Kaz Matsuyama, SATO chief executive
Tokyo-based provider of Auto-ID solutions, SATO, has acquired a 100% share of UK inline digital printing company, DataLase.
The two companies first teamed up in October 2015 to form the strategic partnership SpeciaLase to introduce DataLase IDP technology (inkless at the point of printing) in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. SATO held a 33.3% share of DataLase prior to this acquisition.
The full acquisition is expected to provide benefits for customers in numerous high-volume, fast-moving industries including manufacturing, logistics, pharmaceuticals and food and beverage.
‘Embracing new technologies to tag, track and link data to everything is key to developing innovative on-site solutions that enable the streamlined work sites of the future,’ said SATO president and CEO Kaz Matsuyama. ‘This acquisition expands the Auto-ID options for our customers and we consider it absolutely essential to achieving our long-term business objectives.’
DataLase CEO Chris Wyres commented, ‘We are pleased to announce this evolution of our strategic partnership with SATO and firmly believe this will enable our revolutionary inline digital printing solutions to be delivered to a global customer base.’
