Mechatronics Center
in Daegu opens

Aims at making the mechanical and metal industries value-added businesses

Aims at making the mechanical and metal industries value-added businesses A center for industrializing mechatronics parts has been dedicated within the Daegu Machinery Institute of Components & Mechanics Foundation.
The ceremony marking the dedication of the center for industrial mechatronics parts was held on May 7 at Daegu Machinery Institute of Components & Mechanics Foundation with about 200 people from several walks of life in the provincial city participating. Those in attendance included the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Kim Young-ju, Daegu Metropolitan City Mayor Kim Beom-il, lawmakers hailing from North Gyeongsang Province and city councilors.
Mechatronics refers to an inter-disciplinary combination of mechanic engineering and electronics engineering.
The project cost 10 billion won, including 5 billion won from national coffers. The newly built center is an advanced research center with four ground floors and one basement floor - 9,633 sq. meters (2,914 pyeong) in floor space.
The center is outfitted with such facilities as a radio anechoic chamber, a reliability appreciation lab and a noise & vibration lab in a move to provide mechanical companies in the neighborhood areas with such support services as technological development, performance testing and product development related to mechatronics.
Stressing the significance of securing high-tech, the key to industrial competitiveness, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Kim expressed hope in his speech during the dedication ceremony the center will serve as a driving force to upgrade the mechanical and metal industries as well as our nation's technological levels related to mechatronics. nw

Senior government officials and business leaders, including Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Kim Young-ju and Kim Dong-chul, president of Korea Materials & Components Industry Agency, cut the tape to open the center for industrializing mechatroncis parts in Daegu on May 7.