BLUESEN

The National Water Industry Cluster Project Group (Director Park Seok-hoon) announced on the 25th that it has selected nine teams through a one-month call for applications earlier this year for the 2024 Water Technology Active Digitalization Support Program.

Since 2021, the Project Group has been steadily promoting this support program aimed at technological innovation for water technologies and products. The program accelerates the discovery and nurturing of smart, top-tier water companies through digitalization support.

For the 2024 Water Technology Active Digitalization Support Program, 36 teams from water companies applied, showcasing various technologies including smart functions applied to water technologies and products such as water quality measuring devices, water quantity measuring devices, controllers, as well as AI-based monitoring and facility operation systems.

     After evaluation, nine teams including BLUESEN were finally selected.

     The nine selected teams are:

• Coogi-(Semz Co., Ltd.)

• BLUESEN Co., Ltd.

• Enertalk Co., Ltd.

• Greentech INC

• Daeyoon Instrument Industry Co., Ltd. – Incheon National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation

• Nibbs Korea Co., Ltd.

• FM Tech Co., Ltd.

• P&I Human Korea Co., Ltd.

• Samjin Precision Co., Ltd. – ELTech Co., Ltd.

A signing ceremony between the selected companies and the National Water Industry Cluster was held on the afternoon of the 25th. The program plans to support technology development, performance improvement, demonstration, and commercialization of water technologies for up to three years.

Through this, companies will secure intellectual property such as patents by improving water technologies and products, expand their potential for technological competitiveness and commercialization through prototype development, and lay the foundation for discovering and nurturing smart top-tier water companies. This effort will build a global-leading hub for Korea’s water industry core materials and components.

Since the opening of the Water Industry Cluster in 2019, the Project Group has been selecting companies through calls and evaluations since 2021 to support technology development and commercialization, providing up to 300 million KRW per year for a maximum of three years.

From 2021 to 2023, the Project Group supported 21 companies with a total of 5 billion KRW.

Companies that received support have secured technological competitiveness and market expansion momentum by obtaining 75 intellectual property rights such as patents and certifications through technology development and demonstration.

Park Seok-hoon, Director of the National Water Industry Cluster Project Group, stated,

“With the Water Technology Active Digitalization Support Program, we hope water companies will overcome the limitations of the water market and emerge as a K-brand recognized in the global market.”