Confirmed: Zebra Technologies Is Buying Motorola Solutions’ Handheld Unit For $3.45B — techcrunch.com

Zebra Technologies, a manufacturer of barcode, receipt, kiosk and RFID printers and supplies  announced today that they were buying Motorola Solutions’ handheld unit for $3.45B. Philip Gerskovich, Senior Vice President for New Growth Platforms at Zebra, explained to me in a phone interview that the two companies have been working together for years. Zebra has printed the bar codes and RFID tags and Motorola has supplied the handheld scanners to read the codes. He said over the years they have often worked together on deals, so the combining makes a lot of sense.

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