Ulsan City Designates New 3D Printing and Mipo Root Industry Specialized Complex

Two new specialized clusters for the root industry have been designated in Ulsan, expanding the total to five locations.

On the 23rd, Ulsan City announced that two new sites, the ‘Ulsan 3D Printing Root Industry Specialized Cluster’ and the ‘Ulsan Mipo Co-Growth Root Industry Specialized Cluster,’ were newly designated through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s ‘2023 Root Industry Specialized Cluster New Designation Competition.’

Accordingly, the ‘Ulsan Region Root Industry Specialized Clusters’ have increased from three locations?Maegok, Onsan, and Bangojin shipbuilding and marine areas?to five locations in total.

Once designated as a root industry specialized cluster, the area will receive government support for establishing shared facilities such as joint training centers and lounges within the cluster, as well as for carrying out joint innovation projects aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of root companies within the cluster.

The ‘Ulsan 3D Printing Root Industry Specialized Cluster’ (covering 70,409㎡) was designated targeting 19 3D printing and post-processing companies within the Ulsan Technopolis Industrial Complex, most of which are root companies in the promising advanced industry sector of 3D printing.

The 3D printing industry is gaining attention as an essential field for producing high value-added parts necessary for the advancement of key industries such as automobiles and shipbuilding. Going forward, government support projects and community-linked cooperative projects will be promoted centered on the specialized cluster.

Ulsan City Hall.

The ‘Ulsan Mipo Co-Growth Root Industry Specialized Cluster’ (covering 1,434,769㎡) was designated targeting 42 root companies in welding and surface treatment sectors located within Hyundai Mipo Dockyard’s headquarters and Yongyeon plant.

To support the upward phase of the shipbuilding industry, plans are in place to apply for government support projects aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of root companies, centered on an in-house root company cooperative.

A city official stated, “With this new designation, we will enhance the collective response capabilities of small root companies and promote systematic support projects to advance the capabilities of local small and medium root enterprises. We will do our best to strengthen manufacturing competitiveness in line with the government’s root industry modernization strategy and support key industries.”

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