Founded in 1947, Star Micronics is one of the world's largest printer manufacturers with facilities for worldwide production, marketing and support. Employing over 4,500 staff and achieving turnover in excess of £250 million, Star Micronics has developed a POS printer portfolio that spans thermal and dot matrix printers and mechanisms, designed for barcode, ticketing, receipts and labelling. Star's proven technology is also being used to develop reader/writer systems for visual/smart and magnetic stripe cards and to install open frame mechanisms in multimedia kiosk environments.

Meeting the requirements of customers operating in a variety of environments including hospitality, retail, kiosk construction, ticketing and labelling, Star has developed an extensive portfolio of products offering high performance and reliability as well as a number of unique features. From a sleek, flush fitting cover to repel debris or liquid spillage in harsh environments to a printer that allows receipts to be individually tailored and coupons to be added, not to mention designing the fastest single station printer available today capable of printing at a remarkable 250mm/second, Star Micronics can truly deliver the most advanced point-of-sale printing technology.