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1940 |
The SATO company is founded in Japan,
manufacturing packing machinery |
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1951 |
The company is renamed SATO Bamboo
Manufacturing Machinery Co Ltd and
restructured as a joint-stock company
(with a capital of ¥300,000) |
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1953 |
SATO exports Bamboo-Processing Machinery
mostly to Southeast Asia |
|
1958 |
Automatic package-tying machinery is
developed |
|
1961 |
SATO
pioneers the introduction of of the
first hand labeller in 1962 |
|
1964 |
Label manufacturing commences
|
|
1969 |
A distribution network for SATO hand
labellers is established in Europe and
the U.S.A |
|
1974 |
The innovative hand labeller for POS
applications is developed
SATO Corporation's US office is opened
in New York |
|
1978 |
SATO Corporation's European office is
opened in Brussels , Belgium
|
|
1981 |
SATO invents the world's first thermal
transfer label printer |
|
1984 |
The world's 1st OEM label printer module
is developed
The European representative office
relocates to Düsseldorf in Germany
|
|
1986 |
Production moves from Japan to Malaysia
The world's 1st label printer capable of
a 100 mm/sec print speed is launched
|
|
1987 |
SATO America, Barcode SATO Singapore and
Barcode SATO Malaysia are established
|
|
1990 |
SATO Corporation is registered on the
stock exchange |
|
1996 |
SATO Corporation acquires Nor Systems
(SATO UK Ltd) |
|
1997 |
SATO Corporation is elected to 1st level
of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
|
1998 |
SATO Corporation moves into a new
headquarters building in Tokyo
|
|
2000 |
SATO UK is established |
2002
|
Barcode SATO International is set-up in
Singapore to co-ordinate SATO's global
sales and marketing strategies
A new global SATO logo and corporate
image is launched
SATO Polska, SATO Shanghai and Barcode
SATO Thailand are established |
|
2003 |
SATO moves its European HQ, SATO Europe
NV to Brussels, Belgium
The national office, SATO Germany is
set-up, dedicated to Germany
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