Symbol Technologies Awarded National Medal Of Technology By President Clinton In White House Ceremony

Only Company This Year To Win Nation's Highest Honor For Technology Innovation

Symbol Technologies will receive this year's National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor for technology innovation, from President William Clinton at a ceremony today at the White House. , will accept the award.

The , was won by Symbol, "For creating the global market for laser bar code scanning and for technology innovation and practical application of mobile computing and wireless local area network technologies."

Symbol is only the 11th corporate recipient in the 20-year history of the National Medal of Technology and the only company to win the award this year. Other previous corporate winners include Bell Laboratories, Merck, 3M, Corning and DuPont.

The award recognizes technology innovation and advancement of the nation's global competitiveness, as well as ground-breaking contributions that commercialize a technology, create jobs, improve productivity, or stimulate the nation's growth and development in other ways.

"For more than 20 years, we've concentrated on practical uses of technology to create real-world systems - -that help make U.S. businesses more efficient, productive and competitive," said Dr. Swartz, who co-founded Symbol.

"The National Medal of Technology is a singular honor and validates the hard work and continuous commitment to excellence and technology innovation of many Symbol Associates."

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