Zebra Technologies Named to Inaugural Business Insider America’s Most Innovative Businesses List

Recognition highlights company’s leadership and investment in digitizing and automating frontline workflows

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global leader in digitizing and automating workflows to deliver intelligent operations, today announced that the company has been recognized by Business Insider as one of America’s Most Innovative Businesses. The list includes publicly traded U.S. companies that demonstrate exceptional innovation and operational impact.

Zebra’s innovative offerings are trusted by organizations globally, spanning sectors that include retail, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare and the public sector. As the foundation for intelligent operations, Zebra delivers impactful results for customers through connected frontline, asset visibility and automation solutions, while innovating for what’s next.

“This recognition from Business Insider validates our belief that the next wave of enterprise innovation is at the intersection of digital intelligence and physical workflows,” said Tom Bianculli, Chief Technology Officer, Zebra Technologies. “Powering intelligent operations demands a relentless commitment to innovation, whether that’s the AI systems built into our devices or the robust partner ecosystem helping us address new and unique business challenges.”

From mobile computing and RFID to machine vision and on-device frontline AI, Zebra’s continued investment in research and development (R&D) helps solve its customers’ toughest operational challenges. Being recognized by Business Insider validates the company’s commitment to developing emerging technologies that drive real-world business impact.

Zebra's vision is that frontline operations everywhere are digitized, automated, and intelligent. Together with its global partner ecosystem, Zebra creates new ways of working that improve productivity and empower organizations to be better every day.

METHODOLOGY

Business Insider recognizes publicly traded U.S. companies setting industry benchmarks through technological leadership and reputation, patent impact, and strategic research and development (R&D) investments. Developed with research firm Plant-A Insights Group, the ranking included the top 500 companies following a quantitative evaluation which analyzed more than 4,000 organizations. The inaugural study synthesized over 260,000 peer evaluations from more than 67,000 U.S. professionals. Read the full 2027 list.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Business Insider and Plant-A Insights Group named Zebra Technologies to the America’s Most Innovative Businesses 2027 list, placing Zebra among the top 500 honorees nationwide.
• Quantitative scoring evaluated organizations on reputation, patent impact and R&D investment.
• Explore how Zebra’s purposeful innovation and on-device AI elevate frontline productivity on the Zebra Blog.

WHO IS ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES?

Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides the foundation for intelligent operations with an award-winning portfolio of connected frontline, asset visibility and automation solutions which empower our customers to deploy AI on the frontline. Organizations globally across retail, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, healthcare, and other industries rely on us to deliver outcomes today while driving innovation for what’s next. Together with our partners, we create new ways of working that improve productivity and empower organizations to be better every day. Learn more at www.zebra.com.

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