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Barcodes

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Formerly known as Barcodes Group, Barcodes Group (Odyssey), Barcodes Group (Smart Label Solutions)

Barcodes, Inc., a Levata company, is North America’s leading provider of barcode scanning and printing, ID card printing, mobile computing, mobile robotics, point-of-sale, and RFID products and solutions. It operates as a value-added reseller and integrator and provides design, deployment, support and engineering/repair services.

Focus Areas
Barcode and RFID technology integration, Asset management and inventory tracking solutions, Barcode scanning/printing and ID card solutions
Website
barcodesinc.com

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2019-2023.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

3 addon · 1 buyout

Barcodes Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Barcodes. 1 2019 2 2022 1 2023

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Barcodes Group, Smart Label Solutions (SLS)
    Target
    NeWave Sensor Solutions, LLC
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    Barcodes Group, through its subsidiary Smart Label Solutions (SLS), has acquired NeWave Sensor Solutions, LLC, the inventor of the patented Wave RFID antenna, to integrate NeWave’s IP and hardware into SLS’s RFID and item-level tracking offerings. The acquisition is an add-on that expands Barcodes Group/SLS’s RFID capabilities and accelerates commercialization of NeWave’s antenna technology for supply-chain and retail tracking applications.

  • Buyer
    Barcodes Group
    Target
    MSA Systems, Inc.
    Industry
    Software
    Type
    Buyout

    Barcodes Group has acquired MSA Systems, Inc., a San Jose–based provider of AIDC hardware, warehouse management software (QStock), and technical services. The deal brings MSA’s QStock inventory/WMS product, integration capabilities, and engineering/support staff into Barcodes Group’s unified mobility and data-capture platform to expand its warehouse management and services offerings.

  • Buyer
    OCR Canada Ltd., Barcodes Group
    Target
    EXA Systémes Inc.
    Seller
    Robert Cyr (Founder & CEO), EXA Systémes Inc. shareholders
    Industry
    IT Services
    Location
    Quebec, Canada
    Type
    Addon

    OCR Canada Ltd., the Canadian affiliate of Barcodes Group, has acquired Québec-based EXA Systémes Inc., a provider of warehousing management, machine vision and labelling automation solutions. The deal expands OCR Canada’s presence and capabilities in Québec and adds EXA’s technical team and automation offerings to OCR/Barcodes’ national portfolio.

  • Buyer
    Barcodes Group, Odyssey Investment Partners
    Target
    Plasco ID Holdings, LLC
    Seller
    BV Investment Partners
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Addon

    Barcodes Group, a portfolio company of Odyssey Investment Partners, has acquired Plasco ID Holdings, LLC from BV Investment Partners. The acquisition combines two identification and automatic identification/data capture (AIDC) businesses to create a scaled platform for ID and access control products, software, consumables and services across SMB, mid-market and enterprise customers.

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