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about ubs

Our history

Visit the timeline that accompanies United Barcode Systems, manufacturers of high-resolution inkjet printers, label printing and application equipment, thermal inkjet systems, consumables and software.

Foundation-United-Barcode-Systems
Founding of United Barcode Systems

Antoni Bonet and Jordi Pascual founded the company to offer identification solutions for production lines.

1994
First APL
First APL

Our first equipment in the coding market revolutionized the automatic labeling of pallets.

1995
UBS Mexico
International expansion, Mexico

Opening of our first subsidiary in Querétaro.

2003
APLINK is born
APLINK is born

We manufacture the first equipment for direct printing on boxes.

2006
UBS Italy
New office in Italy

Opening of our second office in Europe, in Milan.

2007
UBS USA
New market, United States

The great demand for equipment in America led us to open a new office in Los Angeles.

2009
The APLINK family grows
The APLINK family grows

We developed UVLED technology and launched the new APLINK Dual.

2012
UBS Brazil
New plant in Brazil

To meet the coding needs of LATAM companies.

2013
UBS Turkey
We are in Turkey

Our presence in Europe grows with the opening of our third office in this continent.

2019
New-generation-printers
New generation of printers

Thanks to it we achieved one of our major goals, “to take coding to the next level”.

2022
30-years-of-history
30 years of history

We celebrate our presence in more than 60 countries and with more than 10,000 satisfied customers.

2024

OUR HISTORY

Three decades ago, the dream of Antoni Bonet and Jordi Pascual gave life to United Barcode Systems, with the idea of offering solutions that would make it easier for companies to identify their products on production lines.

The APL, our first piece of equipment in the coding market, revolutionized the automatic labeling of pallets. But we didn't stop there. A few years later, we expanded our solutions and created a device for direct case printing, the APLINK.

Over time, the world of packaging evolved, very diverse packaging was being produced and so, our UVLED technology was born, so that our APLINK equipment could print on any surface.

The acceleration of production challenged us to go faster, customers demanded printing at a faster rate and on both sides of the boxes. This led to the APLINK DUAL, an equipment with two printheads to print simultaneously on two sides.

Our goal has always been to respond to the needs of the market, and for this reason, in recent years we have developed the HR platform, thanks to which we have achieved one of our main objectives: “Taking coding to the next level”.

Today, with more than 10,000 satisfied customers and presence in more than 60 countries, we celebrate not only our 30 years of history, but every achievement we have reached and those yet to come.

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