Plat'Home and Securitize partner on RWA tokenization initatives

Plat'Home announced a business partnership with Securitize Japan, a company that provides a platform for issuing and managing the lifecycle of security tokens/digital securities, in order to promote its Web3 business.

This partnership will combine Securitize's top-class track record in the financial sector with Plat'Home's tokenization technology in non-financial sectors that utilizes IoT, and is expected to create a new market for tokenizing a wide range of real-world assets.

For example, there are expected to be opportunities to use it in a wide range of applications, such as leveraging city data acquired by IoT devices, leveraging industrial IoT data, tokenizing the right to use equipment, tokenizing ESG data, and tokenizing intellectual property and managing it through smart contracts.

Currently, Plat'Home's IoT platform, Web3 technology, and ThingsToken™ technology are being used in the "Distribution Demonstration Project to Create a New Sake Experience Using Vacuum and Web3 Technology" that Plat'Home is promoting. In this demonstration project, Plat'Home has begun demonstrations using Securitize with the aim of issuing and managing rights and incentives within the ecosystem.

Distribution demonstration project to create a new sake experience

In October 2024, six companies, Akita Sake, Akita Prefecture Liquor Wholesale, Inter Holdings, Plat'Home, Matsui Sake Brewery, and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, have established the "Consortium for Promoting Distribution Packaging Systems for New Sake Experiences" to research, develop, and demonstrate distribution packaging and systems that will create new sake consumption experiences. Through this consortium, the six companies will carry out a demonstration project aimed at creating new sake experiences using vacuum technology and Web3 technology, and at streamlining transportation logistics in the sake supply chain.

Traditionally, distribution management in the distribution of sake has often not been systematized, which has led to issues such as inefficient management of remaining inventory and stock replenishment at drinking establishments, as well as the inability to realize flexible, planned logistics that can respond to fluctuating consumer demand.

Furthermore, as the so-called 2024 logistics problem becomes more serious, traditional sake containers are mainly glass bottles, which means that the transport packages are heavy and put a strain on transport, while there is a risk of breakage due to impacts during transport. In addition, the loading rate is low due to restrictions imposed by the shape of glass bottles, which puts a strain on efficient logistics in freight vehicles, containers, etc. Therefore, there was a need for new methods to reduce weight and improve loading rates by promoting the efficiency of transport and loading throughout the entire supply chain from production to consumption.

Furthermore, the demand for new types of sake (junmai, nama, slightly sparkling, low alcohol, served at low temperature) has been increasing in recent years, providing consumers with a new sake experience that is different from the conventional one. There is a need for a total packaging system that can suit this newly expanding market and create a new customer experience, including the constant provision of sake at low temperature, as well as new information and distribution systems to support it.

In light of the above, the Council will develop a new package and IT system for sake distribution that can withstand "efficiency," "quality," and "cost," and will build a system that uses IoT technology to collect weight data and enable delivery according to the remaining amount, aiming to improve the efficiency of transportation logistics in the sake supply chain and reduce the time and costs required for distribution. In addition, the Council will bring together the knowledge and technology of Council member companies and project participating companies that will promote the demonstration project together with the Council, to create an unprecedented, innovative sake experience and conduct a demonstration project to create an advanced distribution system to continuously strengthen the distribution of sake.

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