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Natick, MA – According to a recently published study by VDC Research Group, Inc., the total bar code scanner market (i.e., stationary and handheld scanners) exceeded $1.7 billion in 2008 and is expected to decrease 0.4% annually through 2013. The research, part of VDC Research Group’s recently published 2009 AIDC Global Industry Business Planning Service, also indicates that the global stationary bar code scanner market is expected to contract by 11% in 2009, while the handheld bar code scanner market is expected to contract by more than 20%.

“Despite this challenging near-term outlook, bar code scanners will remain a viable product segment as suppliers and their channel partners support a robust installed base while pursuing emerging applications for stationary and handheld scanning,” cites Tom Wimmer, director of the Auto ID & Transaction Automation Practice at VDC Research Group. “We are also encouraged to see continued innovation in the product category that is providing incremental value to deploying enterprises, providing a source of competitive differentiation by lowering operating costs, improving efficiency, and empowering end-users. We believe that these drivers will enable the scanner market to rebound to historic growth rates by 2013.”

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