Chungnam Secondary Battery Corporate Support 'Results'... Company Sales and Employment Increase

[Asia Economy (Naepo) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province is analyzed to have achieved sales and employment performance for supported companies through support for secondary battery companies.

On the 27th, the province announced that an analysis of the performance of the ‘Secondary Battery Prototype Production Workforce Training and Technology Development’ project carried out from 2015 to 2019 showed indirect effects of a sales increase of 755.3 billion KRW and the creation of 629 jobs.

The support project was conducted over five years with a total budget of 1 billion KRW, where Chungnam Technopark provided prototype production, technical guidance, and specialized education to local secondary battery SMEs.

In this process, Chungnam Technopark supported 70 projects including ▲28 cases of prototype production and domestic and international testing and certification ▲18 cases of technical consulting ▲10 cases of specialized education ▲14 cases of industry-academia-research networking.

Through this, the local secondary battery SME ‘Tabos’ achieved results by receiving CE certification and prototype production support for lithium-ion batteries and chargers applicable to autonomous robots and unmanned transport vehicles from 2017 to 2018, and supplied products to well-known domestic large companies S and L. Sales increased by approximately 2.1 billion KRW as a result.

Also, ‘Mani China’ achieved a 100% increase in sales compared to the previous year by securing a nationwide distribution network of 22 branches and 15 A/S centers through KC certification support for batteries for electric kickboards in 2018.

A provincial official said, “Secondary batteries are a major future industry, and Chungnam’s secondary battery export value has surpassed automobile parts exports since last year, increasing its importance gradually,” adding, “The province plans to continuously promote corporate support activities so that Chungnam can solidify its position as a mecca of the secondary battery industry.”

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