TIPA Launches 'Safety Package Service' Support for Local SMEs

Formation of Innovation Network with Public Institutions in Daejeon and Sejong, Supporting Safety Inspections, Training, and Supplies

TPA selected GL Tech as the first company for the 'Safety Package Service.' Employees of TIPA and GL Tech posed together. Ho-hwan Kim, CEO of GL Tech (fifth from the left), Hong-chan Kim, Head of Social Value Innovation Office at TIPA (second from the right).
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] The Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (TIPA) announced that it will support the 'Safety Package Service' in collaboration with public institutions to create a safe working environment for local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Safety Package Service project involves institutions such as TIPA, Korea Nuclear Fuel, Research and Development Special Zone Promotion Foundation, Small Enterprise and Market Service, Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation, Korea Gas Technology Corporation, and National Research Foundation of Korea.

The Safety Package Service is a project that supports SMEs vulnerable to safety accidents by providing comprehensive assistance from identifying demand for safety inspections to conducting safety inspections, education, and donating safety supplies. It is jointly promoted by forming an innovation network with local public institutions based in Daejeon and Sejong.

TIPA visited GL Tech Co., Ltd., a local SME based in Daejeon, as a recipient of this support. GL Tech is a semiconductor measurement equipment manufacturer and was selected for the market-friendly functional improvement R&D project supported by TIPA.

Through this Safety Package Service, TIPA identified SMEs for which the enforcement of the Industrial Safety and Health Act is imminent and donated industrial first aid kits for manufacturing workers through on-site visits.

In addition, together with Korea Nuclear Fuel and the Research and Development Special Zone Promotion Foundation, TIPA visited GL Tech to conduct on-site safety inspections and provide emergency treatment and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for workers. Furthermore, in collaboration with innovation network partner institutions participating in the Safety Package Service, they contributed to spreading a safety culture by donating industrial safety, firefighting, and quarantine-related supplies such as fire extinguishers, KF94 masks, and hand sanitizers.

Lee Jae-hong, President of TIPA, stated, "The majority of beneficiaries of the SME technology development support projects are small manufacturing companies vulnerable to safety issues," adding, "We plan to continue expanding support in collaboration with local public institutions to prevent 'near-miss accidents' and promote a safety culture."

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