With the Department of Defense's Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy requiring all assets in all military branches to be identified and labeled, Portsmouth-based A2B Tracking soon had 80 percent of resources dedicated to Universal Identification compliance.

A2B, a package tracking company specializing in bar code technology, is working with more than 10,000 defense contractors...[and] has written tracking software to account for all items, generates labels and offers technical support for the new systems.

Each company that provides goods for the defense industry must purchase A2B’s software module. The company scans the items into a database and A2B then uploads the information to the Department of Defense.

The remaining 20 percent of the business is focused on an internal tracking system developed for companies that receive packages. The system, called “Trackpad,” allows businesses to track the progress of a delivered package within large organizations.

A2B is the only licensee for the technology, and roughly 800 companies now use the Trackpad system, which uses commercially available scanning hardware.

A2B currently employs 15 people and expects to grow.