SICK Offers New Hand-held Scanner for 1D Bar Code Applications

Lightweight, Affordable IDM140 Hand-held Scanner is ideal for non-industrial environments

August 20th, 2009

Minneapolis, Minn., August 20, 2009 – SICK (www.sickusa.com), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, today announced the launch of its IDM140 Hand-held Scanner. The IDM140 is a high-performance, lightweight scanner that reads all common 1D bar codes. Its competitive price and compact design make it ideal for non-industrial, general-purpose applications within office, factory and, warehouse and logistics environments.

As an addition to SICK’s existing line of hand-held scanners, the IDM140 offers users an easy-to-use, ergonomically designed scanner for everyday use. The IDM140 reliably reads poorly printed or damaged codes, eliminating the need to manually input data. Plus, the IDM140 supports multiple interfaces, including USB, PS/2 and RS232 , within a single scanner.

About SICK

SICK is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision and automatic identification products for industrial applications. With nearly 450 patents, SICK continues to lead the industry in new product innovations. The diversity of its product line allows SICK to offer solutions at every phase of production in the , , electronics, food and beverage, and logistics and material handling markets. SICK was founded in 1946 and has operations or representation in 65 countries worldwide.

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