HLB Innovation secures three support projects for AI and robot adoption, worth a total of 3.6 billion won

[Financial News] HLB Innovation has been selected for three government and local government support programs for AI-based manufacturing innovation, one after another, accelerating its transition to smart factories.
HLB Innovation said it had been selected for the “Support Program for Establishing a Win-Win AX Leading Model,” the “Manufacturing AI-Specialized Smart Factory Development Support Program,” and the “Manufacturing Robot Adoption Support Program (Support for Adoption, Demonstration and Advancement).”
The total budget for the three projects is approximately 3.6 billion won. About 2.1 billion won (58%) of that will be covered by external support from the government, local governments, large companies and others. The company plans to reduce its own investment burden while integrating manufacturing data and introducing AI and robots into inspection and cleaning processes to improve productivity and quality competitiveness.
The largest project is the “Support Program for Establishing a Win-Win AX Leading Model,” with a budget of approximately 2.9 billion won. A key initiative for AI transformation (AX) at production sites, it will integrate and manage production, quality, equipment and energy data, and use that data to build systems for AI-based quality forecasting and energy-use optimization.
Under the “Manufacturing AI-Specialized Smart Factory Development Support Program,” the company will develop and introduce AI-based automated inspection systems and production-line-linked equipment for the mold manufacturing process. The goal is to increase the level of inspection automation and link inspection results with process data, reducing inspection times while improving the accuracy of quality control.
The “Manufacturing Robot Adoption Support Program” involves introducing robots to load and retrieve products in the ultrasonic cleaning process. The company expects that, once the project is complete, downtime in equipment operation and the burden of repetitive tasks will decrease, improving productivity and the work environment.
HLB Innovation plans to complete the projects in stages by August next year. It aims to strengthen production efficiency and quality competitiveness in its semiconductor components business by pursuing manufacturing data integration and automation for each process together.
HLB Innovation CEO Kim Beom-soo said, “We will use this support program as an opportunity to build an AI- and data-based production system and accelerate the transition to a smart manufacturing environment,” adding, “By upgrading production and inspection processes, we will strengthen our quality and production competitiveness and reliably respond to growing customer demand in the AI and automotive electronics sectors.” 




[email protected] Jung Myung-jin, Reporter