2. • What is this?
• When was it made?
• How much is it?
• Who made it?
What we do
A Total Solution from SATO Group
Auto-ID Technology
Barcodes 2D Codes RFID
●Auto-ID Products
●Maintenance Services
●Ideas + Expertise
We help businesses to Select and Attach the important data to the goods, assets or people. Collect
the data and Enable consumers and businesses to process, analyze and use it.
Solutions
Precision
Labor
Savings
Resource
Savings
Peace
Of
Mind
Environmental
Conservation
VS
3. Products & Services
We uses innovative Auto-ID technology in combination with the extensive range of products and
services
Hardware
・Printers
・Auto-labelers
・Hand labelers
etc.
Software
・All purpose software
・Custom software
etc.
System Peripherals
・Scanners
・Handy terminals
・Connection tools
etc.
Consumables
・Stickers, labels
・Tags, tickets
・IC tags/labels
・Magnetic cards
・Carbon ribbons
etc.
Maintenance Support
・Hardware maintenance
・Regular inspection
etc.
Design Services ・Custom-made product
labels
・Character designs
etc.
4. In Various Industries
Our business model is used in a wide range of industries and workplaces such as food, retail,
manufacturing transportation & logistics, healthcare, public and more, optimizing
businesses and realizing environmental conservation and peace of mind.
Barcodes
2D Codes
RFID
Auto-ID
Technology
Product
explanations
& stock
checking
Realize
traceability
Prevent
medical
errors
Improve
lending
& return
processes
Accurate
inspection
and stock taking
Ensure
efficient
price
markdown
Hospitals
Libraries
Factories Department Stores
Warehouses
Supermarkets
Foods
Retail
Manufacturing
Transport & Logistics
Healthcare
Public
6. At SATO Overview
R&D teams：Japan, USA, Singapore and Sweden
Hardware manufacturing: Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan
Planning
R&D
Design
Testing &
Evaluation
Manufacture Sale Customer
Feedback
Products are designed to best meet customers’ business
needs in terms of performance, functionality and quality.
7. Company History
1940 SATO is established as a manufacturer of bamboo processing machinery
1958 Began production and sales of packaging machinery
1962 Began production and sale of the hand labeler
1964 Began production of labels
1986 Established factory in Malaysia for hardware production
1987 Established group company in USA and Singapore
1989 Established group company in Germany
1994 SATO is listed in the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1996 Acquired UK company Nor Systems (now SATO UK)
1997 SATO is listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2001 Established company for overseas group company management, SATO
international, in Singapore
2002 Established group companies in China, Belgium and Poland
2003 Development, and start of production and sale of RFID printers
2004 Began hardware production in Vietnam
Began label production in Poland and Malaysia
2005 Acquired French company L’Etiquetage Rationnel (now SATO FRANCE)
2006 Acquired barcode business of Checkpoint Systems Inc. and established
five new overseas group companies
2007 Establishment of regional headquarters in Belgium, Singapore and USA
2009 Began label production in China
2010 Launch of ECONANO® - the world’s first carbon reducing labels
2011 SATO transitions to a pure holding company structure
2012 Acquired Taiwanese printer manufacturer Argox Information Co., Ltd.
１９４０
Bamboo processing machine
１９５８
Packaging machinery
１９６２
World’s first hand labeler
１９６４
Began label production
１９８０～
M-2311 thermal transfer
printer
１９9０～
Greater focus on label
production
200０～
RFID printers
201０～
Launch of ECONANO®
series labels
M-4500 printer for
manufacturing
M-8000 tag printer
PRODUCT HISTORY
