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The Global Market for Mobile Thermal Printers

Michael Clarke with David Krebs

August 2025

After a strong rebound in 2024, the industry faces new challenges from tariffs, rising component costs, and digital alternatives. Yet opportunities remain strong as retail and healthcare lead adoption, with mobile printers powering omnichannel fulfillment, inventory management, and patient care workflows.

This report explores how vendors are differentiating with linerless and RFID-enabled printing solutions, the impact of digital disruption such as electronic shelf labels and mobile payments, and the intensifying competition from AIDC and enterprise mobility

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About Mitch

Mitch Solomon

President

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Mitch has spent years supporting senior leaders of operational and industrial technology companies as well as private equity investors that participate in the space.  He is an active member of the Technology and Innovation Council at Graham Partners, a leading industrial technology focused private equity firm, and serves on the advisory boards of OptConnect (a top IoT connectivity provider) and DecisionPoint (a rapidly growing operational technology systems integrator).  Mitch has worked closely with a wide range of industrial technology clients on a diverse array of growth opportunities and challenges including applications of AI, c-suite recruiting, strategic planning, new market identification and entry, product strategy, competitive positioning, revenue retention, value proposition identification and messaging, sales strategy and execution, and board presentations. Mitch holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.