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EcoPro Building Secondary Battery Plant inHungary

May 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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EcoPro will build a production plant in Europe for the first time as a domestic secondary battery cathode material company.
EcoPro recently announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for the ‘Global Hungary Business Site’ in Debrecen, Hungary.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held with around 100 people in attendance, including Chairman Lee Dong-chae of EcoPro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary SziiJarto Peter, Korea’s Ambassador
to Hungary Hong Kyu-duk, and Debrecen Mayor Papp Laszlo.
EcoPro is aiming for mass-production in 2025 after completion in 2024 by investing a total project cost of about KRW 382.7 billion in a local plant in Hungary with a total area of 440,282m2

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When the construction of the local plant in Hungary is completed, EcoPro will have an annual production capacity of 108,000 tons of secondary battery cathode materials. This is an amount that can supply about 1.35 million electric vehicles per year.
EcoPro expects that the establishment of a local production plant in Hungary will serve as a bridgehead for securing orders in the European finished vehicle market, which is considered a new market.
Previously, EcoPro succeeded in establishing the world’s first secondary battery industrial ecosystem called the ‘Closed Loop Eco-System’ at the eco-battery Pohang Campus in Yeongilman Industrial Complex, Pohang, and is producing high-performance high-nickel cathode materials.
EcoPro plans to apply the successful cases of Pohang to the overseas business sites to the fullest and strive to build the second and third eco-battery Pohang campuses.
A spokesperson for EcoPro remarked, “The groundbreaking ceremony for the Hungarian plant is a meaningful occasion for us to announce our entry into the global market. We plan to make various efforts, such as technology development and production plant expansion, to raise the status of K-Battery in the future.”


 
 


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Slow Charger with EV Fire-Detection

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Amid growing concerns about electric vehicle fires, EVAR, a company specializing in electric vehicle charging solutions, has recently developed a slow charger that is excellent for fire detection.
EVAR recently announced that it has launched a new slow charger, the Smart EV Charger 2023. The company explained that it obtained not only safety confirmation, but also electromagnetic compatibility certification and type approval.

For the first time in the world, this product is equipped with a sensor that detects infrared rays and temperature when a fire breaks out in a vehicle or space in front of the charger. In the event of a fire, it has a function that immediately stops charging and sends an alarm to the control center connected to the server, and even reports to the competent control agency if necessary. As a result, if the initial response is quicker, the damage can be minimized and the user’s safety can be protected.
In addition, to enhance user convenience, the BT PnC (Bluetooth Plug and Charge) automatically recognizes the user without an app or card to provide a convenient electric vehicle charging experience. When the user’s mobile phone is brought near the charger, the user is automatically authenticated and the charging service is activated.
Externally, while the electric vehicle charger model with a prominent angular and straight appearance is the mainstream, EVAR’s new product has a clean exterior design with a soft curved line at the edges. In addition, it has an advantage of being able to apply customized color designs of charging operators.

Lee Hoon, CEO of the company, explained, “In order to alleviate users’ concerns about electric vehicle fires, we launched the world’s first charger that detects electric vehicle fires. We will use our experience of operating the world’s largest smart load balancing charging infrastructure to further solidify our position as a leading technology company that provides all safe solutions necessary for electric vehicle charging for a worry-free electric vehicle life.”
Meanwhile, EVAR was selected as the representative Korean company in the startup pitching competition hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Seoul in March, and participated in the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit, a global startup competition hosted by the U.S. government, held from May 1 to 4, and the SelectU Tech.


 
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Smart-pipe Combining Self-diagnosis and StatusMonitoring

April 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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Water leaks occur when a water pipe buried in the ground develops a microscopic crack. This is often verydifficult to notice, and can even cause large-scale accidents such as a sinkhole in which the ground
suddenly disappears after a pipe leaks gradually over a long period of time. Accordingly, a monitoring system for water-pipe management and leakage-prevention is required.

A smart-pipe system under development to enable real-time monitoring of the water supply network was
recently displayed at an exhibition in South Korea.
Coating Korea Co., Ltd. participated in 2023 Water Korea, held from March 21 to March 23, at KINTEX in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, and exhibited a model of this smart-pipe system.
The smart-pipe system was introduced by a spokesperson for the company as a future system that
has been under development in cooperation with three companies since 2021 as a national project of Korea’s Ministry of Environment.
The goal of the task is to combine a sensor with a steel pipe (pipe), and to complete a smart-pipe capable of self-diagnosis and condition monitoring with a monitoring system (software).
Coating Korea, specializing in pipe manufacturing and coating, was in charge of research and development of pipe hardware durability enhancement and sensor coupling, such as seismic performance, corrosion resistance, and pipe connection technology.
A spokesperson for the company explained, “If welding is performed when connecting pipes, there is a risk of burning the coated sheath. If welding is not done, additional connecting parts must be used. If the pipes are connected using the tube expanding method, the pipes can be connected without welding or additional connections. In addition, the inside is coated with polyethylene (PE) resin to prevent internal corrosion and can be used hygienically for a longer period of time.”

