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Eighty years of adapting to the times with Ceaseless Creativity

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SATO’s journey began in 1940 when founder Yo Sato designed a box assembly made from bamboo. Over the years, we have changed our business model in roughly twenty-year intervals to respond to shifting market needs and technological innovations. Amidst the changes, there has always been one constant SATO spirit: Ceaseless Creativity. We see things with our own eyes to gain an understanding of on-site operations and initiate small changes day by day to solve problems. It’s our culture that will remain the only constant in times to come.

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Early days 1940–

Labor-saving devices

Wooden packages were essential for transporting large goods, but wood resource gradually became scarce in Japan due to the war. Yo Sato came up with the idea of producing a shipping box by weaving bamboo strips, and with its success, went on to invent a series of machineries to manufacture this box, and patented them. He also invented a newspaper bundler that saved the time and labor of manually bundling newspapers for shipping. This machine made its way to major Japanese publishers, bento (boxed lunch) producers and even to the Bank of Japan, bringing about a logistics revolution at the time.

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Tagging: The dawn 1960–

Labeling variable information

Japan entered a period of strong growth, and retail began to flourish. The variety and quantity of food and household items increased. As supermarkets sprang up across the country, centralized checkout lanes — now commonplace — were adopted, and retailers needed to apply price labels to each and every product, which was a time-consuming, repetitive job. To simplify this task, we launched the hand labeler in 1962, which was the start of our core business today for tagging variable information and identifiers to anything and everything. The hand labeler quickly spread throughout Japan’s retail sector and was later exported, making it a global phenomenon.

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Tagging: Innovation 1980–

Barcodes and auto-ID technology *

As supermarkets began using computerized point of sale (POS) systems, the need to print barcode labels exploded. Weigh scale manufacturers and others launched direct thermal (DT) printers, but labels printed with DT had the drawback of fading after a few days of exposure to heat or light. Through trial and error, SATO developed the world’s first thermal transfer (TT) barcode printer, the M-2311 in 1981, giving retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers the ability to print quality, durable barcode labels. We also began producing labels in-house, catering to the unique requirements of apparel, logistics, manufacturing and health care. This was the start of our auto-ID business to help customers gain greater accuracy and efficiency in on-site operations.

* Technology to automatically identify and capture data and enter it into a computer system.

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Tagging: Solutions 2000–

Advancements in auto-ID solutions

IT systems came to manage the flow of goods with more sophistication, and there was value in capturing on-site data to unlock the full potential of the technology. We began to offer integrated auto-ID solutions consisting of hardware, software, consumables and maintenance service. New technologies such as RFID and voice recognition were incorporated to streamline operations and optimize supply chains. In 2015, we unveiled the world’s first IoT-ready label printing solution to minimize downtime of business-critical processes through preventative maintenance, remote support and fleet management of network connected printers, centered around our flagship CL4/6NX line. It symbolized SATO’s growth from a printer manufacturer into a printing solutions provider.

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Value-add in the IoE era 2020–

Creating the best solutions for customers.

Technological innovations and emerging societal / environmental challenges present challenges to management teams. For certainty in an age of uncertainty, insight based on accurate data is the key. With our Powered On Site expertise accumulated by solving operational pain points, we enhance our IoE solutions with auto-ID and auto-sensing of the status of goods and people to benefit not only our customers but also their end users. We co-create optimized solutions with strategic partners and ultimately solve societal / environmental challenges for a better and more sustainable world.

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Motorsports | Takuma Sato goes into Long Beach Motorsports…

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Motorsports | takuma sato goes into long beach motorsports walk of fame with a familiar face, the 2013 grand prix of long beach winner has crossed career paths many times with fellow inductee katherine legge.

Takuma Sato and Katherine Legge have crossed paths throughout their auto racing careers.

The drivers met again Thursday when they were inducted into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame together.

For Sato, it brought back memories of the times they raced against each other and when both were starting their careers.

It began in the Formula E Series in 2014 as teammates, if only for a brief time. They raced against each other in the NTT IndyCar Series. Their next meeting will be at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May. Legge will be driving the same car for Dale Coyne Racing that Sato drove in last year’s Indy 500.

“We had a lot of crossover,” Sato said. “Basically the same year, same team.”

Legge said it is probably one of the biggest honors of her career to be inducted into the Walk of Fame with her friend.

“We have been teammates before and we are doing kind of ride swap now. I seem to be following him around or perhaps the other way,” Legge said.

Sato won the first IndyCar Series race of his career at the Grand Prix of Long Beach in 2013. He was driving for A.J. Foyt Enterprises in the race and started on the second row, in the fourth position.

He took over the lead in the race from Will Power during pit stops on Lap 30 and held on to win. Graham Rahal was second and Justin Wilson was third.

Sato became the first driver from Japan to win the Long Beach race and is the first driver from Japan to be inducted into the Motorsports Walk of Fame.

He remembers how his team was a bit of an underdog in Long Beach in 2013. A.J. Foyt Enterprises was a single-car team going up against powerhouse teams from Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing. But Sato knew how important it was to perform well for the team owned by Foyt, an auto racing and IndyCar Series legend.

“It’s always a pleasure to be in the No. 14 for A.J. Foyt,” Sato said.

Sato also won the Indianapolis 500 twice. The first time was in 2017 driving for Andretti Autosport. He was the first Japanese-born driver to win the Indy 500. He won the Indianapolis 500 again in 2020 driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and became the 20th driver to win the Indy 500 more than once.

He also raced in Formula One from 2002 to 2008, posting one podium finish at the 2004 United States Grand Prix.

He appeared as Sensational Sato in the “Mickey Spring Grand Prix” episode of “Mickey and the Roadster Racers” in 2019.

He is entered in this year’s Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The last time he competed in an IndyCar Series race in Long Beach was in 2022. He finished in 16th place driving for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing.

The Motorsports Walk of Fame was created in 2006 as a way to honor historic contributors to motorsports in Long Beach. Dan Gurney and Phil Hill were the first two inductees into the Walk of Fame, which is located in front of the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment building across from The Pike At Rainbow Harbor entertainment complex on South Pine Avenue.

There have been 35 people recognized on the Walk of Fame, and new members are inducted every year prior to the start of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

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