{"id":5270,"date":"2024-03-06T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:35:01","slug":"digitrad_over150_20240306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/2024\/03\/06\/digitrad_over150_20240306\/","title":{"rendered":"The number of companies subscribing to DigiTrad, a packaged trade service, has exceeded 150."},"content":{"rendered":"

The persistently weak yen is increasing export interest among small and medium-sized businesses, and sales to Southeast Asia, Europe, and the US are also increasing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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STANDAGE Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Akinori Adachi; hereinafter referred to as STANDAGE), a developer and provider of digital trade platforms, announced that the number of companies contracted for its trade outsourcing package service for small and medium-sized enterprises, "DigiTrad," has exceeded 150 as of the end of February 2024. Launched in 2022, "DigiTrad" is a service offered to domestic companies that are interested in overseas expansion due to shrinking domestic demand and the persistent depreciation of the yen, but have been deterred by a lack of resources, expertise, or language skills.<\/p>\n

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Standage is working on developing and operating trade DX products that will elevate analog, legacy trade infrastructure to the next generation stage, including a new trade settlement system that utilizes blockchain and stable coins. As part of its efforts to increase the number of domestic trade players and expand the market, Standage is working to support companies with no experience in expanding overseas.<\/p>\n

As of the end of August 2023, the cumulative number of contracted companies exceeded 100, and the products range widely, including medical devices and pharmaceuticals, supplements, food products, educational materials and toys, raw materials, agricultural supplies, and sake.<\/p>\n

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Standage has local bases in Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya, and has been engaged in actual trade with Africa for several years since its founding, building up know-how and relationships. As a result, Standage is currently demonstrating great strength in the Middle East and Africa as a market development destination for Digitrad contract companies, which it supports in exporting.<\/p>\n

In addition, since fiscal year 2023, we have expanded our sales channels and increased our workforce, resulting in a greater track record of establishing trade with Southeast Asia and Europe\/America.<\/p>\n

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Please refer to past press releases for examples of trade development projects by our contracted companies.<\/p>\n

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\u25c7[Case Study] Providing the trade package "DigiTrad" to medical equipment manufacturer Precision System Science<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u25c7[Case Study] Providing "DigiTrad" trade-oriented package to educational toy manufacturer Artec Co., Ltd.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u25c7[Case Study] Providing the trade-oriented package "Digitrad" to Green Design & Consulting, a company that manufactures and sells emergency food<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our goal is to introduce this system to 300 companies by the end of fiscal year 2024, and through supporting exports by domestic companies, we will contribute to the expansion of global and Japanese trade markets and regional revitalization.<\/p>\n

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About DigiTrad<\/strong><\/p>\n

"DigiTrad" is a comprehensive trade package service developed exclusively by Standage that provides a one-stop service covering everything from sales channel development to negotiations, contracts, settlements, and administrative procedures related to logistics and customs clearance.<\/p>\n

Due to the rapid depreciation of the yen in the second half of 2010 and the government's efforts to expand exports, Japan's overall export volume has been on a gradual upward trend. However, when looking at the export volume of small and medium-sized enterprises in urban and rural areas, the gap is still widening.<\/p>\n

Digitrad was created as a package service to handle all aspects of trade, from market development to contracts, negotiations, payments, and logistics, to enable Japanese manufacturers, who face these challenges, to expand overseas more freely and easily.<\/p>\n

This is a service that does not just systemize some operations or provide consulting, but can completely handle the entire flow of trade.<\/p>\n

\u25c7"DigiTrad" service official website<\/a><\/p>\n

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The persistently weak yen has increased interest in exports among small and medium-sized businesses, and the number of exports to Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States has increased. STANDAGE Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Akinori Adachi, hereinafter referred to as Standage), a developer and provider of digital trade platforms... Continue reading The number of companies subscribing to DigiTrad, a packaged trade service, has exceeded 150.<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"acf":{"en_news":{"custom_css":"","en_title":"Digitrad, our trade 101 support package service, exceeds 150 companies in total!","content":"Steady Yen Depreciation Boosts Interest in Exporting among Small and Medium-Sized Businesses\u3000<\/strong>
\r\nGrowing track record in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the U.S.<\/strong>

\r\n\r\nAs of the end of February 2024, the number of contracted companies for \"Digitrad\" exceeded 150. Digitrad is a trading full-support package service for SMEs launched in 2022 by STANDAGE Corporation, a developer and provider of digital trading platforms. It is offered to domestic companies that are interested in overseas expansion due to shrinking domestic demand and the constant depreciation of the yen, but have given up due to lack of resources, expertise, and language.

\r\n\r\nStandage is engaged in the development and operation of trade DX products, including a new trade settlement system utilizing blockchain and stablecoin, which will bring analog and legacy trade infrastructure to the next generation stage. In addition, as part of our efforts to increase the number of domestic trade players and expand the market, we are working to support companies that have no experience in overseas expansion.

\r\n\r\nAt the end of August 2023, the number of digitrad-subscribed companies exceeded 100, with a wide range of commercial products including medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, supplements, foods, educational materials and educational toys, raw materials, agricultural materials, and Japanese sake.

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOver the years since its establishment, Standage has accumulated know-how and relationships through actual trade with Africa, with local offices in Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, and Kenya. Having done so, the company has demonstrated great strength in the Middle East and Africa region as a sales channel development destination for companies currently under contract with Digitrad.\r\n

\r\nIn addition, since 2023, we have expanded our sales channels and manpower, which has led to an increase in trade establishment for Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States.\r\n

\r\nPlease refer to past press releases for more information on examples of trade construction by contracted companies.\r\n

\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25c7Provided \"Digitrad\" to Precision System Science, a medical device manufacturer.<\/a>

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25c7Provided \"Digitrad\" to Artec Corporation, a manufacturer of educational toys.<\/a>

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25c7Provided \"Digitrad\" to Green Design & Consulting, which manufactures and sells emergency rations.<\/a>

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWith the goal of introducing \"Digitrad\" to 300 companies by the end of 2024, we will contribute to the expansion of global and Japanese trade markets and regional development through export support for Japanese SMEs.

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0About Digitrad, adopted by a total of 150 companies in Japan<\/b>
\r\nDigitrad is a one-stop comprehensive trade package service developed by Standage, covering everything from the development of sales channels, negotiations and contracts, settlement and administrative procedures related to logistics and customs clearance.
\r\nWhile Japan's overall export turnover has been rising moderately due to the sharp depreciation of the yen in the second half of 2022 and national efforts to increase exports, the gap between the export turnover of SMEs by urban and rural areas remains significant.
\r\nDigitrad was created as a packaged service that provides a one-stop trade process from sales channel development to contracting, negotiation, settlement and logistics, so that Japanese manufacturers facing these challenges can more freely and easily expand their business overseas.\r\nThis service is not limited to the systematisation of some operations or consulting, but can 'full-support' the entire flow of trade.

\r\n\r\n\u25c7Digitrad service official website:\r\nhttps:\/\/standage.co.jp\/digitrad<\/a>"},"author":{"author_image":"","author_name":"","author_image_link":"","introduction":""},"production_published":true},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5270"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5303,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions\/5303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}