Bear Technologies was founded in 1991 developing Tracker to cater to the smaller businesses, the “mom and pop shops” that couldn’t warrant the hefty price tag, monthly payments and additional fees that come with almost all production monitoring systems on the market.

We made a product that gave companies all the same data at a fraction of the cost of the bigger name brands, with no subscriptions or recurring fees and even allowing spacing the system cost out over 3 months. We didn’t stop at making it affordable; we sweetened the deal with free lifetime software updates and free tech support 7 days a week.

The math was, and continues to be simple – some companies pay what a complete Tracker system costs in only 3 months with their monthly subscription fees. We have customers that are still running the same system they purchased 30 years ago and haven’t had to make a single payment to keep it running. When you deal with a small business you get perks that may not be made available by the larger corporations.

Our level II tech support wizard wrote the source code for the program – he knows all the ins-and-outs and can quickly deal with any issue presented. Each Tracker unit is hand-assembled and goes through thorough hand-testing of each input and output before it gets the Tracker sticker put on it. From the design of the circuit board to the choice of components we use, we have built this system to last.

In the beginning we were only able to effectively monitor in the injection and blow molding industries with fixed matrixes, only 1 department and limited to 288 inputs. In 2018 we changed that with the release of our Tracker Evolution software that can effectively monitor any industry that creates a high/low or on/off signal in their part production and allows for user-edited custom matrixes for each process they have with no input limitation, making Tracker available to all companies big and small.

This has been a 30 year journey to reach as many small businesses as we can to help them increase their profits, and it’s been a fun ride so far.

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