Article: Welch Allyn Data Collection, Inc. and Hand Held Products, Inc. Combine, to Gain a Technology Advantage in Image-Based Auto ID Systems.

SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y. and CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct.5, 1999--Welch Allyn Data Collection, Inc. and Hand Held Products, Inc. together announced that Welch Allyn Data Collection acquired Hand Held Products in September, 1999, to leverage their digital imaging technology and gain an advantage in Imaging-Based Handheld, Mobile, and Fixed-Position Auto ID Systems.

The combination of the companies is a result of an ongoing technology alliance between the two companies to integrate Welch Allyn Data Collection's imaging technology into Hand Held's popular Dolphin(R) family of portable computers. Together, the two companies are effectively the 5th largest in ...

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