On May 10, UNIVA Paycast (UPC) began selling its new Kuregin Plan for BtoB businesses. Kuregin Plan combines online credit settlements and automated bank transfers. By eliminating initial period and first-month fees and reducing transaction fees to the lowest in the industry it lowers as far as possible the barrier to adopting a credit settlement and bank transfer service. Businesses that choose Kuregin Plan benefit from smoother transactions with other corporations.

UNIVA Kyosai has begun development of a new product related to injuries and heatstroke. The new product will be designed to provide insurance for elderly people who die or are hospitalized by injury or heatstroke. It is also preparing to revise the scope of its DriveMate insurance for those involved in traffic accidents. The idea is to allow current DriveMate customers to include bicycles in their coverage for only an additional JPY100 per month. Both new products are scheduled for release this year.

UNIVA America, Inc.（UAI）introduced Japan’s newest technology at the National Restaurant Association Show, the US restaurant industry’s largest trade show. The UAI booth introduced Trackbott, which uses state-of-the-art AI to detect foreign matter contaminating food, a barcode reader using Bluetooth, for managing foodstuffs inventory, and Artlock Freezer, for fast freezing of heat-and-serve foods.

June 4-6. The Naturally Plus Hong Kong (NPHK) “GO GO Macao” tour. Nineteen individuals who achieved their targets enjoyed the full experience of Macao, the city called the Las Vegas of the East. With morale boosted by the trip, they all vowed to participate in the campaign to win the right to participate in this year’s FESTA in Japan in October.

On June 24, UNP Healthcare Vietnam (UNPHC) began selling OLEMIO™. Extremely popular in both Japan and Malaysia, OLEMIO™ is the world's first sports-nutrition drink made of hydrogenated water infused with OleaVita™ (Olive leaf extract) and L-citrulline. The long- awaited start of sales of OLEMIO™ speaks to the attention and high hopes for this product in Vietnam.

Uni Marche has assembled a variety of organic, additive-free products that are healthy and good for us. These Natsu no otoriyose (Summer delivered-to-your-door) Gourmet items include a wide selection of ice cream, jelly and other “Summer-cooling sweets.” They also include popular seafood and Hokkaido and other Japanese beef. NAKAMA who are Group employees get a 15% discount, making them perfect for summer gifts.

In June, Naturally Plus Indonesia (NPID) celebrated the 12th anniversary of its founding. The celebration included a lucky draw for new members who joined and members who placed repeat orders the previous month. Member morale received a huge boost from the prizes, which included a motorcycle, notebook PCs, and mobile phones as well as lutein, IZUMIO, and other popular products! The 12th anniversary promotion was a tremendous success. Congratulations to everyone at NPID!

Last month, we welcome two new NAKAMA.
Daphne-san and Okita-san, welcome to the UNIVA CAPITAL Group.