Gyeongbuk Province Opens 'Gumi Advanced Medical Technology Tower' ... "Command Center for Innovation in Electronic Medical Device Manufacturing"

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongsangbuk-do held an opening ceremony for the Gumi Advanced Medical Technology Tower (hereinafter G Tower) on the 2nd, which will play a central role in the innovation of electronic medical device manufacturing, and has officially started the development and commercialization of advanced electronic medical devices.

G Tower was completed in June last year on a site of 7,273㎡ with one basement floor and ten above-ground floors, with a total investment of 39.6 billion KRW, including 28 billion KRW in national funds, by Gyeongbuk Province and Gumi City to promote the 'Electronic Medical Device Parts and Materials Industrialization Infrastructure Project.'

G Tower is expected to serve as a manufacturing innovation space for mass production and commercialization of advanced electronic medical devices by applying commercial technologies through technological advancement such as the development of core original medical device technologies at the IT Medical Convergence Technology Center and joint research and development linked with companies.

Gyeongbuk Province is promoting diversification of industries for IT and BT companies and attracting domestic and international medical device companies to increase the occupancy rate of G Tower, and according to Gyeongbuk Province, inquiries from companies wishing to move in are pouring in.

Jang Sang-gil, Director of the Science and Industry Bureau of Gyeongbuk Province, said, "The domestic medical device industry is expected to grow significantly this year as interest in K-quarantine and K-bio increases," adding, "We expect the Gumi Advanced Medical Technology Tower to fully play the role of a central institution leading innovation in the regional medical device industry."

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