Smart Containers

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Smart Containers develops, builds and rents out airfreight containers for medicine & food transports. We combine cutting-edge technology and IoT sensors in a logistics ecosystem on blockchain.

About Us
Smart Containers Group is a Swiss-based high-tech company that provides the safest temperature-controlled containers to transport sensitive pharma goods and food around the world. Our goal is to safely transport sensitive goods and ensure no-one ever receives a compromised product. The unique combination of cutting-edge hardware, highly efficient software and unique services has made Smart Containers Group to a rapidly growing service provider and highly attractive investment object.

Technology
LOGI CHAIN goals

Eliminate paper and disconnected information like email from the shipment process
Automate billing throughout the supply chain and reduce transaction fees by accepting cryptocurrencies as payment
Provide services for the whole logistics community, including logistics players, airlines, sea freight companies, customs brokers and more

Hardware
The autonomous Container 4.0
Our vision is to create the Container 4.0 – the ultimate smart container that protects temperature-sensitive goods while managing itself autonomously. We already have the the highest performance containers on the market thanks to our cutting-edge insulation and cooling technology, but now we want to go one better.

Insulation
More than 50 man-years of research and development were poured into creating an unprecedented, highly efficient insulation solution. This cutting-edge technology reflects the maximum of radiation while minimizing heat conduction. It is the most patent-protected insulation technology on the market.

Temperature barrier
Our ingenious R&D team invented a completely new cooling technology that stores five times more energy than traditional methods, keeping the container at a steady temperature. All containers based on SMART CONTAINERS technology are automatically recharged in a cold storage or refrigerated trucks without any manual input. No mistakes can be made since all parts are integrated and fixed.

Base Technology
Nico Ros our CTO & Co-Founder, had a vision of a new insulation technology which would provide best-in-class insulation, while being 100% recyclable. More than 50 man-years of research (about 100‘000 hours of engineering) were poured into an unprecedented, highly efficient insulation material. This cutting-edge solution reflects the maximum radiation while minimizing heat conducting. It is the most patent-protected insulation technology on the market.

When designing cooling containers, insulation is half the rent. Combined with this highly efficient solution, Nico and his team invented an ingenious cooling technology that stores five times more energy than traditional methods to keep the container at a steady temperature. Consequently, all Smart Containers are automatically recharged through cold air without any manual interference.

However, we have not reached our final stage of development yet. Although we are already recognized as the best solution on the market, there is still room to improve performance five-fold or decrease the weight / volume of containers further. Our R&D team is constantly improving upon today’s state of development and never rests on its laurels.

But brilliant hardware alone is not enough. It’s the combination with our software that makes our business model so attractive. Today, we can track and trace the position, temperature, humidity and general condition of every container around the world with an infrastructure of sensors and gateways in all relevant logistic hubs. This high-tech solution, provides our clients with security and compliance unparalleled in the industry. No container is cleared for use unless our software indicates it is in perfect condition.

Our software is based on blockchain technology. Smart Containers Group has the largest air freight fleet of IoT containers on the market. Each container can be tracked around the world based on:

Combining hardware, software and services in this way has given us the lowest failure rate in the industry: a staggering 75x better than the market average.

The combination of all these elements is protected by 96 patents and forms the basis of all Smart Containers Group products.

What has been achieved so far?
First Application: SkyCell (www.skycell.ch)

Fourth largest player in temperature-sensitive pharma logistics in just 5 years.
Created the safest container on the market, with less than 0.1% temperature deviations in 2017 (market average 8.5%).
Counts the largest pharma companies as clients to conduct the most difficult temperature controlled shipments
30% lighter containers, while carrying 50% more payload than the market leader (both generate up to 20% total cost savings and CO2 reduction for clients).
High level executive board of industry experts.
Proudly partnered with two global key players: Emirates and Cargolux.
Part of the IATA Time Temperature Task Force and strategic partner of IATA (International Air Transport Association).
First air freight container company to accept cryptocurrencies for payments (from 2018 onwards).

Route to market and market potential
Business-to-Business: SkyCell initially focused on the palletized highend temperature-sensitive pharma goods and is on the verge of scaling.
The market size is at USD 1 b.

Second Application: FoodGuardians
(www.foodguardians.ch)
FoodGuardians offers the next generation of reusable containers and boxes for regional and global transport of temperature sensitive food products. The combination of patented cooling technology, cutting-edge insulation and blockchain infrastructure allows us to preserve a product’s freshness and traceability.
Our vision is to allow your local butcher to order your favorite steak directly from the producing farm and send it straight to your barbecue.

This second division of Smart Containers Group

has been founded and is up and running with inital investments secured.
has secured feasability approval for defined cost and technological attributes.
is negotiating partnerships with major players in the field for a rapid route to market.
has initial customers already in negotiation.

Route to market

Business-to-Business (phase 1): Focus on palletized high value niche food (i.e. fish, chocolate, wine).
Business-to-Consumer (phase 2): Regional distribution through a medium sized box that can be used for:
direct to home delivery for online retailers
supermarkets offering home delivery
distribution of high value temperature-sensitive products to restaurants and hotels (i.e. fish, meat, patisserie, delicacies)

Roadmap

SMARC ICO
The SMARC token (SMARC) is a profit share token: 20% of future dividends and exit profits will be paid out to token holders. It is upon the Board of Directors of Smart Containers Group to make a proposal on how much dividends will be attributed year by year. Subsequently the General Assembly of Smart Containers Group approves or rejects the dividend plan. A payment equivalent to 20% of this amount is converted to Ether and sent to the SMARC token smart contract. The SMARC token smart contract evaluates the current holdings and dis- tributes the profits to the token holders in Ether.
In the event of an exit of one of the sub divisions, the same process as described above applies. The maximum total supply is 150 M tokens. 120 M tokens (80%) are offered in the initial coin offering, while the rest is used to cover the ICO costs and align interest of the Smart Containers Management. The hard cap for the ICO is USD 36 M. The price per token is fixed at USD 0.432.

Pre-Sale
Token pre-sale is private and will be conducted on invitation only. The pre-sale starts in April and comes with a 25% discount. The number of tokens sold at 25% discount is hard capped at 49.3 M tokens (=41%), raising USD 16 M.

Public Sale
The public token sale starts in May. 12.8 M tokens are sold during the public sale, raising USD 5 M. The first tier is sold with a discount of 15%. The second tier is discounted by 10% and the third tier comes at a discount of 5%.
Oversubscriptions of a bonus tier get allocated to the following tier. The estimated current bonus tier is visible on the website (www.smartcontainers.ch). The displayed amount may change due to changing exchange rates and is therefore indicative. Final bonus tier and token allocation is done post transaction. Oversubscriptions of the whole ICO are returned to the investors after the closing of the sale.

Private Sale
The rest of the SMARC tokens are offered in a private sale to institutional investors.