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Romeoville, IL — SATO Labeling Solutions America, Inc., a leading global provider of innovative label and tag printing solutions throughout the retail supply chain, announced today the addition of the former Franklin Press group to its organization.

In a strategic move, SATO Labeling Solutions further advances its leadership role to this market by offering customers variably imprinted tags, labels and ticketing solutions for retailers, brand owners and apparel manufacturers around the globe. In addition to these identification solutions, SATO plans to deepen its market penetration by launching a robust, customer centric, secure and efficient software platform to administer customer's data, as well as, support SATO's global printing operations.

"Expanding our offering to include Service Bureau printing is a great benefit to our existing customers and a much needed alternative for any customers requiring the delivery of variably imprinted tags and labels," said Joseph Podsedly, president of Sato Labeling Solutions America. "We are very excited to have the former Franklin Press team join SATO as we leverage their Service Bureau experience and together best serve our customers."

About SATO Labeling Solutions America, Inc.
SATO Labeling Solutions is a leading global provider of innovative label and tag printing solutions serving the retail supply chain and point of sale marking. With more than a century of product marking experience, the company continues its long standing tradition of offering unique solutions that reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies. Its product offering includes industrial laser printers, direct thermal and thermal transfer barcode printers, handheld labelers, ticket queuing systems, mobile computers, printer accessories, printer supplies, label design software, labels, tags, forms, thermal transfer ribbons, software, and professional services.

For more information about SATO Labeling, visit www.satolabeling.com.

About SATO
SATO is a pioneer in the Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) industry and the inventor of the world's first electronic thermal transfer barcode printer. It revolutionized the barcoding industry by introducing the Data Collection System (DCS) & Labeling concept – a total barcode and labeling solution providing high quality barcode 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.

SATO is publicly listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan. It has worldwide offices in the United States, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Poland, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and China. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, it reported revenues of US $776 million. More information about SATO Corporation can be found at www.sato.co.jp/english.

SOURCE: SATO America, Inc.