Enhancing Safety and Productivity in Manufacturing with Patt Plus Upgrade

International Kogyo Co., Ltd. Unveils Patt Plus Upgrade

International Kogyo Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, led by President Yoshiyuki Fujiwara) recently announced a major update to its productivity enhancement tool, Patt Plus, which has been widely adopted in various manufacturing environments since its launch in 2020.

What is Patt Plus?

Patt Plus is a comprehensive package tool that leverages high-precision positioning technology from Quuppa. It visualizes movement pathways and dwell times on-site, effectively supporting digital transformation (DX) and improving efficiency in manufacturing and construction environments. The latest update introduces groundbreaking features aimed at elevating on-site safety, such as intrusion and proximity detection, as well as health condition monitoring in compliance with the revised Labor Safety and Health Regulations. This allows for real-time awareness of unauthorized access to hazardous areas and any anomalies in workers' conditions.

Additionally, the updated Patt Plus now supports linking management of multiple products, enabling tracking of various items on a single pallet with one tag. This feature not only reduces the number of tags needed but also helps cut operational costs and streamline management tasks.

Starting April 1, 2026, the company will begin accepting orders for two new types of alert tags and seven types of mounting attachments designed to adapt to diverse installation environments.

Customer Challenges: Background of the Product Update

1. Safety Management and Heatstroke Prevention (Compliance with Legal Revisions): It is crucial for workers in factories and construction sites to prevent inadvertent entry into restricted areas and avoid accidents involving heavy machinery. Furthermore, with the enforcement of revised Labor Safety and Health Regulations mandating heatstroke prevention measures by June 2025, the urgency for effective heat stress measures has intensified. Traditional real-time alert systems often require specialized control equipment or complex detection setups, posing significant barriers related to implementation costs and increased management workload.

2. Management Costs of Multiple Work-In-Progress Items: In environments where multiple work-in-progress items are moved on a pallet, existing systems demand individual tags for each item, resulting in substantial costs related to tag acquisition and operation.

Solutions Offered by the Patt Plus Update

1. Revamped High-Precision Intrusion and Proximity Detection Logic: The update features modifications allowing real-time calculations of distances between multiple points. It accurately monitors entries into restricted areas and proximity between workers and heavy machinery, triggering alerts to prevent accidents.

2. Compliance with Revised Labor Safety and Health Regulations: The update facilitates integration with various IoT sensors (temperature, humidity, heat stress, CO2, door status, PM2.5, etc.), visualizing workers' conditions on site maps and generating immediate alerts during anomalies.

3. Cost Optimization Through Single Tag Management of Multiple Products: In environments managing multiple products or work-in-progress materials, the update allows each tag to link to several product IDs. This drastically reduces the number of tags in operation, decreasing environmental impact and cutting costs simultaneously.

Imagining the New Usability Scenarios of Patt Plus Updates

The new lineup of devices, available for orders starting April 1, 2026, utilizes the bi-directional communication feature of the Quuppa Intelligent Locating System™, enabling direct alert notifications from the server to the site. The newly updated Patt Plus and tags have already undergone trial implementations at sites belonging to leading manufacturers, effectively assessing worker encroachment into danger zones, approaching cranes, and detecting health complications. This has received high acclaim for enhancing safety management measures and working conditions.

Product Launch Details for New Tags

Beginning April 1, 2026, the company will issue two new types of tags and seven mounting attachments to adapt to varying environmental settings.

International Kogyo leverages real-time, high-precision positioning technology to enhance productivity and operational efficiency across a range of industries, including manufacturing, construction, and sports tech. The company continues to offer a one-stop service, from task analysis to system design, deployment, and operation tailored to meet customer needs.

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TEL: 03-6362-5000