Recruitment of Companies for the "Food Industry Advancement Smart Factory" Project

Up to 200 Million Won in Support Per Company
for 15 Food Manufacturing Enterprises

The Korea Federation of SMEs and Samsung Electronics announced on August 11 that they are accepting applications for the "2025 Food Industry Advancement Smart Factory Support Project," which is being overseen by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

The Food Industry Advancement Smart Factory Support Project targets small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies engaged in food processing. It supports the establishment of smart factories at an "advanced" level or higher, enabling real-time factory and equipment control as well as process automation. A total of 15 companies will be selected, with each company eligible for up to 200 million won in support.

Applications can be submitted online through the Smart Factory Project Management System, following the announcement on the Korea Federation of SMEs website. Companies selected as final recipients will receive not only support for building smart factories, but also manufacturing site innovation mentoring from Samsung Electronics experts (mentors), workforce development for manufacturing innovation, and assistance in developing new sales channels.

Yang Chanhoe, Head of the Innovation Growth Headquarters at the Korea Federation of SMEs, stated, "We expect that this Food Industry Advancement Smart Factory Support Project will greatly contribute to strengthening the export competitiveness of the rapidly growing K-food sector by accelerating the automation of production processes, the advancement of food safety and quality management systems, and the establishment of data-driven operational systems in the food manufacturing industry."

Since 2018, the Korea Federation of SMEs has been supporting the smart factory project in collaboration with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Samsung Electronics as part of efforts to spread a culture of win-win cooperation between large corporations and SMEs. To date, the organization has contributed to manufacturing innovation among SMEs by supporting 3,078 smart factories with a total scale of approximately 200 billion won.

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