Gwangju City Selected for Advanced Project Linking Core Technologies to Enhance 광융합 Industry

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 23rd that its "Optical Base Technology-Linked Optical Convergence Industry Advancement Project" was finally selected in the 2020 Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Smart Specialization Infrastructure Project competition.

The Smart Specialization Infrastructure Project is a government initiative aimed at strengthening regional competitiveness and balanced development of national strategic industries.

Over the next three years starting this year, a total of 8.1 billion KRW (5.6 billion KRW from the national government and 2.5 billion KRW from the city) will be invested to enhance the competitiveness of the optical convergence industry.

The main project contents include the advancement of infrastructure necessary for the commercialization of 4th industrial revolution optical convergence products such as smart optical sensors, optical information and communication technology (ICT), optical convergence video information, and smart lighting, as well as diversification of business and product upgrading of small and medium-sized optical-related companies through mutual linkage and corporate support among regional innovation institutions, and preemptive entry into new markets for high value-added optical convergence products.

Together with regional innovation institutions such as the Korea Photonics Technology Institute, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, the project will promote ▲ the establishment of 15 new types of equipment and upgrading of 10 types of equipment to secure production competitiveness of leading optical convergence products ▲ corporate support through mutual linkage of specialized technologies of innovation institutions including prototype production, technical problem support, testing and certification, workforce training, and technology commercialization for fostering specialized optical convergence companies ▲ training of professional personnel for equipment operation targeting companies and operation of technical working groups.

Gwangju City expects this project to create an employment inducement effect of over 5,000 people, generate one specialized optical convergence small and medium enterprise annually, increase research equipment efficiency through shared use of expensive equipment, and enhance technology and quality competitiveness through sharing of specialized technologies among innovation institutions.

Lee Chi-seon, Director of the Future Industry Policy Division of the city, said, "We will strive to create a sustainable virtuous cycle ecosystem for the high value-added optical convergence industry through the successful commercialization of optical convergence companies," and added, "We will dynamically promote the project to preempt new markets for 4th industrial revolution optical convergence technologies such as smart optical sensors and optical ICT through close cooperation with regional innovation institutions."

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