SATO is a pioneer in the Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) industry and the inventor of the world's first electronic thermal transfer bar code printer. It revolutionized the bar coding industry by introducing the Data Collection System (DCS) & Labeling concept - a total bar code and labeling solution providing high quality bar code printers, scanners/hand-held terminals, label design software and consumables. SATO is one of the first in the industry to introduce a complete, multi-protocol EPC-compliant, UHF RFID solution.