SINGAPORE, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SATO, a global provider of auto-identification and data collection solutions, has played a pivotal role in enhancing the safety and efficiency of the blood supply in Singapore by supporting the implementation of a state-of-the-art Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enabled Next-Generation Blood Supply Management System (NBSM). The system is now operational in Health Sciences Authority's (HSA) Blood Services Group and across all public and private hospitals' blood bank laboratories, enabling online blood ordering and automatic tracking of all blood components. This provides HSA with enhanced visibility of the country's blood supply.
This strategic initiative by HSA's Blood Services Group aims to meet the growing demands of healthcare while upholding the highest standards of safety and service delivery. The key objectives of implementing this RFID-enabled NBSM are to:
- Improve productivity throughout the blood supply chain from HSA to hospitals.
- Enhance visibility of national blood stock levels to enable effective management during peacetime and emergencies.
- Enhance blood and patient safety through better tracking and quarantine of blood components.
- Streamline HSA's workflows and simplify blood component ordering for hospitals, improving overall operational efficiency.
The NBSM project was awarded to CADI Scientific following an open tender by HSA, with SATO serving as the technology partner providing its PJM RFID labels and readers. Known for its rapid read rate and exceptional readability in tracking fluids such as blood products, SATO's RFID technology forms the foundation of CADI's NBSM.
Together, SATO, HSA, and CADI have combined their respective expertise in RFID technology, software, and blood supply management to deliver a significant advancement in ensuring a safe and secure national blood supply chain for Singapore.
Drawing upon its deep expertise in the healthcare and blood services sector, SATO is committed to driving global advancements in the blood supply chain through precision label printing, automated issuance and application, and PJM RFID tracking technologies compliant with the ISO 18000-3 Mode 2 international standard.
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About SATO
SATO (TOKYO:6287) designs and manufactures hardware, labels and tags and develops software to integrate with third party offerings as automatic identification solutions. These solutions streamline workflows, enabling data capture and visualization for a connected world of productivity, safety, reassurance and sustainability. By giving things a digital identity, SATO helps businesses in retail, manufacturing, food, health care and transport & logistics run smoothly. Founded in 1940, SATO has a presence in 27 countries with a workforce of over 6,000. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, it reported revenues of 163,434 million yen ($1.085 billion*)
More information about SATO can be found at www.sato-global.com.
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SATO Empowers Singapore's Next-Generation Blood Supply Management System with Advanced RFID Technology
XIAMEN, China, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a news report by Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group Limited:
On September 8, the 26th China International Fair for Investment and Trade officially opened at the Xiamen International Expo Center, and Xiamen once again entered the "September 8 Time." Under the theme of "Expanding Two-Way Investment and Promoting Global Development Together," more than 1,200 government official institutions, business groups and enterprises from 129 countries and regions, as well as 30 international organizations, registered to participate. At this CIFIT, a number of "Hong Kong teams" from Hong Kong came to escort companies going global. Together, they formed a "Hong Kong channel" leading to the world, hoping to play the dual roles of a "super connector" and a "super value-added partner" to safeguard more mainland enterprises in their journey of going global.
Joining the "Going Global Special Task Force" to Go from Hong Kong to the World
For Chen Feng, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, no matter how many times he has visited Xiamen, this romantic and laid-back coastal city can always bring him a different kind of surprise. This year, what caught his eye was the main venue of the China International Fair for Investment and Trade—the Xiamen International Expo Center. "This Minnan-style building looks magnificent and leaves a deep impression on people. I think this will also lay a good foundation for the continued and high-quality hosting of CIFIT in the future." What surprised him even more was that the 200,000-square-meter venue brought together a rich and diverse range of professional exhibition areas from different countries and regions, while the division into the three major thematic sections of "China Investment," "Invest in China," and "International Investment" further highlighted the characteristics of this year's CIFIT.
Since the opening of CIFIT, the booth of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong has remained crowded with visitors, receiving more than 100 consultations per day. "In just 48 hours, we received more than 300 professional visitors, mainly from mainland government departments, business associations and technology companies. Some of them came to consult us about plans to list in Hong Kong, while others reached preliminary cooperation plans with us. These results demonstrate the role CIFIT plays as an international link," Chen Feng said.
