SATO Corporation, Japan, was established in 1940, to manufacture and sell packaging machinery and in 1962; SATO invented the world's first hand-held labeler and began operations as an international supplier of labeling machinery. SATO Corporation is a publicly listed company with headquarters in Japan and worldwide revenues in excess of ¥50 billion.

The US subsidiary was established in 1977 and became SATO America ten years later. In 1979, SATO developed the world's first thermal transfer barcode printers and became the leader in applying the technology to the market.

In 2001, SATO Corporation incorporated a new holding company, Barcode SATO International (BSI), located in Singapore, to oversee and support all sales, marketing and customer service functions of SATO Corporation's subsidiaries. Serving as the facilitator between corporate headquarters and its subsidiaries, BSI is the driving force behind SATO Corporation's global branding strategy and expansion into new markets and territories. Sales and marketing offices are strategically located in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, and most recently, Thailand, Poland and China.

SATO America offers a complete line of products including:

• M84Pro - Offers high performance, industrial thermal solutions for PCB and component labeling, compliance labeling, shipping and receiving labels and much more.
• M10e - Offers the ability to create labels up to a full 10.5 inches wide at a speed of up to 5 inches per second.
• M5900RVe - Offers the latest RISC processor technology to significantly improve throughput and imaging response time while delivering SATO's proven reliability and durability.
• CLe Series - Offers high-speed data transmissions, unparalleled processing speed, large amounts of on-board memory to quickly and easily manage any label printing need and RFID capabilities. The CLe RFID Smart Printer will read, write and print smart labels and tags with embedded RFID transponders.
• CT Series - Offers a new generation, ultra high-speed processor. With high data transfer rates and processing speed, the CT printers will print continuously, without pausing between labels, even with changes in data and graphics on every label.
• CX Series - Offers an affordable, portable desktop printer for low volume barcode printing, as well as for general label printing.
• HT200e - Offers a new, stand-alone printer, which has been specially designed to fill the gap between basic hand labelers and large, desktop labeling systems.
• OEM Print Engines - Offers the most reliable print engines on the market today.
• SATO's Wireless - Offers a plug-in, wireless print server designed as an easy to install "plug-in" interface card on any SATO "plug-in interface" compatible printer.
• Label Gallery - Offers a unique, label design and production suite of software based on an easy-to-use and intuitive user interface designed specifically for SATO printers.
• Labels & Supplies - Offers Techno THERM, a complete line of SATO brand labels and ribbons featuring high quality products for optimum printing performance.
• Accessories - Offers a wide variety of products, from plug-in cards to stackers, cutters and rewinders, to enhance SATO's barcode printing capabilities.

As the demand for high quality, fast processing and reliability in barcode printers and total data collection and labeling solutions expands, SATO America is well positioned to meet the needs of its worldwide family of resellers and end users.

With products recognized around the world for their rugged dependability and reliable performance, as well as unparalleled speed, customer service and support, SATO Corporation will continue to pioneer new technology and markets for many years to come.