Smart Manufacturing Innovation Promotion Team Participates in 'Smart Tech Korea 2021'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Promotion Group (KOSMO) announced that it will participate in 'Smart Tech Korea 2021,' held for three days from the 23rd to the 25th at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul.

The Promotion Group will operate the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Pavilion at this event. Based on cases actively supporting the introduction of smart factories in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies, it plans to showcase the achievements of Smart Manufacturing 1.0. It will also introduce outstanding companies that have implemented smart factories and provide strategies for advancing manufacturing innovation based on artificial intelligence (AI) and data. The Promotion Group will particularly focus on introducing support projects conducted jointly with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, including ▲ AI SME Manufacturing Platform (KAMP) ▲ Digital Cluster ▲ K-Smart Lighthouse Factory.

Previously, the Promotion Group has been conducting smart factory dissemination and expansion projects targeting domestic SMEs and mid-sized companies. Until last year, it helped distribute a total of 19,799 smart factories, expanding the base of manufacturing innovation among companies. The distribution performance last year exceeded the cumulative target of 17,880 units.

The rate of smart factory advancement is also on the rise. According to the Promotion Group, the cumulative advancement rate reached 22.1% last year. The Group explains that this figure signifies the popularization and activation of smart factory adoption.

Han-gu Park, head of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Promotion Group, said, "Smart manufacturing is becoming widespread in the domestic manufacturing industry," adding, "We will discover and promote more advancement policies so that various effects, including productivity increases and entry into new businesses, can be felt."

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