Japan's Insitution for SME Development will Open Online Matching Platform

Japan's insitution for SME development (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN) has announced to open online matching platform "J - GoodTech" starting from April, 2014. The platform is currently recruiting SMEs (3,000 companies for this stage) with outstanding tequniques and products and contributions to the manufacturing industry. The goal is to foster expansive distribution routes and business cooperations of domestic and foreign corporations. As the platform is aimed for international appearance, global companies can take the opportunity to locate and cooperate with Japanese fastener corporations. "J - GoodTech" has the following features:

●Customizable search configuration. Oriented for the needs of giant makers (buyers) to motivate information publishment and exchange. Buyers can quickly locate Japanese companies that meet specific requirements.

●On track with manufacturing exhibitions and business meetings to offer buyers exhibition intellegence in advance. Also serving as a post-exhibition intellegence exchange platform.

●The institution's crews and experts will offer consultation to SMEs (sellers), meanwhile offering intellegence to buyers to lead both sides to successful contracts.

●Compatible to English and other Asian languages for overseas expansion and for full tracking of Japanese SMEs.

The platform supports:

●Consultation for web contents, content updates, and animation production.

●Confirming cooperation requirements and questions from buyers and sending solutions provided by sellers to the buyers. In such case, SMEs can involve in the negotiation process.

●Holding individual match-meeting according to buyers' requests.

●Sending exhibition information. Sending access guide to visiting buyers in advance.

●Consultation for more effective product presentation in exhibitions.

●Sending buyers' in-show and post-show feedback and suggestions to the sellers.

●Offering English and other multi-languages translation service for overseas development.

●The institution can provide consultation during the business talk and trading between the seller and overseas corporation.

●Web content publication and all supporting services are free of charge. (Translation fee for languages other than English is not yet confirmed.)

Recruiting for: SMEs that have contribution to the manufacturing industry and are eager to expand distribution channels. For instance,

●Eager to go from top niche markets to global top niche markets.

●Having outstanding techniques and products and planning to trade with giant makers and traders.

●Eager to go abroad and cooperate with overseas companies.

●Having strong will to attend exhibitions and expand routes.

Definition of SMEs: Capital under 300 million yens, personnel under 300 people. Including the peripheral service industry (capital under 5 million yens, personnel uner 100 people.)

For detailed information, check out the Japanese webpage at www.smrj.go.jp/keiei/j-goodtech