The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) participated in the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) High Performance 2023. The ISC High Performance 2023 is an international conference and exhibition that fosters the growth of a global high performance computing (HPC)
Coway Co., Ltd., the “Best Life Solution Company,” announced today that Coway’s Seoul-based R&D Center, the Environmental Technology Research Institute, has received Witnessed Manufacturer’s Testing for Certification (WMTC) certificate from CSA. Coway has officially become a CSA-qualified witness la
Hanwha Solutions’ Q CELLS will invest 136.5 billion won (US$101.9 million) to mass produce perovskite-silicon-based tandem cells called “dream solar cells.”Q CELLS announced on May 16 that it will build a pilot facility for volume production of tandem cell modules at its Jincheon plant in North Chun
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority announced on Feb. 14 that Sartorius Korea Operations broke ground for production and research facilities in Songdo International City.Sartorius Korea Operations is a company set up by Sartorius AG, an international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipme
The KAIST Center for Global Public Procurement opened a door so that 16 South Korean companies with innovative technologies can participate in the procurement market of Massachusetts for seven years to come. For reference, the procurement market of the U.S. federal government has a size of approxima
Coway Co. announced on Jan. 9 that its Seoul-based R&D center, the Environmental Technology Research Institute, has obtained accreditation as a designated testing laboratory from TÜV SÜD Korea.TÜV SÜD is one of the leading providers of testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services worldwide
Boryung Co. announced on Dec. 21 that it has decided to make a strategic investment of US$50 million in Axiom Space, Inc., a U.S. company promoting the construction of the world’s first commercial space station.In early 2022, Boryung announced the “Care in Space” (CIS) project, with the goal of look
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at midas.sohn@nhqv.com. -- Ed. With most domestic cathode materials players having adopted Kornic Automation’s automated inspection solution (K-LAS), related sales are set to rise in line with capacity expansion at these clien
The Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH) signed an agreement with the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT’s hub for energy education, research and outreach, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, on Nov. 29 (local time). This agreement establishes the collaboration of the two instituti
Doosan Energy and Samsung C&T will participate in a pilot small module reactor (SMR) project in Ukraine.According to the U.S. State Department on Nov. 13, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko announced a pilot SMR project at the 27th Conference
SK Bioscience announced on Nov. 2 that it has conducted training on vaccine manufacturing processes for students on a WHO manpower training program at Andong L House, its manufacturing base in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province.The training program was jointly organized by the Korean Ministry of Heal
EOFlow Co., a provider of wearable drug delivery solutions, announced on Aug. 12 that its European partner, A. Menarini Diagnostics (‘Menarini’) will officially launch its tubeless, wearable, and disposable insulin pump “EOPatch” in Europe on Sept. 1, 2022.EOPatch is one of the only two fully dispos
GC Labs and the three subsidiaries of GC Pharma (GC Pharma MS, GC Cell and GC Genome) announced on July 8 that the 24th International Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine was successfully wrapped up in Seoul.The three subsidiaries and the medical foundation participated in the cong
Greenpeace said on July 4 that it has found that 10 models from Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. failed to pass a German exhaust gas emission test.In a press release, the non-profit environmental organization said the 10 models from the carmakers that were tested between 2015 and 2018 all exceeded th
In the hydrogen vehicle industry, polymer electrolyte fuel cells are used as a type of hydrogen fuel cells and ion-exchangeable polymer membranes are used as an electrolyte in those fuel cells. The cells are characterized by being light in weight and quickly operable. In addition, the cells are expe
Pharmaceutical company Boryung has invested US$10 million (about 12.6 billion won) in Axiom Space, a U.S. space company. The Korean drugmaker is expected to set up a pharmaceutical laboratory in a private space station to be built by Axiom Space in 2027.Axiom Space was established in 2016 by experts
People Power Party lawmaker Han Moo-kyung said on April 18 that the Sangmyung Wind Farm in Jeju produced 706 kg of hydrogen for 61 days by using 45,443 kwh of electricity.“In other words, 64.3 kwh of electricity was used to produce 1 kg of hydrogen,” she said, adding, “Given that the wholesale elect
Scientists from the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) and the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technique to create a highly uniform and scalable semiconductor wafer, paving the way to higher cup yield, more cost-efficient semiconductors and
Samsung SDI has started the construction of the industry's first pilot line for all-solid-state batteries.The company announced on March 14 that it broke ground for a pilot all-solid-state battery line on a 6,500-square-meter site on the premise of its research institute in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon o
Samsung SDI invested a record high of 877.6 billion won in R&D last year, up 8.57 percent from a year ago. In 2021, the R&D investment of LG Energy Solution was 631.1 billion won and SK Innovation increased its R&D investment by 43.29 percent to 363.4 billion won.This year, the three companies’ tota