Dongseo Foods Invests 41.8 Billion KRW in Bupyeong and Changwon Factories... Launches Smart Factory Operations

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] Dongseo Foods announced on the 25th that it will invest a total of 41.8 billion KRW in its coffee manufacturing factories in Bupyeong, Incheon, and Changwon, Gyeongnam, to establish smart factories, and will begin full-scale operation starting with the Bupyeong factory. Going forward, the company plans to smartize the manufacturing processes of its major coffee products such as Maxim Kanu, Maxim Mocha Gold, and Maxim TOP produced at the Bupyeong factory to enhance product production stability and efficiency.

The core of the newly introduced smart factory is the advancement of production process automation and the application of the latest technology in factory operation systems. The previously separately operated process stages such as coffee bean roasting, extraction, concentration, freezing, and drying have been integrated to enable automatic control and real-time monitoring. Through this efficient production, it is expected that high-quality coffee at reasonable prices can be stably provided to consumers.

The smart factory has also strengthened quality and safety management systems to produce the best products. It is equipped with a real-time monitoring and analysis system that supplements the limitations of existing equipment management, which could only identify problems after abnormalities occurred, allowing for the prediction and inspection of equipment failures in advance to produce safer products. Additionally, an unmanned automatic quality inspection system has been introduced on the production line, and real-time production data is collected to enable management of the product's movement path from shipment to distribution.

Starting with the Incheon Bupyeong factory, Dongseo Foods plans to sequentially introduce smart factories to the Changwon factory in Gyeongnam, which mainly produces Maxim Mocha Gold and Coffee Prima.

Kim Jeong-gi, head of the Bupyeong factory, said, “Through the introduction of advanced smart factory technology, we can supply products that meet consumer preferences safely and efficiently in a timely manner. We will continue to present a variety of the highest quality coffee through reliable product processes and system management.”

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