Ourhome establishes 'Food Tech Research and Development' partnership with Grip

Mutual Sharing of Expert Personnel and Infrastructure, Support for Equipment Development Research, and Application of New Technologies

Ourhome announced on the 8th that it has signed a business agreement with Grip, an Internet of Things (AIoT) specialized company, to strengthen joint research and development in food tech. The two companies plan to actively share their specialized personnel and infrastructure in the food tech field to accelerate joint research and development of food tech solutions that can lead and efficiently improve the food and beverage industry sites.

Cha Ki-pal, Head of BX Design Division at Ourhome (fourth from the left), Jung Yeon-gyu, CEO of Grip, and other key stakeholders are posing for a commemorative photo at the Ourhome-Grip 'Food Tech Research and Development' business agreement ceremony held on the 6th at Ourhome Magok headquarters in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.
[Photo by Ourhome]

First, the two companies will advance an integrated control system to improve working environments, such as enhancing kitchen fire safety in catering and dining establishments, reducing energy consumption, and applying real-time ventilation system operation. Since 2020, they have been jointly developing a fire prevention system and applying it on-site. This system measures the surface temperature of oil through an infrared temperature sensor, and when the standard temperature is reached, it automatically shuts off the gas valve with an alarm sound and sends a notification to the manager. Furthermore, they plan to develop an integrated control system for kitchen facilities in catering and dining establishments equipped with functions such as automated real-time temperature management of refrigerators and freezers, which were previously managed manually, and management of electricity consumption of other equipment.

The integrated kitchen control system to be developed through this agreement is expected not only to contribute to creating a safe food and beverage workplace by quickly responding to unexpected situations such as fires but also to greatly help operational efficiency through real-time energy management. In particular, by jointly owning intellectual property rights and ownership related to products and systems developed through Ourhome, the two companies aim to increase their utilization in industrial sites in the future.

Cha Ki-pal, Head of BX Design Division at Ourhome, said, "We have been achieving results through various collaborations with Grip to advance workplace systems, such as introducing automated fire prevention systems in catering establishments nationwide. We plan to continuously incorporate advanced technologies to lead safer and more developed food tech technologies in the future.”

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