The Computer Identics Corporation was founded by David Jarrett Collins in 1968. The company was based out of Westwood, Massachusetts. Computer Identics Corporation installed one of its first two scanning systems in the spring of 1969 at a General Motors (Buick) factory in Flint, Michigan. The system was used to identify a dozen types of transmissions moving on an overhead conveyor from production to shipping. The other scanning system was installed at General Trading Company's distribution center in Carlstadt, New Jersey to direct shipments to the proper loading bay. By 1970, the company had developed the first black and white bar codes, as well as helium-neon laser scanners capable of reading them. On June 20, 1972, Computer Identics Corp filed patent US3784795A for a label reader. References Electronics companies established in 1968 Companies based in Norfolk County, Massachusetts