SATO was founded in 1940 to establish, produce, and sell machinery for processing palm, rattan and bamboo. Throughout its history, the business has been obsessed with meeting needs for labor effectiveness. In 1962, our creator Yo Sato created a hand labeler. The business subsequently became a pioneer in price marking, and had the ability to open brand-new markets when the hand labeler ended up being a smash hit around the globe. In 1964, we began independently producing hand labelers, moving beyond the device manufacturer paradigm to construct the foundations of our supply company.

With the introduction of point-of-sale (POS) systems in the 1970s, SATO developed new hand labeler versions that were compatible with optical character recognition (OCR) and barcodes. In 1981, the Company emerged as the leading maker of in-store marking options when it designed the world’s first thermal transfer printer for JAN/UPC/EAN POS systems.

Ever since, applications for barcodes have actually spread out drastically for the management of items throughout a variety of markets, consisting of retail, manufacturing, logistics, food processing and treatment. Meanwhile, the use of 2D codes, which enable users to input information into a little space, has likewise been increasing and has concerned remain as a means for customers to obtain info using mobile phones.