Hyundai Motor, Kia to Hold 'e-Forest Tech Day 2026' ... Unveil SDF Transition Technologies
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Hyundai Motor and Kia's 'e-Forest Tech Day 2026' will be held at the Uiwang Research Center from the 19th to the 21st, marking its 7th year.
The event will focus on unveiling technologies related to the transition to SDF, with more than 200 new manufacturing technologies on display.
Hyundai Motor and Kia will also introduce digital twin technology, an AI agent specialized for factory operations, tunnel-type exterior inspection vision technology, future mobility, and energy solutions.
Hyundai Motor and Kia will unveil new manufacturing technologies for the transition to SDF. The 'e-Forest Tech Day 2026,' hosted by Hyundai Motor and Kia, will be held at the Uiwang Research Center from the 19th to the 21st. This year marks the event's 7th edition, and it is a venue for sharing smart factory technologies developed by Hyundai Motor and Kia's Manufacturing Solutions Division and its partners.
This year's event will focus on unveiling technologies related to the transition to SDF. More than 200 new manufacturing technologies will be on display, with the exhibition centered on core technologies for promoting SDF, autonomy, automation, energy solutions, and future mobility.
Through SDF, Hyundai Motor and Kia are pushing ahead with the standardization, collection, and management of factory data. The company is also pushing ahead with building a common development environment.
Based on this, Hyundai Motor and Kia aim to quickly develop solutions needed at manufacturing sites. They also set a goal of laying the groundwork for expanding the solutions they develop to plants at home and abroad.
In the field of core technologies for promoting SDF, Hyundai Motor and Kia introduced the current status of building related technologies such as quality systems and how they will be applied. They also showcased digital twin technology. Digital twin technology simulates production processes in a virtual space linked to actual factory equipment and optimizes them by preemptively verifying the possibility of problems.
Hyundai Motor and Kia also unveiled an AI agent specialized for factory operations. The AI agent supports data retrieval and interpretation, manufacturing know-how searches, and equipment manual creation. The goal is to increase the use of information from production sites and improve work efficiency.
In the automation segment, the company introduced technologies to improve efficiency and quality in assembly and inspection processes. Among them was the 'tunnel-type exterior inspection vision technology.' This technology places a vehicle into a tunnel-type device and then uses 3D simulation to inspect its exterior condition.
Hyundai Motor and Kia have previously used systems from outside specialist companies. However, they developed related technologies in-house to improve finished vehicle quality. The company plans to expand the scope of application of these technologies to production plants at home and abroad.
At the event, the company will unveil new forming technologies in the future mobility sector, as well as additive manufacturing technologies that realize shapes without molds using only design data. In the energy solutions segment, it will introduce smart technologies for eco-friendly plant operations.
During the event, a new manufacturing technology presentation competition and partner seminars will be held. The presentation competition will share technology cases that can enhance the competitiveness of global production plants. The partner seminars will discuss collaboration measures on physical AI, data-driven manufacturing innovation, and manufacturing AI.
A Hyundai Motor and Kia official said the significance of the event lies in sharing the practicality of Hyundai Motor Group's manufacturing technologies with the industry and partners. The official also said the company wants to expand the scope of future manufacturing technologies at production sites and will continue seeking opportunities for collaboration with partners.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
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