Promoting the industry's largest smart factory with an investment of 20 billion won > Press release

2019. 05. 09 (Thu)

(Factory Evolution) Elpowertech

Promoting the Industry's Largest Smart Factory with 20 Billion Won Investment

Elpowertech (CEO Choi Seong-kyu) is a mid-sized company in the industry that is growing into a comprehensive heavy electric company that manufactures transformers and switches. In particular, the company will move its headquarters and factory to the Hwaseong Bio Valley Industrial Complex in Gyeonggi Province at the end of May. The new factory will be reborn as a cutting-edge factory that will make a mark on the domestic heavy electric industry. First of all, it will be the largest factory built outside of large companies, with a land area of 16,000㎡ (approximately 5,000 pyeong) and a building area of 9,000㎡. The total investment cost is 20 billion won. Above all, the reason Elpowertech's new factory is attracting attention is because it pursues a 'smart factory'. Although the concept of a smart factory is still somewhat distant in the power equipment industry, especially in small and medium-sized companies, Elpowertech is one step ahead and is taking on the challenge of factory intelligence. Choi Seong-kyu, CEO of Elpowertech, emphasized, “It is difficult to properly respond to the changing manufacturing environment with only partial automation,” and “In order to actively cope with the increasingly fierce competitive environment and achieve sustainable growth, we must establish a smart factory to improve manufacturing and management structure.” The plan is to improve the overall management level and optimize business management based on innovation consulting centered on the manufacturing and logistics sectors. The first stage is to promote 50% increase in productivity, logistics optimization, and basic on-site equipment through 3-Jung (genuine, correct quantity, correct location), and 5S (organization, organization, cleaning, cleanliness, and habituation). The second stage is to improve process quality by 50% and eliminate waste. The third stage is to enter the top tier through increased sales, and implement optimized flow production. The plan is to establish a product warehouse operation system and standardization and systemization of logistics work through material warehouse layout, inventory reduction, and on-site material supply system. Advanced heating and cooling air conditioning systems will also be installed for a comfortable work environment. It is also noteworthy that the state-of-the-art dustproof facility was introduced to the entire transformer winding panel, where dust is a particular problem, and a 'clean room' was realized.

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