KICOX (Korea Industrial Complex Corp.) manages and supports companies to enter their industrial complexes. KICOX was founded in 1997 and the companies they support vary greatly in their specialisation but include medical companies, component and materials companies as well as aerial companies. KICOX industrial complexes are all over Korea but exhibiting at the KINTEX for IMAC (International Materials and Components show) 2010 was a total of 80 booths from Banwol and Sihwa complex.
Cluster operations manager for Banwol and Sihwa, Jeong-sik, Park selected some companies under the KICOX umbrella at IMAC as best picks and the companies all make materials and components for Smartphones and Solar Panels. It was almost possible to visit KICOX Banwol and Sihwa at IMAC and walk away with an complete supplier list required for either, though it is certainly possible to visit KICOX and not only walk away with a supplier list, but comparative prices too.
FT LAB
FT LAB Manufacture equipment for manufacturers of PDP (Plasma Display Panels), power supply and related equipment. FT LAB are valuable manufacturing partners for LG and Samsung in Korea for the development of their research devices. FT LAB research equipment for manufacturing and testings tasks sometimes at the request of clients and sometimes to answer gaps.
A recent research outcome for FT LAB was the TCS 1000 which is used to develop touch panels for phones. The TCS 1000 checks the capacity of a touch screen and can work with touchpads. It was made last year for LG and is available for alternative clients.
More information about FT Labs is available here: www.ftlab.co.kr
NNP Technology
Transparent touchscreen technology is elusive to the general public but the concept and technology behind them is amazingly clear, transparent in fact. The technology works by using nanosilver circuits. The circuits can be made small to specification and when they are small enough, we humans don't see the circuits and think our screen is transparent. NNP Technology produce nanosilver circuits for touchscreens that compete with the technology ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) with a definite advantage. Nano silver circuits can be manufactured in large quantities on a large scale roll-to-roll.
NNP Technology have also begun producing an alloy of nickel and iron, named Invar, that is used for devices that require precision. Invar doesn't expand in heat so it is useful for devices that keep on going, such as watches.
More information about NNP Technology is available here: www.nnptechno.com
Daejoo Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.
Established in 1981 Daejoo Electonic Materials Co., Ltd.'s bread and butter is manufacture of Nickel paste for Samsung. Since the days of their first contract Daejoo have expanded to 170 employees and manufacture silicone epoxies that are good for the environment, conductive paste to make the lines on the solar cells and materials for screen technology such as OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes). Daejoo's phosphor materials are used in manufacture for LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) PDP and LED (Light Emitting Diode). Korea IT Times spoke with a representative of the solar cell team for which the company makes a range of conductive pastes to high ratio for screen printing as well as high strength and high rigidity. For non-technical persons the strength factors on the pastes are to do with the firing or 'cooking' process for the panels.
You can find out more about the materials and company here: www.daejoo.co.kr
Banwol and Sihwa KICOX companies are exhibiting at KINTEX for IMAC 2010 until 11th June.
More information about KICOX is available here: http://www.kicox.or.kr//main/main.jsp and if the Korean website is too initimidating, most mini clusters and clusters are contactable via KOTRA: http://english.kotra.or.kr/wps/portal/dken
