Chungnam Establishes Secondary Battery Support Hub and Achieves Support for 36 Companies

[Asia Economy (Naepo) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province has achieved results by establishing and operating a secondary battery support hub, supporting the technology and product development of 36 companies.

The secondary battery management system is considered a core component that helps achieve optimal efficiency by monitoring battery status in real time and prevents fires by detecting abnormal conditions.

According to the province on the 26th, Chungnam was selected in 2017 for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s public contest “Regional Industry Hub Institution Support Project” and has supported the establishment of a secondary battery management system (Battery Management System·BMS) company support hub and strengthened the innovation capabilities of secondary battery-related product manufacturing companies from that year until last year.

Previously, to build secondary battery support, the province invested a total project cost of 13.574 billion KRW (including national funds) over the past five years to support local secondary battery-related companies in developing technology and products using the secondary battery management system.

To this end, the province established the company support hub “BMS Hall” within Chungnam Technopark, equipped with a total of 43 specialized pieces of equipment (32 types) related to the secondary battery management system, including ▲secondary battery management system ▲secondary battery management system fault life acceleration tester ▲fault diagnosis tomography device ▲performance verification equipment (HILS) through environmental simulation.

Also, centered on the BMS Hall, a full-scale company support project was promoted for three years from 2019, supporting 47 cases including prototype production, test evaluation, and technical consulting for 36 companies.

In this process, beneficiary companies achieved sales growth of 2.3 billion KRW and created 67 jobs despite the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

Representative cases include Raontech, located in Asan, which succeeded in developing energy storage systems (ESS) and secondary battery management systems and supplying them to electric tourist trains nationwide, commercializing the developed products, and Hyunet, a company in Cheonan, which developed battery packs and secondary battery management systems for electric and electronic mobility (e-mobility).

Yoo Jae-ryong, Director of the Future Industry Bureau of the province, said, “The growth of small and medium-sized enterprises can create a healthy and sustainable industrial ecosystem,” and added, “The province will strive to further enhance Chungnam’s secondary battery industry competitiveness through effective company support.”

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