Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
スター精密株式会社

Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO 7718.T
Industry	Electronics and printers
Founded	Tegoshi, Shizuoka, Japan 1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Headquarters	Shizuoka, Japan
Key people	Hajime Sato (President and CEO)
Products	printers, electronic components, precision parts
Revenue	¥35,717 million (£267 million) (Year ended 28 February 2011)[1]
Number of employees	Approx 2,500
Website	Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

Star Micronics Co., Ltd. (スター精密株式会社, Sutā Seimitsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational electronic components and printer manufacturing company headquartered in Shizuoka, Japan. It was founded in 1947 as a precision processor of miniature components, later expanding into automatic lathes, printers, micro audio components, and other fields.^[2]

Star Micronics employs around 2,500 staff in several countries and had total revenues of £267 million in 2010.^[3][4]

History

Star Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was established in 1950 with a capital of ¥ 500,000, in Tegoshi, Shizuoka, to manufacture and sell wristwatches and camera parts.^[5]

In May 2022, Star Micronics introduced its TSP100IV, which offers features for omnichannel retail. The features also extend to its TSP143IV UE model, which provides multi-connectivity for mobile, cloud, and traditional POS applications.^[6]