Changwon City Selected for Government Project 'Power Unit Smart Manufacturing Center'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 29th that it has been finally selected for the ‘Power Unit Smart Manufacturing Center Construction Project’ implemented by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

The ‘Power Unit Smart Manufacturing Center Construction Project’ is a project aimed at advancing the energy industry and creating an ecosystem for related companies through the localization of smart manufacturing technologies and infrastructure for high-efficiency power unit materials and components.

A power unit is a core product that generates power through driving motors such as turbines, automobile engines, and machine tools, providing power to systems.

This project will be implemented over five years starting this year with a budget of 30 billion KRW from national, provincial, and city funds. The Korea Institute of Materials Science will lead the project, and Gyeongnam TP will participate to establish demonstration and reliability evaluation systems for power unit parts and manufacturing processes.

The Power Unit Smart Manufacturing Center will be built within the Jinhae Research Free Zone, where the 2nd Materials Research Institute is planned, contributing to the realization of technology independence for high-efficiency power unit materials and components.

Heo Seong-mu, Mayor of Changwon, stated, “Being selected for the government public project provides an opportunity for Changwon to lead the high-efficiency power unit industry and become a new growth engine for the local industry. Although many economic difficulties are occurring worldwide, we will turn this crisis into a new opportunity through fostering new growth industries.”

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