Changwon City, 'Gyeongnam's Most' Smart Factories Established Last Year

100 More This Year Including Carbon Neutrality and K-Smart Lighthouse

Changwon National Industrial Complex, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Changwon City in Gyeongnam announced that it established 170 smart factories last year, achieving the highest performance in Gyeongnam.

The city stated that among the total project cost, 50% was supported by the national government, with an additional 10% from the provincial government and 10% from the city government, achieving 130% of the target of 130 companies.

This year, Changwon City's goal for the dissemination of smart factories is 100 locations. In addition to the basic and advanced stages of existing general smart factories, various forms such as carbon-neutral smart factories and K-Smart Lighthouse Factories will be established according to the demands of introducing companies.

To resolve difficulties in operating smart factories, the city plans to comprehensively support the system establishment of introducing companies by additionally providing local government funds for AS support projects.

The city has built a cumulative total of 795 smart factories from 2014 to 2021 and expects to achieve its self-established goal of 800 factories within this year.

Although the quantitative figure for 2021 is lower than 209 in 2020, it was evaluated that the proportion of advanced factories increased from 19.6% in 2020 to 36.5% in 2021 by focusing intensively on advancement according to the early-year plan.

Ryu Hyojong, Director of the Smart Innovation Industry Bureau, said, “Smart factories are a solution for the survival of small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from internal and external adversities,” adding, “If the entire manufacturing industry in Changwon is smartized and value chain linkage is achieved, the synergistic effect will be limitless.”

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