Barcode_scanners), [Barcode printers](/source/Barcode_printer) and Media

- [Mobile computers](/source/Mobile_computers)

- [Wireless networks](/source/Wireless_network)

- 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.[5] and life cycle services company Enterprise Mobile[6]

- 2013 - Acquired by Honeywell, now part of Honeywell Scanning and Mobility[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Intermec Technologies Corporation Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Intermec Technologies Corporation"](http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history/He-Ja/Intermec-Technologies-Corporation.html#b).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["U.S. puts conditions on Honeywell's Intermec purchase"](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ftc-honeywell-intermec-idUSBRE98C0WA20130913). *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*. September 13, 2013. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220319075626/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ftc-honeywell-intermec-idUSBRE98C0WA20130913) from the original on March 19, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) ["Intermec To Be Acquired By Honeywell For $600 Million"](https://www.inddist.com/mergers-acquisitions/news/13767016/intermec-to-be-acquired-by-honeywell-for-600-million). *Industrial Distribution*. December 10, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Honeywell Completes Acquisition of Intermec"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130930140337/http://www.intermec.com/about_us/newsroom/press_releases/2013-09-Honeywell-Scanning-Mobility-Day-1.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://www.intermec.com/about_us/newsroom/press_releases/2013-09-Honeywell-Scanning-Mobility-Day-1.aspx) on September 30, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Staff, M. M. H. ["Intermec completes acquisition of Vocollect"](https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/intermec_completes_acquisition_of_vocollect). *Logistics Management*. Retrieved May 21, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Yeraswork, Zewde (March 17, 2011). ["Intermec Acquires Lifecycle Services Firm Enterprise Mobile"](https://www.crn.com/news/mobility/229301234/intermec-acquires-lifecycle-services-firm-enterprise-mobile). *CRN*. Retrieved May 21, 2025.

## External links

- [Honeywell Scanning & Mobility](http://www.honeywellaidc.com) new corporate web site

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