Started a collaborative project of “major companies x startups” to solve the social problem of the implementation rate of legal inspections, which threatens people's lives and building safety.

Strengthening alliances to ensure building safety and security

Sumaten Co., Ltd. Sumaten Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, hereinafter referred to as Sumaten), which provides legal inspection management services for building facilities, is a major We will start collaborating with the web service “Facility Management Mikata” (released December 13, 2021) provided by Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, hereinafter Kansai Electric Power), an electric power company.

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Currently in Japan, a social issue is the extremely low inspection reporting rate for building equipment inspections (firefighting equipment, building equipment, fire prevention equipment, air conditioning equipment, etc.) that are legally required. For example, the report rate for firefighting equipment inspections is about 50%, and the report rate for fire prevention equipment periodic inspections is low at about 27% (*Reference: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, recent trends related to construction administration). (Reference: Materials from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications http://www.syoubounet.jp/topics/pdf/210208_data200331) Sumaten, which operates the cloud management service "Sumaten BASE" for building legal inspections, faces the conventional management system. , There was a background that it was difficult to comprehensively manage various building inspections, but we are transforming the industry by promoting business improvements through digitization such as web management and paperless. By collaborating with "Facility Management Mikata", which Kansai Electric Power has started to provide, it is possible to expand the reach of managers and encourage the implementation of legal inspections. ■ About Facility Management Mikata "Facility Management Mikata" is Kansai Electric Power's web service that supports the management of equipment and facilities for customers nationwide. We developed "Facility Management Mikata" based on customer feedback that "I want to manage my own facilities and equipment properly and efficiently without taking time and effort." We will solve your problems with the four functions of "ledger free", "inspection calendar", "repair history management" and "contractor search". Website: https://sol.kepco.jp/facility_mikata/ ■Sumaten operates a legal inspection platform business for building facilities with the vision of "creating a world where legal inspections have not yet been carried out". We are developing and operating “Sumaten BASE”, a cloud management service for building legal inspections, and “Sumaten UP”, a firefighting equipment inspection app. We provide management nationwide. The number of companies using the service is increasing regardless of the size of the company, as it covers everything from facility inspections to repair work and continuous cloud management nationwide, and has a well-developed support system with specialized departments. Comment from Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd. "Facility Management Mikata" (hereafter referred to as "this service") is a business support service that started development from "customer feedback" received during daily business activities of Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd. . In particular, we believe that this service can contribute to the efficiency of management work, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, which have a lot of work with limited personnel. In addition, by collaborating with Sumaten Co., Ltd., which provides legal inspection management services for building facilities, we are working to improve the appeal and functionality of this service by leveraging the strengths of both companies. Through this service, we hope to contribute to the reduction of your management costs and improve the implementation rate of legal inspections, which are social issues. (Solution Headquarters Corporate Sales Department 2: Yuto Kawabe) Comments from the person in charge of Sumaten I am pleased that with the start of this collaboration, more building managers will be able to provide complex management and appropriate costs. increase. Also, the results obtained by having large companies and startups have the same direction are extremely valuable. Although "Facility Management Mikata" is roughly in the same field, it is a product with different characteristics, so we believe that we can pick up and solve users' daily worries about buildings together. (Director: Junya Fujino) Company profile Company name: Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. Representative: Takashi Morimoto Established: May 1, 1951 Capital: 489.3 billion yen Head office: 3-6-16 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka URL : https://www.kepco.co.jp/ Company name: Sumaten Co., Ltd. Representative: Keiichi Tsuzuki Established: April 2018 Capital: 160 million yen (including capital reserve) Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Fushimi DO Building 7F URL, 1-16-15 Sakae, Naka-ku: https://corp.sumaten.co/ *The following is special information for members of the media only. Please refrain from disclosing information on personal SNS etc.

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