Government Strengthens Standard Cooperation with Germany in Battery and Future Car Sectors

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] The government is strengthening standard cooperation with Germany in the fields of batteries, future cars, and smart manufacturing.

The National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the '2nd Korea-Germany Standard Cooperation Dialogue' and the '2021 Korea-Germany Standard Conference' on the 24th at the Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel, sharing the progress of technology development and standardization in these fields with the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE).

At the event, marking the second meeting since the launch of the Korea-Germany Standard Cooperation Dialogue in 2019, both countries shared standardization policies in the areas of batteries, future cars, and smart manufacturing, and discussed mutual cooperation measures for international standardization. Notably, from this standard cooperation dialogue, batteries were added to the scope of cooperation between the two countries, raising expectations for collaboration with Germany in international standardization of next-generation batteries and high-capacity energy storage systems in Korea.

To activate standard cooperation and industry exchanges, the two countries also held the 2021 Korea-Germany Standard Conference prior to the standard cooperation dialogue. Following the keynote speech, experts from both countries presented on battery safety and standardization, Korea-Germany technological cooperation in materials, parts, and equipment, and conformity assessment of cybersecurity standardization for smart technologies, sharing the progress of technology development and standardization.

Lee Sang-hoon, President of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, stated, "Germany is a strong country in the 4th Industrial Revolution and the materials, parts, and equipment industry, making it an important partner in Korea's international standard cooperation strategy. In the accelerating era of digital transformation and carbon neutrality, we will jointly develop technical standards based on standard cooperation with Germany and actively engage in international standardization activities."

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