Since its establishment, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong has always upheld the banner of "loving the country and Hong Kong," firmly promoted Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and facilitated economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland. It is a "rainbow bridge" that connects Hong Kong and the mainland most closely. Last year, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong established the Hong Kong Professional Listing and Going Global Service Alliance. As a core member of the "Mainland Enterprises Going Global Special Task Force" specially proposed by the Hong Kong SAR Government and Invest Hong Kong, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong not only shared Hong Kong's "secrets for going global" at CIFIT, but also led a number of enterprises and organizations providing professional going-global services to participate in the event, including Shanghai Fangda Law Firm, which provides legal services under both Chinese law and the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, as well as cross-border legal services in international trade, cross-border investment, finance and capital markets, energy and infrastructure, intellectual property and data protection, civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. There was also ICS Group, which has more than 10 years of service experience in offshore jurisdictions and China and provides one-stop solutions for matters including offshore company incorporation and maintenance, going-global compliance, fund establishment and compliance, finance and taxation, listed company secretarial services and related services.
"In recent years, more and more mainland enterprises have chosen Hong Kong as their first stop for going global because Hong Kong has unique advantages and can provide professional advice and a full range of services," Chen Feng explained. "This is because Hong Kong has not only many well-known law and accounting firms, but also numerous organizations engaged in intellectual property and related services. They can all provide one-stop services and solutions for mainland enterprises developing overseas. Simply put, choosing Hong Kong as the first choice for going global allows you to understand and connect with the world at the lowest cost."
Bringing Together Hong Kong Experience to Help Fujian Enterprises Go Global
As Chen Feng said, amid the rapidly changing international situation and undercurrents in overseas markets, going global presents both opportunities and crises, making the "escort" of professional teams particularly important. U&I GROUP is exactly such a team. The group is committed to integrating business, legal, and financial and tax services into efficient and convenient one-stop solutions, providing comprehensive solutions that take into account the needs of both enterprises and entrepreneurs.
"Mainland enterprises 'going out' is by no means as simple as establishing a company overseas. They need to complete a complete set of systematic work." Lai Xiaomin, Partner of U&I GROUP, sat at the booth, with a brand display board behind her showcasing the group's 20 years of experience and confidence in deeply engaging in cross-border services. "I would summarize U&I's model as 'mainland needs + Hong Kong professional capabilities + global service network.' First, we conduct preliminary diagnosis to clarify the company's objectives for going global and its main risk points; then, relying on Hong Kong's mature resources in accounting, legal services and cross-border licenses, we design an appropriate overseas investment structure for the enterprise and handle ODI filing, cross-border finance and taxation, and overseas compliance matters; at the same time, we connect with global partner organizations to provide full-process services covering overseas factory establishment, mergers and acquisitions, financing, intellectual property protection and more."
Born in Zhangzhou, Fujian, Lai Xiaomin has worked and lived in Hong Kong for 17 years. Today, she has brought her family back to Fujian and lives between the three cities of "Fuzhou–Xiamen–Hong Kong," which is also related to the group's development strategy. "In 2023, we officially established our presence in Xiamen, also because we recognized Xiamen's business environment and its solid foundation for external exchanges. We moved into the Maritime Silk Road Central Legal District, hoping to bring Hong Kong's mature cross-border service capabilities to Xiamen, stay close to local Fujian enterprises, and move our services forward so that enterprises do not have to travel to Hong Kong and can obtain international professional support locally." In Lai Xiaomin's view, many manufacturing, foreign trade and new energy enterprises in Xiamen have the willingness to go global, but often have only a limited understanding of overseas laws, taxation and cross-border rules and need professional teams to help establish cross-border structures. "There was once a local manufacturing enterprise in Xiamen that planned to expand into Southeast Asia. We assisted them in using Hong Kong as a transit hub to complete overseas investment filing, tax planning and the establishment of an overseas entity, reducing compliance risks in cross-border investment and ultimately successfully establishing a production base in Southeast Asia."
