FOOD SERVICE & DISTRIBUTION

SATO America, a leader in barcode printing since introducing the first thermal transfer barcode printer in 1979, offers an extensive range of barcode labeling solutions for tracking and tracing food products. It is essential for food distributors to have complete visibility and traceability throughout the supply chain and to the customer.

SATO printing solutions enable complete control and traceability to efficiently and safely manage products from suppliers to the customer and back to the distributor as returns. Tainted or spoiled food products can be easily identified, recalled, and returned without incident, which saves time, money, and potential litigation. Also, tracking pallets and recycled or returnable assets are yet another way of lowering costs and improving efficiency. SATO…food for thought!

The complete SATO product line includes direct thermal and thermal transfer printers, OEM print engines, printer accessories, label design software, labels and thermal transfer ribbons.

• Wipe-on Labeling System for Clamshell Packaging
  Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce Co. installed a SATO thermal printer to accommodate their wipe-on applicator.
• New Line, New Bottles: SATO Plays a Part
  Switching from glass to a PET bottle and the installation of a new packaging line is paying big dividends for Claude's Sauces, Inc., El Paso, TX.
• Produce Company Overcomes Labeling Challenge
  A well-designed label communicates important product information, helps manufacturers and shippers comply with government and industry regulations and standards, and (if bar codes are involved) acts as the cornerstone for automated tracking and shipping applications.
• Printing Labels Using the Bitburger Data Highway
  When asked why the German brewery Bitburger Brauerei decided to use label printers by SATO, Herbert Dahmen, IT Project Coordinator at Bitburger, simply answers by stating three qualities: “Versatile, fast and reliable”.
• Manufacturer of a Wide Selection of Quality Jams
  After the production of prepared fruits, which are used in dairy products, such as yogurts, every container is labeled with a foil label for process control.
• Fish Gets Case-Ready
  Angling for a share of the case-ready retail market, Beaver Street Fisheries commits itself to the business, hook, line and sinker, with high-speed tray-wrapping lines that produce 2,400 trays per hour of case-ready fish.
• No Holes in Labeling Program at Krispy Kreme
  The doughnut maker's box labels go round and round -- but they always end up in exactly the right place, thanks to a custom labeling solution
• Dry-Bean Country
  A new packaging line at L.H. Hayward runs 1-, 2- and 4-lb bags of dry
  beans on two vertical form/fill/seal machines.
• Sea Breeze Deploys Low-Volume Printing Solution
  There have not been many options for budget-conscious customers that need a quality printer for low-volume production lines.
• New packaging line for Jelly Belly Candy
  A new packaging line at Jelly Belly utilizes a SATO M8485Se thermal print engine integrated to a Label-Aire Model 3138 trailing panel, print-and-apply labeler. Full story and link to a video.
• SATO Print Engines on 17 tomato-packing lines
  Packaging labels play a key role in the supply chain. A new label print-and-apply system by Cheetah Systems using SATO print engines improves label accuracy by almost double.
• Track & Trace for Manufacturing
  Today’s manufacturers, regardless of what they produce, have no choice but to follow private sector and government required mandates. From raw ingredients or seedling to processing, from the wholesaler to the pharmacy or from farm to fork, track/trace systems provide visibility and support the company’s validation of their procedures and protocols.
• Fruit packer conquers Produce Traceability Initiative challenge
  Sun Valley Packing Co., a fruit grower and packer with 10 different case-packing and labeling/coding lines, finds a high degree of flexibility with their choice of a PA6000 E-Series all-electric labeler from Diagraph, utilizing a Model S8408 print engine from SATO America.
• SATO's S8408 Print Engine Featured in Diagraph's E-Series
  This new addition to Diagraph's E-Series line of all-electric labeling equipment includes a servo-drive tamp-blow module for non-contact labeling. SATO’s S84 series print engine features quick-change wear parts and interchangeable print resolutions of 203dpi, 305dpi or 609dpi.