December 7, 2004 - HHP (Hand Held Products), a leader in image based data collection systems for mobile, in-premise and transaction processing applications, announced today that Frost & Sullivan, an international growth consulting firm, has honoured the company with its Market Penetration Leadership Award. The award was presented to HHP because of its excellence in product innovation, marketing, and sales of its Image Kiosk 8870.
"The Image Kiosk 8870 started shipping in Jan 2004 and has rapidly breached the market to a first runner-up position, notwithstanding attempts by other POD kiosk vendors to guard their 12-18 month lead," said Vineeta Kommineni, Frost & Sullivan analyst. "Our in-depth research and market analysis proved HHP’s leadership position and innovative product development culture. For example, the Image Kiosk 8870 is the sole player in the market to offer a touch screen protector and a smart card reader as standard options. Despite the slower adoption of smart cards, HHP employs innovative strategies like ‘future proofing’ their devices for customers."
Delivering more than just price checking, the Image Kiosk 8870 has raised the bar on power, versatility, value, and quality to the retail marketplace. Powered by Adaptus Imaging Technology, the Image Kiosk 8870 can be used by store employees and consumers to quickly and easily read bar codes, regardless of the bar code’s orientation. The device also can perform advanced reading of damaged or poorly printed bar codes. In addition, the built-in Adaptus Imaging Technology allows the device to take a picture of the customer’s driver license or other form of identification giving the Image Kiosk 8870 age verification functionality.
"The Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Award is a testament to not only our world-class product engineers and developers, but also our solution focused sales colleagues," said Kevin Jost, CEO of HHP. "We’re extremely pleased that an independent firm such as Frost & Sullivan has recognized the excellence of our products and people, a characteristic that continually keeps our customers happy."
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About HHP
HHP (Hand Held Products) is the leading provider of image-based data collection solutions for mobile, wireless and transaction processing applications, such as bar code scanners, mobile computers and transaction terminals.
As an innovator in the development of quality data capture products and solutions, HHP launched the world’s first commercially viable handheld barcode wand scanner in 1972. Since then, the company has pioneered many advances in barcode scanning technology, including linear and area imagers, auto discrimination of multiple symbologies, advanced linear and 2-dimensional decoding algorithms, linear and area image engines and the world’s first 2D-capable portable data terminal.
HHP's customer focus and its strong worldwide partner network have lead to an impressive list of end users in the mobile, retail and industrial markets. Among these are the United States Postal Service, Deutsche Bahn, Federal Express, Coca-Cola, Heineken and Continental Airlines.
The company is privately held and has 565 employees worldwide. HHP is headquartered in Skaneateles Falls (US), with European headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The company has additional offices in the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Brazil, China (Hong Kong), Japan, and the US.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company founded in 1961, partners with clients to create value through innovative growth strategies. The foundation of this partnership approach is our Growth Partnership Services platform, whereby we provide industry research, marketing strategies, consulting, and training to our clients to help grow their business. A key benefit that Frost & Sullivan brings to its clients is a global perspective on a broad range of industries, markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. With a client list that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, as well as the investment community, Frost & Sullivan has evolved into one of the premier growth consulting companies in the world.