In addition, in response to the financing needs of Fujian enterprises in Hong Kong, U&I GROUP also provides full-chain services such as structural planning and cross-border compliance. At the same time, it summarizes its past service experience and compiles it into manuals to share with some small and medium-sized enterprises free of charge. Lai Xiaomin mentioned that in the future, they will continue to carry out educational activities on basic knowledge of enterprises going global, so as to better serve different enterprises. "There are many people from Fujian on our team. Everyone carries a special sense of affection and is committed to accompanying Fujian businesspeople on a steady path of going global," Lai Xiaomin said with emotion. This year's CIFIT has further strengthened her belief that Hong Kong and Xiamen will have greater room for exchanges and cooperation. "Many Hong Kong institutions have brought overseas resources, financial capabilities and professional service experience to Xiamen, while Xiamen enterprises have a solid industrial foundation. The complementary advantages of the two sides are very obvious. Cooperation between the two places should be mutually empowering: Xiamen provides Hong Kong institutions with landing scenarios for entering the mainland market, while Hong Kong continues to play its role as a 'super connector,' bringing global capital, rules and market channels to Xiamen enterprises."
Bringing Legal Services Forward to Make Cross-Border Business Worry-Free
When Xiamen is mentioned, the first impression of most Hong Kong people is that it is a coastal tourist city. For Huang Yiwen, Vice President and Secretary General of the OneConnect International Online Arbitration and Mediation Center, who now lives in Hong Kong for work, she has also seen another side of Xiamen. At the crowded CIFIT, merchants from all over the world gathered together to discuss cooperation and seek development with an open attitude. At this investment event, going global was undoubtedly one of the important topics. Most of the consultations received by Huang Yiwen revolved around dispute resolution in cross-border trade.
"Actually, let's take a simple example. In the past, when European companies and Chinese companies had disputes during cooperation, they needed to go to Europe or China to file lawsuits, which was time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly. Now, by using online methods, we can assist both parties in arbitration or mediation, greatly reducing all these costs and significantly improving the efficiency of dispute resolution."
In Huang Yiwen's view, disputes arising between cross-border trade parties and multinational enterprises are often caused by differences in laws, business transactions and even cultures between the two places. OneConnect International Online Arbitration and Mediation Center can provide the most suitable dispute resolution method for parties facing different situations. For example, it provides comprehensive services including secure online communication and document submission functions, online hearing arrangements, electronic signatures, intelligent hearing transcription, and AI machine translation. It can also conduct online meetings or hearings through a secure video conferencing system. She mentioned a case: a Hong Kong company purchased a batch of rough gemstones in Xinjiang, but a dispute arose due to quality and other issues. Considering the long distance between Hong Kong and Xinjiang and the relatively small amount of money involved, they ultimately chose the OneConnect platform, and the case was settled through mediation within five days, with both parties being very satisfied.
As the first and only online dispute resolution platform in Hong Kong, China, approved by the APEC Economic Committee, OneConnect's APEC Online Dispute Resolution Service Platform assists enterprises within APEC in resolving cross-border business-to-business disputes. At the same time, OneConnect also provides enterprises going global with a one-stop platform for services in areas such as legal and financial matters. According to Huang Yiwen, some Xiamen enterprises engaged in foreign-related businesses such as trade, shipping and commodities have used OneConnect's platform to find overseas partners or professional providers of legal and financial services. "Xiamen already has many industries suitable for going global, such as foreign trade and shipping. Our platform has already helped many Xiamen enterprises establish operations overseas and safeguarded their journey of going global," Huang Yiwen said.
For enterprises going global, she also offered some suggestions: establish a procurement list for overseas legal services in advance, prioritizing three types of services—consultation with local legal experts, cross-border contract review, and localized compliance review. In short, legal and professional services should be arranged in advance rather than considered only after a dispute occurs.
Although this was Huang Yiwen's second time participating in CIFIT, she had already directly experienced that the internationalization and professionalism of CIFIT had improved compared with before in this brand-new venue. "I saw many interesting smart devices, as well as various functional robots. I sincerely hope that CIFIT can become a very good platform for helping Chinese enterprises 'go global,' and I also hope that we can connect with more foreign parties and create more sparks." This time, in addition to the Nanputuo vegetarian pastries that she had been longing for, she also brought back to Hong Kong her confidence in the coordinated development of enterprises in Xiamen and Hong Kong. "Hong Kong plays the role of a super transit hub, helping Xiamen enterprises with their international expansion and promoting deeper integration between the two places."
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Hong Kong People in Xiamen | Fujian and Hong Kong Join Hands, the "Golden Key" Opens a New Era of Going Global
