Korea Imported Car Association Hosts '2021 University Student Maintenance Technology Competition'

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The Korea Imported Automobile Dealers Association (KAIDA) announced on the 12th that it will hold the '2021 KAIDA University Student Maintenance Technology Competition' to promote cooperation between the imported car industry and domestic automotive academia.

KAIDA explained that based on its newly established strategic direction, this competition was organized as part of efforts to strengthen social contribution activities and contribute to the development of the domestic automotive industry.

The competition will form a total of six teams by matching six participating member companies with six universities on a one-to-one basis, and each team will compete separately.

The participating teams are: Mercedes-Benz Korea & Yeongnam Polytechnic University, Volvo Cars Korea & Ajou Motor College, Stellantis Korea & Shinhan University, Audi Volkswagen Korea & Busan Institute of Science and Technology, FMK & Kookje University, and Toyota Motor Korea & Yeoju University.

Each team has already begun preparations for the competition through a preliminary meeting held last month. Next month, member companies will provide training vehicles to each school and conduct preliminary vehicle training. The main team competition will take place in October. The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held during the 2021 Seoul Motor Show at KINTEX in Ilsan at the end of November. The top and excellent students from each team will receive a certificate from the KAIDA chairman along with a scholarship.

Im Han-gyu, Vice Chairman of KAIDA, said, "Based on KAIDA's new direction, the first KAIDA University Student Maintenance Technology Competition, which we have been preparing since early this year to deliver a positive influence to society and contribute to the development of the domestic automotive industry, has finally taken its first step. KAIDA and its members, as part of the domestic automotive industry, will continue to actively create opportunities to nurture professionals and share various technologies and knowledge."

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