▲ Ulsan City will conduct a’Small and Medium Business Customized Production Technology Support Project’ in collaboration with the Ulsan Headquarters of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (pictured foreground).[기계신문] Ulsan City will conduct a’Small and Medium Business Customized Production Technology Support Project’ in cooperation with the Ulsan Headquarters of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology.
This project is a project to support joint research on original technology and commercialization of small and medium-sized enterprises in the shipbuilding and automobile sectors, and to solve technical problems in the field and in companies that require joint research to secure competitiveness.
It has been promoted since 2005, and as a result of analyzing the performance of beneficiary companies from 2016 to last year, it has achieved an economic performance of 15 billion won (sales increase of 12.65 billion won, cost reduction of 2.39 billion won).
In particular, Deokcheon Co., Ltd.’s support for “Double Piping Prototype Development for LNG-Propelled Ships” in 2020 reinforced support for the shipbuilding and offshore equipment sector, which is expected to increase in LNG carrier orders recently, resulting in an increase of KRW 500 million in sales and the result of hiring two people. Led.
In the case of this year, more than 170 cases will be provided with the goal of technical support, with a total of KRW 800 million. Companies wishing for technical support can visit the Ulsan Root Technical Support Center at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, or can consult with them at any time by mail or email. Application documents can be downloaded from the project announcement on the website of Korea Institute of Industrial Technology.
Companies that have applied for technical support are provided immediately after selecting an expert for simple technical guidance such as provision of technical information, guidance, and advice.In case of applying for field-oriented small-scale research and development such as process improvement and new product and localization research and development, through the evaluation committee. In-kind and technical support of less than 50 million won will be received.
An official from Ulsan City said, “Through this project, it is expected that this project will greatly contribute to vitalization of the local manufacturing industry, which has been stagnant due to the development of high value-added parts as well as strengthening the technological competitiveness of companies.”
Meanwhile, the Ulsan Headquarters of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology is an institution that supports production-based technologies (root technologies) such as casting, mold, plastic processing, welding and bonding, and heat and surface treatment. It has related advanced equipment.
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