Swecoin

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Swecoin is a thermal printer manufacturing company based in Sollentuna, Sweden. They also have a US-based sales division. Swecoin's printer designs utilize a patented looping presenter mechanism in which a paper loop is formed inside the printer before the printout is presented to the user of the printer to prevent the user from removing the printout before it has completed, this design was patented.

Swecoin AB
Type
Founded	1983
Headquarters	Sollentuna, Sweden
Industry	Computer hardware
Products	Printers
Employees	25
Website	swecoin.se

The company Swecoin AB was founded in 1983, as a successor to the mechanical cash-register company Sweda. Originally the focus was to sell spareparts and similair for these machines.

The company then branched into importing and distributing Point of Sales printers from manufacturers like Data Techno.

In the very early 1990s the company started developing it's own products, kiosk and ticket printers. Shortly after this a US distribution company, Swecoin US Inc, was founded in Rhode Island.

The company grew organically and through acquisitions during the 1990s. Acquisitions included the component distribution company Promakon, the injection moulding company Nya Ovansjö Plant och verktyg and the Pay and Display Parking machine manufacturer AB Cale Industier.

In 1997 the Swecoin Group was acquired by Metric Gruppen, owned by Rune Andersson.

In late 1999, some of the original owners bought back the core Swecoin printer business from Metric.

Since October 2006 Swecoin is part of the Zebra Technologies Corporation.