NongHyup Opens Food R&D Integrated Office as Hub for Agricultural Food Research and Development

NongHyup Economic Holdings held an opening ceremony on the 1st for the 'Food R&D Integrated Office,' a complex office space established by integrating the Food Research and Development (R&D) Institute with the in-house R&D and product planning departments of NongHyup Red Ginseng, NongHyup Food, and NongHyup Mokwoochon.

The integrated office fully remodeled two floors (a total of 451 pyeong) of the existing Food R&D Institute to establish office administration facilities such as ▲shared research spaces ▲consumer research spaces ▲general office spaces. It supports business networks including joint experiments, market research, concept monitoring, and information sharing to strengthen research capabilities and improve work efficiency in the food sector.

Through joint research utilizing the Food R&D Integrated Office, NongHyup plans to focus on developing high-quality agricultural and food products using domestic agricultural and livestock ingredients, including ▲processed rice products such as processed rice and snacks ▲home meal replacements (HMR) such as meal kits and salads ▲mixed agricultural and livestock products ▲complex functional health foods ▲elderly-friendly foods.

Additionally, to expand new product research and development using regional agricultural and livestock products, NongHyup will accept product development requests from regional NongHyup branches and provide excellent product cultivation services such as ▲concept establishment ▲development support ▲market testing, aiming to revitalize the processing business.

Lee Seong-hee, Chairman of NongHyup Central Association, stated, "Through the Food R&D Integrated Office, we will maximize collaboration synergy in the food sector, strengthen brand competitiveness, and take the lead in developing premium NongHyup agricultural and food products using our domestic agricultural products. We will actively support the establishment of an integrated office process based on communication and exchange so that the Food R&D Integrated Office can firmly establish itself as a true hub for agricultural and food research and development."

Lee Seong-hee, President of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, is delivering a congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony of the "Nonghyup Food R&D Integrated Office" held at the Nonghyup Food R&D Research Institute in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do on the 1st.

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