MakinaRocks Opens First Regional Hub in Changwon, Targets Manufacturing AI Market in Yeongnam
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MakinaRocks said it will open its first domestic regional hub, "AI Studio @ Changwon," in Changwon Special City, South Gyeongsang Province, on the 31st.
The hub will support customers in the Yeongnam region, including Changwon, Geoje, Daegu and Ulsan, and will also serve existing clients such as Doosan Enerbility and Denso.
Starting with Changwon, MakinaRocks plans to consider additional hubs in areas with a concentration of manufacturing companies, and aims to speed up business execution through local hiring and on-site support.
MakinaRocks is establishing its first regional hub in Changwon Special City, South Gyeongsang Province, and will push to expand its industrial AI business for manufacturing companies in the Yeongnam region. Target industries are automotive, heavy industry and shipbuilding. On the 31st, MakinaRocks announced the opening of "AI Studio @ Changwon."
"AI Studio @ Changwon" will serve as a base for supporting customers in the Yeongnam region, including Changwon, Geoje, Daegu and Ulsan, and for identifying new business opportunities. AI Studio @ Changwon is MakinaRocks' first regional hub in South Korea.
AI Studio @ Changwon will support existing clients such as Doosan Enerbility and Denso, while also helping win new customers among manufacturing companies in the Yeongnam region. MakinaRocks chose Changwon as the location for its first hub.
The reason for choosing Changwon is the concentration of major manufacturing industries such as automotive, heavy industry and shipbuilding across the Yeongnam region. MakinaRocks plans to speed up business execution by providing local technical support and customer response during the process of applying AI to manufacturing sites.
MakinaRocks will also recruit local talent. Newly hired employees in Changwon will receive training at the company's headquarters in Seocho-gu, Seoul, before being deployed to the field. Through this, the company plans to expand its talent base capable of accumulating industrial AI experience in the region.
Starting with Changwon, MakinaRocks has also drawn up plans to build additional hubs in areas with a high concentration of manufacturing companies. Under a strategy of expanding customer touchpoints by region, it will simultaneously pursue the application of physical AI at manufacturing sites and the discovery of new business opportunities.
This expansion of regional hubs is linked to the government's policy of fostering advanced industries centered on local regions. In June, the government announced the "3 Mega Projects for a Great Leap Forward in Korea" centered on semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers (AIDC). It then presented an investment plan linking local industries and AI through its July strategy for advanced industry development in the Yeongnam region.
MakinaRocks is participating in the Upstage consortium in the Ministry of Science and ICT's independent AI foundation model project. It is also taking part as an AI specialist company in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's manufacturing AX (M.AX) alliance. Based on these efforts, the company plans to expand the scope of AI applications centered on industrial sites such as manufacturing and defense.
Yoon Seong-ho, CEO of MakinaRocks, said that in manufacturing sites, the physical distance from customers is a variable that directly affects response speed, and added that the company plans to strengthen its closeness to manufacturing customers in the Yeongnam region through its Changwon branch. He also expressed his intention to contribute to building a region-based industrial AI ecosystem.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406293
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