Dongwon Group-KT Lead AI Innovation in Food Lifestyle and Logistics Platforms... MOU Signed

"Expectations for AI Ecosystem Expansion and Accelerated AI Innovation in Various Industries with Dongwon Group Participation"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] Dongwon Group has joined the AI One Team led by KT.

On the 27th, Dongwon Group announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with KT for the "Korea AI No.1 Nation" at KT Gwanghwamun Building East in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Key officials including Park In-gu, Vice Chairman of Dongwon Group, and Koo Hyun-mo, CEO of KT, attended the signing ceremony.

Launched in February this year, the AI One Team is an industry-academia-research consortium aiming to make Korea the No.1 AI nation, with participants including KT, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, Korea Investment & Securities, Hanyang University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). With Dongwon Group joining, AI applications are expected to expand into more diverse fields such as dietary life and logistics platforms.

According to the MOU, Dongwon Group will progressively promote ▲ business innovation in food manufacturing and sales marketing using AI ▲ establishment of AI smart factories ▲ development of AI integrated logistics platforms ▲ creation of AI talent development platforms linked with industry-academia-research through collaboration with AI One Team companies and institutions.

Even before joining the AI One Team, Dongwon Group has made multifaceted efforts for AI innovation. Since early last year, it has actively implemented Robotic Process Automation (RPA) across all business divisions to improve work processes, enabling employees to focus on creative tasks. Additionally, in October last year, Dongwon Group partnered with Hanyang University to establish Korea’s first AI center for sharing AI technology with small and medium-sized enterprises, the ‘Hanyang AI Solution Center.’

Dongwon Group aims to achieve concrete results by applying AI to food production processes, discovering customer-tailored new products, and strengthening untact sales channels. Furthermore, it plans to introduce AI across its entire business, including logistics, fisheries, and packaging, to drive business innovation. In addition, Dongwon Group will actively collaborate with AI One Team companies and institutions to establish AI talent development platforms.

Park In-gu, Vice Chairman of Dongwon Group, said, “Continuous interest and investment in AI have laid the foundation for Dongwon Group’s participation in the AI One Team. Through collaboration with companies and institutions possessing the best AI technologies and know-how, Dongwon Group will continuously pursue ‘AI innovation’ as a socially necessary enterprise creating new value.”

KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo stated, “With Dongwon Group, which has developed Korea’s dietary life for half a century, joining the AI One Team, we expect the domestic AI ecosystem to expand and AI innovation to accelerate across various industries. Amid fierce global competition for AI leadership, KT will further strengthen collaboration with the AI One Team to enhance Korea’s AI competitiveness.”

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