Lotte Chilsung Beverage and KAIST Sign Business Agreement to Establish 'Smart Beer Factory Cluster'

On the 2nd, at the Lotte Chilsung Beverage headquarters located in Jamsil, Lotte Chilsung Beverage CEO Park Yoon-gi (left), KAIST College of Engineering Dean Professor Lee Dong-man, and other officials attended a business agreement ceremony to establish the "Smart Beer Factory Cluster." (Photo by Lotte Chilsung Beverage)

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Lotte Chilsung Beverage announced on the 3rd that it has signed a business agreement with KAIST to establish a ‘Smart Beer Factory Cluster using the KAIST STAR platform.’

Lotte Chilsung Beverage pursued this business agreement to maximize the efficiency of the ‘Beer Cluster Project,’ aimed at coexistence with small and medium-sized breweries and revitalizing the craft beer market.

KAIST’s 'STAR' platform was planned in response to the need for new value creation in data collection, analysis, and result sharing. Through this business agreement, it is expected to maximize efficiency in the production of various types of craft beer commissioned by Lotte Chilsung Beverage.

In particular, the project will address improvements in the manufacturing environment where various products must be produced in a single factory by applying KAIST’s project-based professor learning method to provide solutions for scheduling efficiency. Based on this, a new open innovation collaboration involving schools, large corporations, and small and medium breweries will be carried out for mutual growth.

A Lotte Chilsung Beverage official stated, “This business agreement was planned for the ‘Craft Beer Cluster Creation Project’ to promote win-win management with small and medium-sized breweries,” adding, “We will continue to lead win-win management through various support projects for small and medium-sized breweries, including not only product production but also distribution, marketing, and R&D.”

Dongman Lee, Dean of the College of Engineering at KAIST, said, “By building a virtual-reality convergence testbed platform based on data sharing through industry-academia-research cooperation, we will strengthen collaboration and promote next-generation digital transformation focused on the field, serving as a good example of mutual growth between universities and companies.”

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