SK Ecoplant Signs Agreement to Operate 'Large-Medium-Small Science and Technology Win-Win Platform'

Kim Kwan-yong, Head of SCM Group at SK Ecoplant (left), Yoo Jin-hyuk, Head of Gwangju Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters, and Hwang Kyu-jin, Vice President of Technology and Value, are posing for a commemorative photo at the signing ceremony.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] SK Ecoplant announced on the 8th that it signed an agreement to operate the 'Large and Small Science and Technology Win-Win Platform' for creating a mutual cooperation ecosystem between large and small-medium enterprises with the Gwangju Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters and Technology and Value.

The signing ceremony held at the Gwangju Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters was attended by Kim Kwan-yong, Head of SCM Group at SK Ecoplant, Yoo Jin-hyuk, Head of Gwangju Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters, and Hwang Kyu-jin, Vice President of Technology and Value.

This agreement contains specific plans to expand cooperation measures that provide infrastructure for research and development to small and medium enterprises in order to strengthen the win-win ecosystem between large and small-medium enterprises.

According to this agreement, SK Ecoplant, together with the Research and Development Special Zone Promotion Foundation and Technology and Value, will provide office space from their available spaces to partner companies and startups. The office spaces will be provided in the form of open offices in major metropolitan cities.

In addition, they plan to foster science and technology-based startups by strengthening the research and development cooperation system with the Gwangju Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters. The Gwangju Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters will discover companies with promising technologies to support investment and education, SK Ecoplant will proceed with joint technology development and review the applicability of the developed technologies, and Technology and Value will be responsible for consulting support for business linkage of the technologies.

Kim Kwan-yong, Head of SCM Group at SK Ecoplant, said, "We have established a cooperative system that provides shared offices to create a mutual cooperation ecosystem with small and medium enterprises," adding, "Furthermore, based on the win-win platform, we will actively practice technological cooperation for co-growth with companies possessing promising technologies."

Yoo Jin-hyuk, Head of Gwangju Research and Development Special Zone Headquarters, stated, “We will continuously strive to build a system to foster technology-based startups through joint research and development with companies located in the Gwangju Special Zone, such as the AI Industry Convergence Complex.”

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