Changwon Special City, 'Establishment of Medical and Bio Advanced Device Research and Manufacturing Center'

Securing High Value-Added Future Food Sources and

Becoming a Catalyst for Industrial Diversification

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam has been finally selected as the target site for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s public project, ‘Establishment of AI and Big Data-based Advanced Medical and Bio Device Research and Manufacturing Center,’ and will invest 25.7 billion KRW, including national funds, in the project over five years from this year to 2027.

This project aims to build infrastructure and support related companies to foster existing manufacturing industries (precision machinery, electrical and electronic parts manufacturing, processing, etc.) into advanced medical device and medical device parts manufacturing industries by utilizing artificial intelligence and big data.

Aerial view of the Medical and Bio Advanced Device Research and Manufacturing Center.

Through this project, the following will be carried out: ▲establishment of advanced medical device research and manufacturing infrastructure such as 3D printers, X-ray shielding rooms, and GMP-compliant production facilities ▲construction of an open innovation platform that achieves corporate innovation through collaboration among various participants ▲support for AI and big data-based design, process, and manufacturing simulation ▲support for development of medical device parts and modules ▲support for testing and certification processes.

As a result, experts in various medical device technology fields are expected to collaborate on research and launch the outcomes as actual products in the market, creating economic value and employment.

Mayor Hong Nam-pyo said, “We have made a strategic investment in the medical and bio new industry for a better future of Changwon. With this public project selection, we will secure high value-added future growth engines and diversify the industrial structure that has been concentrated on the machinery industry.” He added, “We will do our best to successfully establish the Medical and Bio Advanced Device Research and Manufacturing Center together with the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute so that Changwon can earn the title of ‘Medical and Bio Industry City.’”

The city plans to build the ‘Medical and Bio Advanced Device Research and Manufacturing Center’ within the Jinhae public rental-type knowledge industry center currently under construction and to cluster medical and bio companies in the same building to create a specialized complex for the medical and bio industry.

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