SATO names Matsuyama president

SATO names Matsuyama president    SATO, a Tokyo-based bar code printing, labeling and radio frequency device applications developer, has appointed Kazuo Matsuyama to president and chief executive officer, effective Oct. 3.
   Koichi Nishida will step down as president and CEO to take over as SATO's chairman.
   Founded in 1940, publicly traded SATO has sales and support offices in more than 20 countries. For the fiscal year ended March 31, the company reported revenue of 78.37 billion yen ($914 million).