Hyundai Livart Launches Smart Factory Operation... Production Speed Increases 5 Times

Installation of Over 400 Automated Equipment... 6 Production Lines
Partnering with German Company... Automated Production According to Design Plans
Up to 300,000 Kitchen Furniture Sets Produced Annually Possible

Hyundai Livart's Smart Work Center (SWC)
Photo by Hyundai Livart

Hyundai Livart is launching a smart factory equipped with an advanced automated production system. With the introduction of a smart factory featuring over 400 automated precision production facilities, the production speed is expected to increase fivefold compared to before.

On the 18th, Hyundai Livart announced that it will officially operate the smart factory, an automated production facility within the Smart Work Center (SWC) located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. The SWC, established in 2017, is a furniture manufacturing and logistics facility that houses a smart factory covering 17,000㎡ (approximately 5,200 pyeong) and a logistics center spanning 68,000㎡ (20,000 pyeong). Since July, pilot production has been conducted to check the operation of the main equipment in the smart factory.

With the operation of the smart factory, the annual maximum production capacity of the Yongin plant will increase to up to 300,000 sets, about five times more than before, based on Livart Kitchen (kitchen furniture).

Hyundai Livart’s smart factory is equipped with over 400 automated precision production facilities controlled by IT technology and has a total of six production lines. In particular, to build the smart factory, Hyundai Livart partnered with the German system developer IMOS and the equipment specialist HOMAG. When furniture design information is input into the system, 3D design drawings and the expected material consumption are automatically calculated, and production equipment for each process is set according to the design drawings. This enables all furniture production processes to be automatically produced by advanced automated equipment according to the design plans.

A Hyundai Livart official stated, "In the existing furniture factories, production technicians had to adjust dozens of equipment settings according to each furniture design drawing, making it difficult to maintain consistent quality and increase production volume." He added, "The production speed of the smart factory is more than five times faster than the existing production facilities, and it can freely produce furniture of various specifications." He continued, "We have established both advanced manufacturing quality and a cutting-edge logistics delivery process. In the future, we will strengthen synergies among group affiliates such as Hyundai Department Store and Hyundai L&C to enhance competitiveness."

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