‘Seongbuk Smart Fashion Industry Center’ Completed After 4 Years

Seongbuk-gu Establishes Shared Infrastructure for Urban Small Manufacturing Cluster... 5.3 Billion Won Invested through Four-Party Agreement among Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Small Enterprise and Market Service, Seoul City, and Seongbuk-gu... Set to Become a Hub for Productivity Improvement and Smart Innovation for Seongbuk-gu Sewing Small Manufacturers

Center Exterior View

Smart Equipment Room

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] A stylish and sophisticated building has been erected in Bomun-dong, Seongbuk-gu, drawing the attention of local residents.

The protagonist is the ‘Seongbuk Smart Fashion Industry Center’ (hereafter ‘the Center’), completed after four years of effort by Seongbuk-gu.

Seongbuk-gu, a hub for fashion sewing companies, has been systematically supporting about 1,500 companies densely located in the area by signing an agreement with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Small Enterprise and Market Service, and Seoul Metropolitan Government since 2018 to carry out the ‘Urban Small-scale Manufacturing Cluster Joint Infrastructure Construction Project.’ After four years of investment, it has borne fruit as a leading public building representing innovation in the fashion sewing industry and a source of pride for residents.

The Center operates a smart equipment room, exhibition and sales hall, shared workshop, and design, pattern, and sample rooms, establishing itself as a hub for improving productivity and smart innovation for local sewing small businesses.

The smart equipment room will provide automatic cutting services to sewing companies in Seongbuk-gu requiring cutting through prior reservation. To develop online and offline distribution channels, it will promote projects such as product display in the exhibition and sales hall, providing locations for online content production and filming, and supporting sample production.

Additionally, the ‘Youth Fashion Startup Incubating Project’ is being planned to allow young people interested in fashion to collaborate with local manufacturers and bring new momentum to the industry.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “I am confident that the sewing companies, which have led the traditional urban manufacturing industry in our region for a long time, will overcome the prolonged recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and make a new leap toward future industries by using the Smart Fashion Industry Center as a stepping stone.” He added, “I especially express my gratitude to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Seoul Metropolitan Government for their budget support.”

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