Korea Federation of SMEs and SME Cooperatives Benchmark Outstanding Smart Factory Companies

Visit to Prinpia, a Leading Printing Solutions Provider

The Korea Federation of SMEs announced on September 19 that, together with employees of various industry-specific small and medium business cooperatives, they visited Prinpia, a printing specialist company located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, to benchmark the smart factory manufacturing innovation site.

More than 50 executives and staff members from cooperatives in industries such as ready-mixed concrete, asphalt concrete, pharmaceuticals, home furniture, and water purifiers attended the event. Prinpia, a company specializing in printing and publishing, is a printing solutions provider equipped with the largest offset and digital printing facilities in Korea. Since 2023, the company has participated in the Korea Federation of SMEs’ “Large-Small Enterprise Win-Win Smart Factory Construction Project,” introducing and advancing its smart factory operations.

Employees of the Small and Medium Business Cooperative and others are taking a commemorative photo during their visit to Prinpia, a printing specialist company located in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, to benchmark the smart factory manufacturing innovation site. Korea Federation of SMEs

Through mentoring from Samsung Electronics, Prinpia established an integrated enterprise system and digitalized the entire process from web-based order receipt to editing, inspection, production, and shipping. This has enabled automatic data collection, analysis, and real-time management across all processes. As a result, the company can now respond immediately to process issues and has improved the work environment to reduce human error during file management and editing. Additionally, by advancing its quality management process to track and analyze defect factors for each process, Prinpia achieved a 263% increase in hourly production volume and improved its process defect rate by 32% (from 5.5% to 3.7%).

Seo Dongil, CEO of Prinpia, stated, “Above all, the way work is done on-site has changed with the implementation of the smart factory. Previously, product management and editing were handled manually, leading to frequent errors and repetitive tasks. Now, unnecessary mistakes have been reduced, and we are able to identify and address quality and equipment issues in real time, establish management plans based on production performance, and improve logistics safety and efficiency in various ways.”

Yang Chanhoe, Head of the Innovation Growth Division at the Korea Federation of SMEs, said, “The opportunity to benchmark outstanding smart factory manufacturing innovation companies is significant, as it allows the industry to share successful cases and systematically expand manufacturing innovation on its own initiative. Going forward, we will continue to support industry-specific small and medium business cooperatives to serve as a hub for spreading the achievements of smart factory adoption throughout the industry, and help more SMEs not only achieve manufacturing innovation but also effectively respond to increasingly important industrial safety and environmental regulations.”

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