Smartening up Korea's Manufacturing Industry
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FOCUS NATIONAL INDUSTRY TO BE OR NOT TO BE NEIGHBORLY COMPETITION SEMICONDUCTOR CHANGES Is Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Korea Ranks 6th while Japan Korea to Become Game Changer in Engineering Too Big to Fail? 4th in Global Exports Global Semiconductor Market 150-010 서울시 영등포구 여의도동 12-1 삼도빌딩 301호 Tel. (02)578-3220150-010 301호 Tel. 영등포구삼도빌딩 12-1 여의도동 서울시 NOVEMBER 2015 / VOL. 32 NO. 367 www.businesskorea.co.kr Fax. (02)578-3224 통권 362호 (월간) Small Business Smartening Up Government Korea's Manufacturing Industry Big Business 12,000 won 11 ISSN 1016-5304 Contents November 2015 / Vol.32 No.367 COVER STORY 16 Smart Factory Innovation in Manufacturing 3.0 Strategy Needs Better Focus with Clearer Direction 18 Global Status of Korean Smart Factory Technologies and Government Strategies 20 LSIS Chengju, Most Advanced Smart Factory in Korea 22 Samsung to Promote, Nurture Smart Factory Technologies in Gyeongbuk Region 23 Hyundai to Launch “Smart Factory” Promotion Campaign 16 FOCUS 08 Is Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Too Big to Fail? NATIONAL 10 Korea Ranks 6th While Japan 4th in Global Exports 12 North Korea Announces More Detailed Plan for Rajin-Sunbong Special Economic Zone 13 Conclusion of RCEP Put Of for Another Year WTO Rules in Favor of Korea in Anti-dumping Suit against US 14 Indonesia Invests in KFX Project 10 Tensions Escalating over Labor Reform Bills MONEY 24 Key Rate Holds in November, but Expected to be Cut Next Year Delationary Concerns Spreading in Korea 25 China’s New Normal Policy Afecting Korean Exporters 26 Korea’s Forex Reserves Increased for Two Months in a Row 27 Roles of KDB, IBK to be Adjusted 28 Number of IPO This Year to Reach 150, Largest in 13 Years Korea Exchange Courting Samsung BioLogics to Consider the IPO at KOSDAQ 29 Financial Regulations of KRX on Par with Europe 37 Korean Government to Discuss Korean Stock Market’s Incorporation into MSCI World Index 30 7 of 10 Best Performing Stocks in Asia Belong to Corporate Korea 31 KOSPI-listed Companies Show Increase in Proit amid Decrease in Sales 32 Domestic PEF Market Signaling Explosive Growth Korea Exchange Courting Samsung BioLogics to Consider Going for IPO at KOSDAQ 33 Decline in Exports from Korea Reaches 6-year High Korea’s ICT Exports Slide after 3 Months 34 Diferent Growth Strategies Presented by Korea’s Top Two Group Successors 35 Korean Enterprises’ Proitability on Decline Korea’s Export Price Index on Decline 36 ‘Zombie’ Companies Account for 34.9% of Non-inancial Listed Companies 58 04 37 Many Korean Companies to Face INDUSTRY SME & STARTUP Corporate Restructuring 52 LG Electronics Develops Its First Mobile 66 Amore Paciic Opens 2nd Creative IR & MANAGEMENT Application Processor Economy Innovation Center in Jeju 53 Samsung Unveils Latest Mobile SKT Hosts Startup Demo Day 38 Korea Housing Finance Corporation Application Processor Exynos 8 67 IBK Showcases Crowdfunding at Creative Issued Covered Bond Abroad 54 Korea to Become Game Changer in Global Korea 2015 Woori Bank Partners Tencent to Provide Semiconductor Market Born2Global Center Holds K-Global Demo Fund Settlement Service, Targeting 55 SK Hynix Rejects Tsinghua Unigroup’s Ofer Day at Silicon Valley Chinese Tourists SanDisk Emerging Rapidly in Global Korea Eximbank Finances US$183 Million NAND Flash Market MICE Myanmar Construction Project 56 Samsung Begins Mass Production of 68 ‘The Big 5 Show’ Closes with Great 39 Korea Industrial Complex Corporation Industry’s First 128GB DRAM Modules Success after Setting the Place on Fire Awarded Presidential Citation Samsung Electronics to Release Biosensor Hyundai Mobis Develops World’s Second for Smartwatches Early Next Year SCIENCE Eco-friendly Integrated Electronic Brake 57 Samsung, LG Focus on Boosting 40 Wonki Sansam to Showcase New Launch Proitability Rather Than Greater TV 70 KIST to Develop Metallic Implant for of Society on Dec. 15 Market Share Tissue Regeneration Orion Keeps Stable Sales Growth in 58 Hyundai Genesis Goes Head to Head with Artiicial Electric Skin That Can Sense Chinese Market in Q3 Mercedes-Benz, BMW in Luxury Car Market Sound 41 Samsung C&T Wins Singapore Rail Project 60 Domestic Car Sales Volume Increased 71 Korean Researchers Develop Tech to 41 LGD Succeeds in Localization of Major 18.6% in Oct. Quickly Find Circulating Tumor Cells Curved OLED Panel Components with Imported Car Sales Plunge Due to Plate-type Nuclear Fuel Developed by Partners ‘Dieselgate’ Korea Undergoing Testing 61 Market of Right Materials for Automobiles ICT Expected to Grow CULTURE 42 Government Lays Out Blueprint for 62 Restructuring Scenarios Flying Around in 72 New Airport to Open in Jeju Island by Promotion of Cloud Computing Sector Shipbuilding Industry 2025 43 New Powerful Frequencies Secured for 63 POSCO, Hyundai Steel Compete in 3-4 Glasses of Soju a Day Lower Stroke IoT, 5G Era Expanding CGL Production Lines Risk 44 Mobile Carriers Rushing for Video Content Dongkuk Steel to Invest 25 Billion Won for 73 Paris Baguette Opens First Nevada Café in 45 Korean Mobile Carriers Cooperate for Colored Steel Plate Market Las Vegas FIDO Development 64 Hanmi Pharmaceutical Signs Mega Deal CJ 4DX to Break 10 Million Annual Record Final Countdown Begins for World’s First to Export New Diabetes Treatment VoLTE among Mobile Service Carriers 46 Less Expensive Smart Phones Gaining Popularity in Korea Looking for a house, apartment or office? 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