Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority-Kia, Agreement to Discover and Foster Startups in Smart Process Sector

On the 20th, the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority signed a business agreement with Kia at Incheon Startup Park in Songdo International City to foster startups.

This agreement was arranged as part of the 'TRYOUT Demonstration Program' at Incheon Startup Park. Both parties agreed to discover startups in the smart process field and support them in verifying their products and services by utilizing Kia's demonstration infrastructure.

In particular, Kia plans to provide production processes and experts from its automobile manufacturing facility located in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do as demonstration resources.

Incheon Startup Park view. Provided by Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority

Startups will be able to test innovative technologies such as unmanned supply and retrieval control systems for production materials, AI-based optimal control models for painting process temperature and humidity, VR (virtual reality) training systems, and IoT (Internet of Things) fire detection systems.

The signing ceremony was attended by Yoo Je-beom, Head of Planning and Coordination at Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, Kim Ki-su, Head of Manufacturing Innovation Promotion at Kia, and Jung Seung-su, Director of the Digital Venture Startup Division at Incheon Technopark (Incheon TP).

Head Yoo stated, "We expect that cooperation between large corporations and startups will accelerate the verification and commercialization of startup technologies," adding, "We will discover various collaboration models and expand our partners."

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