Awards & Certifications

Achieving an ISO (International Organisation of Standardisation) quality management certification pays huge dividends for businesses in improved efficiency, productivity and customer satisfaction. However, the benefits of ISO certification go far beyond operations and join with every other aspect of business, including sales and marketing, strategic planning and employee engagement.

ISO is an independent, non-governmental organisation that develops standards to ensure the quality, safety and efficiency of products, services and systems. It requires businesses to set clear objectives, standardize processes and explain them to employees. The ISO certification is a globally recognised achievement and, as such, may help raise our international profile and increase business overseas.

Using ISO 9001 can help ensure that customers are offered consistent, good quality products and services, which can in turn lead to new business.

SATO use this standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. This can include the production and sale of labels, sale and service of printers, devices and accessories for automatic identification.

Certification Advantages:

• Better quality products and service
• Improved level of customer satisfaction
• Better understanding of customer needs
• Minimises mistakes
• More reliable production scheduling and delivery
• Greater consistency in the quality of products and services
• Globally recognised standard
• Compatible with other ISO standards

ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system. It helps organisations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of customers.

It is becoming more important to demonstrate that organisations are thinking about their environmental impact by putting in place systems that will not only benefit the environment but will also reduce costs and improve efficiency within the organisation.

SATO use this standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. This can include the production and sale of labels, sale and service of printers, devices and accessories for automatic identification.

Certification Advantages:

• Cost savings in waste, recycling and consumption
• Competitive advantage for tendering new business
• Management of environmental risks
• Compliance with individual countries environmental regulations
• Demonstrates our commitment to improving the environment
• Shows we are a responsible, future-focused organisation

ISO 13485 is recognized by the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) and has become the model QMS standard for the medical industry, and in major markets around the world.

An ISO 13485 QMS can help an organisation meet legal, regulatory, contractual and marketing requirements, as well as improve product safety. Although no fully harmonised, the certification is close to the Food and Drug Admistration’s (FDA) QSR standards.

SATO uses this certification in the contract manufacturing of self-adhesive labels for blood and plasma bags.

Certification Advantages:

• Increased customer satisfaction
• Internal effectiveness through process improvement
• Expanded market access
• Reduced cost of sales
• Improved performance

ISO 45001 is a global standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems that provides a practical solution to improve the safety and health of both employees and other personnel. ISO 45001 certification refines the way you work, makes the workplace a happier and safer place, and the certification makes you a more attractive prospect to clients and employees.

SATO uses this standard to demonstrate to both our workers and our customers the company's commitment to provide a workplace where risk of injury or illness is eliminated or reduced as much as is practicable. It leads to a proactive approach to hazard identification and risk assessment encouraging leadership and participation of our workers, which improves our overall company health and safety performance.

Certification Advantages:

• Positions our business as industry leaders
• Increases trust, transparency and enables social accountability for staff’s wellbeing
• Delivers consistency and efficiency
• Improves employee safety
• Reduces risk
• Delivers a competitive edge
• Demonstrates our commitment to safety

Chain of Custody Certification is the mechanism used to ensure the complete traceability of wood material from a certified forest to any point along the supply chain. Chain of custody certification is required to substantiate any claim that wood and wood products are obtained from a certified forest and supplier.

Businesses that have achieved chain of custody certification are able to identify and provide Responsible Wood and/or PEFC certified wood or wood products. Customers of these businesses can reward and encourage good forest management by demanding products from certified forests and suppliers rather than other sources.

Consumers are becoming more and more critical. They increasingly desire products that are manufactured according to ecological and social criteria. By indicating the FSC^® Logo, companies ensure wood originates from sustainably cultivated forests. Certified companies can place the FSC^® Logo directly on the product and can use this logo for advertising purposes. As the number of critical consumers is growing and FSC^® gained an increasing degree of recognition, FSC^® provides companies with a simple management tool, which enables them to work sustainably and communicate their actions in a credible way.

FSC certification was requested by SATO customers. This was followed by market demand, so we decided to implement certification in order to stay competitive. The image of the company and environmental awareness was the reasons for the implementation of FSC. SATO use this standard to purchase FSC Mix Paper, for the production (transfer system) and sale of FSC Mix, adhesive labels and non-adhesive tags.

Certification Advantages:

• Improves business performance
• Better customer relations
• Excellent environmental communication
• Enables us to retain existing customers
• Enables us to obtain new customers
• Increased competitiveness

The PEFC was initially developed to facilitate sustainable forest management certification in Europe, but is now a global scheme and currently accounts for over 330 million hectares of certified forests and is recognised in over 50 countries.

For SATO, this certification highlights our sustainable procurement choices and meet demanding legislative and market requirements.

The BRCGS Packaging Materials Certification is one of the most popular certifications for food manufacturers and food processing organizations, as well as food packaging industries across the world.

SATO uses this standard to provide confidence to both potential new customers and existing customers that our production practices operate to a globally recognised standard, demonstrating our commitment to produce and supply quality, safe, functional and legal product, fit for its intended purpose.