What you see is not necessarily what you get with Star. Whilst the company's public performance across Europe focuses on POS printers, OEM printer mechanisms and visual card systems, there is more than initially meets the eye when surveying Star's business.

Did you know?

• Star Micronics was established 53 years ago in Japan.
• Star has a 45% market share of the mobile phone transducer market, producing the smallest and thinnest available.
• Many of the world's buzzers, used in brand-leading mobile phones, car alarms, global positioning systems, industrial machinery and domestic equipment (washing machines, microwaves, etc) are Star-designed and manufactured.
• 60% of all Japanese-manufactured watches use Star component parts.
• 30% of Swiss-type CNC automated lathes sold worldwide are manufactured by Star.
• Of its business revenues, precision parts account for 10% of income, 30% from machine tools and 60% from electronic products. A global player - only 25% turnover is attributed to Japan.
• Star pioneered high technology manufacturing, in areas such as unmanned operating systems, as early as 1966, ensuring on-going full-time production, even during nightshifts, weekends and holidays.

Reasons for Success?

Star believes in embracing new levels of technology whilst maintaining the traditional principles on which its business has developed. The company's evolution, representing one of the world's most innovative and assertive companies within its markets can be attributed to the forward thinking spirit that epitomises all who work with Star.

Mr. Seiichi Sato,
Founder