He added, predicting that commercialization of smart pipes would be possible around 2024, “Since there is a burden on the cost part to proceed with the system with a digital twin, there is a method to check the condition by combining sensors in areas with a high risk of leakage to develop the progress of the smart-pipe system.”


 
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Double-digit Increase in Domestic AutomobileProduction

March 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
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South Korea’s automobile industry in January this year showed a double-digit increase in production,domestic demand, and exports compared to the same month of last year, thanks to the easing of the problem in the supply and demand of automotive semiconductors, and the continued good performance of eco-friendly vehicles despite the global economic
slowdown.
According to ‘Automotive Industry Trends’ recently released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), the automobile production in January was 306,738 units, up 13.2% from the same month of last year.
Despite the number of lost working days due to the Lunar New Year holidays, production increased thanks
to new car production and increased sales volume of major models.
Domestic sales recorded 116,565 units, up 4.7% from the same month of last year, due to increased production thanks to improved supply and demand for automotive semiconductors.
Exports totaled 200,825 units, up 11.3% from the same month of last year. Despite the global economic downturn, an increase in export demand for eco- friendly vehicles led to strong export performance.
Exports sales amounted to US$4.98 billion, the highest level for every month of January. This is attributable to a significant increase in exports of eco- friendly cars, which have a high export unit price.
Auto parts exports recorded US$1.79 billion, down 16.2% from the same month of last year, due to a decrease in exports to key markets such as China, the United States, and the European Union.
Domestic sales of eco-friendly vehicles in January increased by 28.9% year-on-year to 22,662 units, accounting for 19.4% of total vehicle sales.
Specifically, the sales volume of large sedan and SUV models increased significantly for hybrids, while the number of electric vehicles decreased due to the exhaustion of subsidies last year and the confirmation of subsidies for electric vehicles this year.

Eco-friendly car exports increased 29.8% year-on-year to 56,697 units, and exports increased 42.3% to US$1.79
billion. Following December of last year, both monthly export volume and export amount recorded a new all-time high.
Eco-friendly car exports accounted for 28.2% of total car exports. Hybrids, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids,
and hydrogen vehicles all contributed to the record high export volume, with increased exports compared to the
same month of last year.


 
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Breakthrough by KIMM in Laser Direct Lithography

November 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) under the Ministry of Science and ICT has succeeded in developing 400nm laser direct lithography equipment for the first time in Korea. It is considered as technology that could remarkably improve semiconductor productivity.
KIMM’s research team has developed laser lithography equipment that is able to process the resist coated on a substrate by moving a micro focus of 400nm at a speed of 40mm per second.
Laser lithography is technology developed for creating micro shapes as the resist reacts to light and becomes hardened when a laser beam is focused on the resist on substrate.
The research team has succeeded in creating a very fine focus with a size of 400nm by utilizing a blue-violet laser diode with the wavelength of 405nm, among various other laser beams, to process a substrate.
By using the equipment developed by the research team, a laser focus is able to process a substrate with a thickness of 200mm at a speed of 40mm per second, as if it were sketching on a sheet of drawing paper with a sharp pencil.

Breakthrough by KIMM in Laser Direct Lithography


The team has also devised and applied for a patent on technology that could enlarge the line width by up to 50 times so as to shorten the process time that is extended when a micro-focus is applied onto a wide space.
Nano-scale lithography is considered to be one of the most-important technologies for the next-generation semiconductor lithography process. And most of the commercialized lithography technologies are led by Germany, the Netherlands, and other nations. It is the first time in Korea for the creation of precise patterns of 400mm on planar and non-planar substrates.
When applying the newly developed technology, it is possible not only to create a three-dimensional nano-micro composite structure, which is impossible to create by utilizing the existing lithography technology but also to form a nano-structure on any shape surfaces.
This technology is expected to be used for the production of biosensors, medical devices, micro optical devices and microfluidic channels in the future. Furthermore, it is expected to replace costly foreign-made devices.
 
