Seoul Global Challenge Awards Ceremony Held... 106 Domestic and International Products Compete

Competition on Fine Dust Reduction in Seoul Subway
106 Products from Global Companies Including US, France, and Japan Participate

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] 'Corning-SNS,' which demonstrated outstanding fine dust reduction effects at subway platforms by installing ceramic honeycomb filters in ventilation ducts, won the overall championship at the Seoul Global Challenge.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it held the awards ceremony for the Seoul Global Challenge, where global 'innovators' regardless of nationality competed to find solutions to Seoul's urban problems, on the 6th at 11 a.m. at Dongdaemun DDP.

The Seoul Global Challenge, held for the first time, focused on the challenge of reducing fine dust in the Seoul subway. Companies and research institutions from around the world, including Korea, the United States, France, and Japan, participated, with 106 products competing across three areas: tunnels, platforms, and trains.

In the final selection process, the technologies of the 10 companies that advanced to the finals underwent performance and effectiveness tests at actual sites such as Sangsu Station and Mangwon Station, and their business feasibility was verified.

The overall winning team, Corning, was established in 1851 in the United States and is a global company famous for the strengthened glass "Gorilla Glass" commonly used in smartphones. They challenged this task with a solution using the ceramic honeycomb filter developed there, together with the Korean company SNS. They achieved the highest fine dust reduction effect on site and received excellent evaluations from citizens.

By space, Allswell was selected as the winning team in the platform category with a solution that maximizes the performance of existing ventilation facilities through air flow control technology, effectively discharging pollutants inside the platform and improving air quality. Hanrun System won the train category with a solution that installs air purifiers for trains and door air curtains together to remove fine dust and keep the purified air inside the train.

The reduction of fine dust in the Seoul subway will proceed by discovering new ideas rather than existing technologies and supporting prototype development, and applications can be submitted through the New Technology Reception Center in April this year.

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said, "Thanks to the active participation of domestic and international companies with outstanding technological capabilities, we were able to confirm innovative technologies beyond expectations. Going forward, Seoul will establish itself as a battleground for innovative technologies to solve urban problems and a testbed city attracting innovators, linking this to improving the quality of life for citizens."

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