LONG BEACH, Calif. — DENSO ADC, the Americas sales arm of DENSO Wave Incorporated, inventor of the QR Code®, announced a new SE1-QB Bluetooth® wireless 2-D barcode scanner. The lightweight yet durably built SE1-QB measures only 3.9 inches long, 1.6 inches wide and 1.1 inches thick, and weighs only 2.1 ounces. The device is designed to serve as the front end of a mobile data capture system consisting of a scanner and host smartphone or tablet.

“The trend toward mobility keeps accelerating,” said Fran Labun, vice president, Sales Group, DENSO Products and Services Americas, Inc. “Our new SE1-QB scanner gives users a fast, reliable way of scanning codes and sending the data to a mobile device.”

The SE1-QB can read 2-D or 1-D barcodes displayed on LCD screens of mobile devices or printed on paper. Two AA batteries provide up to 50 hours of operating time. A one-touch button conveniently opens up a virtual keyboard on iOS devices.

For more information, visit www.denso-adc.com/products/SE1-QB.

DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs nearly 140,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, totaled US$39.8 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges. 

Currently, in North America, DENSO employs more than 17,000 people at 33 consolidated companies and affiliates. Of these, 28 are manufacturing facilities located in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. In the U.S. alone, DENSO employs more than 14,000 people in California, Alabama, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, Arkansas and Pennsylvania. DENSO’s North American consolidated sales totaled US$7.9 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. 

QR Code® is a trademark of DENSO Wave, Incorporated. Bluetooth and iOS are trademarks of their respective owners.