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Korea’s LS Cable & System Wins Huge Orders for Taiwan’s Submarine Cable Projects

November 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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LS Cable & System has recently received consecutive orders for large-scale submarine cable projects in Taiwan.
The cable provider recently announced that it was selected as a preferred bidder for a project worth KRW 200 billion by CDWE (CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering), an offshore wind-power construction company, and would supply submarine cables to an offshore wind-power complex in Hai Long, Taiwan by 2025.
The company has won all rights to provide high-voltage submarine cables for the Taiwanese offshore wind-power complex project and the total amount of the orders it has received stand at around KRW 800 billion.
The Hai Long offshore wind-power complex is one of the largest in Taiwan. It will be established around 50km away from the Taiwanese western coastal line to generate about 1GW of electricity that is equivalent to the power capacity one nuclear power plant could generate.
The complex is developed jointly by Northland Power from Canada and Yushan Energy from Singapore and CDWE will supply and construct submarine cables and other main materials and facilities.

Korea’s LS Cable & System Wins Huge Orders for Taiwan’s Submarine Cable Projects


As part of the policy to expand new and renewable energy, Taiwan is carrying out the development of offshore wind-power complexes with a total of 15GW capacity by 2035.
The company has decided to focus on winning orders as it expects the additional tenders for submarine cables in Taiwan would be worth over KRW 1 trillion. The experience the company has built up in implementing projects in Taiwan is expected to play a key role in advancing into the North American and Southeast Asian markets, where demand for offshore wind power generation is growing sharply.
“We will take the lead in expanding new and renewable energy business at home and abroad based on the close ties we’ve so far established with global offshore wind power companies in Europe, the North America, Taiwan and other regions,” commented Myeong Noh-hyeon, CEO of LS Cable & System.
“We are pleased to have LS Cable & System as our partner that has sufficient business experience in Taiwan and produces world-leading submarine cables,” remarked Marco Kanaar, General Manager of CDWE project.
 
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Expectation of High Demand for Lightening Materials

March 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Boosted by rapidly growing eco-friendly vehicle markets

The market is growing exponentially for eco-friendly vehicles including electric vehicles (EVs), and hydrogen vehicles – in line with the expansion of public awareness of the environment due to such factors as COVID-19, and climate change. Therefore, the necessity of light materials used in eco-friendly vehicles is being raised and the demand for such materials in the market is thus expected to increase significantly.

According to the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA), global automobile sales showed a sharply reduced level as of 2020 amidst the ever-highest-level records of EVs. KAMA estimates that the eco-friendly vehicle market will occupy over 20 percent of the entire vehicle market through the expected annual growth of 20~40 percent over the next ten years from now.

Expectation of High Demand for Lightening Materials

The lightening of electric vehicle’s weight is an essential task in the transition toward the eco-friendly era. For electric vehicles, the lightening of body, suspension, etc. is necessary to achieve the anticipated level of mileage efficiency, considering that the vehicles’ entire weight is increased with the battery (400~500kg) and driving motor (approximately 150kg).
The issue of the vehicle’s lightening is largely classified into three sections – structure, construction, and materials. Among them, the lightening of materials is most highly evaluated in the lightening of an electronic vehicle’s total weight.
For this reason, there is expected to be increased demand for new products such as electrical steel plates, high tension steel plates, aluminum, and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP), all of which have a higher tensile strength compared to the existing products.

Expectation of High Demand for Lightening Materials


In particular, electrical steel plates, which enable the electrical energy to be efficiently used, are being produced to be used in eco-friendly vehicle more than 50 percent among such new products.
In addition, general steel plates, which were being widely utilized in various areas of vehicles – body, chassis, trunk rear, etc., are being replaced with aluminum.


 
 
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Korea claims the largest market for new semiconductor equipment with $17.71 billion in sales

June 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment

https://korean-machinery.com///inquiryFor the second consecutive year, Korea claimed the largest market for new semiconductor equipment with $17.71 billion in sales, followed by China, rising to become the second largest equipment market for the first time with sales of $13.11 billion and displacing Taiwan, which fell to the third position with sales of $10.17 billion.
Annual spending rates increased for China, Japan, Rest of World (primarily Southeast Asia), Europe, and North America. However, new equipment markets in Taiwan and South Korea contracted. The 2018 equipment market rankings for Japan, North America, Europe, and Rest of World remained unchanged from 2017.
Sales for the global wafer processing equipment market segment rose 15 percent while other front-end segment sales jumped nine percent. Total test equipment sales increased 20 percent as assembly and packaging sales increased two percent.
Compiled from data submitted by members of SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), the Worldwide SEMS Report is a summary of the monthly billings figures for the global semiconductor equipment industry.
Categories cover wafer processing, assembly and packaging, testing, and other front-end equipment. Other front-end includes mask/reticle manufacturing, wafer manufacturing, and fab facilities equipment.
The annual billings data by region in billions of U.S. dollars with year-on-year rates by region are as follows:

 

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Hyundai-Kia Motors Unveiled Solar Charging System Technology

