“Effective execution of a proven growth strategy and an improving business environment led to strong performance across the breadth of Zebra’s solutions, geographic regions and industries served," stated Anders Gustafsson, Zebra’s chief executive officer.

“Zebra is well positioned for further growth as the brand of choice for helping companies around the world gain greater visibility into their extended value chains. The success of our actions is generating an improved business pipeline with customers in retail, healthcare and manufacturing. We are expanding into new markets by extending our reach in emerging geographic regions and entering new industries, with a stream of innovative products and solutions that address critical business needs."

According to the company, for the full year, earnings from continuing operations for 2013 totaled $2.63 per share, including acquisition and exit and restructuring costs that reduced earnings by $0.17 per share. For 2012, earnings from continuing operations were $2.35 per share, including acquisition, exit and restructuring costs and an asset impairment charge that reduced earnings by $0.23 per share. Net sales increased 4.2% to a record $1,038,159,000 for 2013 from $996,168,000 for 2012.

As of December 31, 2013, Zebra had $415,795,000 in cash and investments, and no long-term debt. Net inventories were $121,023,000, and net accounts receivable were $176,917,000.