Singapore - SATO, a pioneer in the Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) industry and a leader in barcode printing, labelling, and EPC/RFID solutions has announced the appointment of a new leadership team at SATO Corporation on June 22. This announcement is the continuation of succession planning aligned with the company’s strategy towards meeting its long-term corporate objectives. The new President and CEO, Koichi Nishida, in his 26 years at SATO has held various positions with management responsibilities in printer manufacturing and customer support from technical support to maintenance services, and has been instrumental in the growth and success of the company so far . The ex-CEO and ex-COO, Tokuo Fujita and Masanori Otsuka, will in their new roles as directors focus on guiding the new leadership team and other Corporate Officers to further enhance corporate governance.
Top Management New Positions
- Koichi Nishida
President & CEO
- Toshihiro Waki
Executive Vice President & COO - International Operations
- Ikuo Dobashi
Executive Vice President & COO - Japan Operations
President & CEO
Executive Vice President & COO - International Operations
Ikuo Dobashi
About SATO
SATO (TOKYO:6287) is a global auto-ID solutions provider for leading manufacturing, logistics, retail, food & beverage, health care companies. With a bottom-up understanding of on-site use applications, SATO tags items with identifiers to improve supply chain flows of tomorrow by solving managerial and operational challenges of today. An industry pioneer with 79 years of expertise and a 5,000+ strong global workforce in 27 countries, SATO engineers solutions to streamline operations, boost accuracy, support sustainability initiatives, provide assurance and emotional connections, extending value all the way to the consumer. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019, it reported revenues of JPY 116,179 million (USD 1.05 billion*). More information about SATO can be found at www.satoworldwide.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.
*Conversion is based on an average exchange rate of 1 US Dollar = 110.92 Japanese Yen
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