February 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

https://korean-machinery.com///inquiryHyundai-Kia Motors heralded the era of the solar charging vehicle and accordingly disclosed the solar charging system technology recently. This is their will to gain an advantage in the competition for eco-friendly vehicles by extending mileage and reducing CO2 generation by commercializing the solar charging system technology using the light of the sun.
The solar charging system is being developed to support the main power. It increases fuel efficiency by charging not only eco-friendly vehicles including electric and hybrid ,but typical motor vehicles. Hyundai-Kia Motors is developing 3 types of the solar charging systems, the 1st generation silicone-type solar roof, the 2nd generation translucent solar roof, and the 3rd body-type light lid.
The 1st generation solar roof to be applied to the hybrid model is a form of installing a mass-production silicone solar battery on the general roof. The 1st generation solar roof system can charge a battery approximately 30~60% a day depending on the weather and usage environment.
The 2nd generation translucent solar roof to be applied to the motor model for the first time in the world is a form of installing a translucent solar battery on the panorama sunroof as it is developed with transparent type and open-and-close type options, unlike the 1st generation solar roof, for customers who want openness.
For example, it is a method of securing transparency through a translucent roof panel and charging an internal battery, or an additional solar battery in a motor vehicle.
Lastly, the 3rd generation body-type light solar lid which is in the process of a precedent study to be applied to the eco-friendly model is a method of composing a solar battery as an all-in-one type on the lid (bonnet) and roof steel plate of the car to maximize output.
The solar charging system consists of a solar panel, a controller, and a battery. In the solar panel, energy is generated as the sunlight is separated into an electron and a positive hole when it contacts the surface of the cell of a solar battery.
When a 100W solar panel is installed, 100W is generated per hour based on 1 Sun (noon in the summer, 1000 W/m2 deposits). In other words, it can store 100Wh energy when exposed to sunlight for 1 hour.
Hyundai-Kia Motor is currently putting spurs to the development of the 1st solar roof to apply it to ecofriendly vehicles to be released after 2019.
The researcher of the Environmental Energy Research Team that developed this technology explained that “it is expected that various energy generating technologies including the solar charging system will be connected to vehicles. Vehicles will be power stations actively generating energy, not machines that are just consuming energy passively. Now, the paradigm of car owners is switching from consumers to energy prosumers.”

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Hyundai-Kia Motors Unveiled Solar Charging System Technology

November 27, 2018 by Leave a Comment

https://korean-machinery.com///inquiryHyundai-Kia Motors heralded the era of the solar charging vehicle and accordingly disclosed the solar charging system technology recently. This is their will to gain an advantage in the competition for eco-friendly vehicles by extending mileage and reducing CO2 generation by commercializing the solar charging system technology using the light of the sun.
The solar charging system is being developed to support the main power. It increases fuel efficiency by charging not only eco-friendly vehicles including electric and hybrid ,but typical motor vehicles.
Hyundai-Kia Motors is developing 3 types of the solar charging systems, the 1st generation silicone-type solar roof, the 2nd generation translucent solar roof, and the 3rd body-type light lid.
The 1st generation solar roof to be applied to the hybrid model is a form of installing a mass-production silicone solar battery on the general roof. The 1st generation solar roof system can charge a battery approximately 30~60% a day depending on the weather and usage environment.
The 2nd generation translucent solar roof to be applied to the motor model for the first time in the world is a form of installing a translucent solar battery on the panorama sunroof as it is developed with transparent type and open-and-close type options, unlike the 1st generation solar roof, for customers who want openness.
For example, it is a method of securing transparency through a translucent roof panel and charging an internal battery, or an additional solar battery in a motor vehicle.
Lastly, the 3rd generation body-type light solar lid which is in the process of a precedent study to be applied to the eco-friendly model is a method of composing a solar battery as an all-in-one type on the lid
(bonnet) and roof steel plate of the car to maximize output.
The solar charging system consists of a solar panel, a controller, and a battery. In the solar panel, energy is generated as the sunlight is separated into an electron and a positive hole when it contacts the surface of the cell of a solar battery.
When a 100W solar panel is installed, 100W is generated per hour based on 1 Sun (noon in the summer, 1000 W/m2 deposits). In other words, it can store 100Wh energy when exposed to sunlight for 1 hour.
Hyundai-Kia Motor is currently putting spurs to the development of the 1st solar roof to apply it to eco- friendly vehicles to be released after 2019.
The researcher of the Environmental Energy Research Team that developed this technology explained that “it is expected that various energy generating technologies including the solar charging system will be connected to vehicles. Vehicles will be power stations actively generating energy, not machines that are just consuming energy passively. Now, the paradigm of car owners is switching from consumers to energy prosumers.”

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