China, exploring smart manufacturing, presents a blueprint for its future factories.
Faced with unprecedented uncertainty and the need to restructure supply chains, the global manufacturing industry is demanding a new paradigm to maximize production efficiency and market agility. Digitalization is emerging as a key trend.
Amidst this period of great transformation, the 24th Shanghai International Smart Factory Exhibition (SIA 2025) presented a new milestone for the global future manufacturing industry. This year's SIA exhibition showcased various manufacturing innovation methodologies under the vision of "Strengthening capabilities with digital intelligence and creating the future of smart manufacturing."
Featuring a wide range of smart manufacturing solutions, from industrial automation to advanced robotics and semiconductor equipment, SIA 2025 ushered in the next chapter in the manufacturing ecosystem. With over 400 innovative companies from over 70 countries participating and over 60,000 attendees, SIA 2025 is recognized as a key platform for exploring future growth drivers and business opportunities.
K-Smart Manufacturing Shows Its Presence on the Global Stage
At this manufacturing innovation stage held in China, Korean companies also found a platform to showcase their technological prowess. Two companies, Tutech and UDM Tech, showcased their respective strengths on the global stage. Both companies provided an opportunity for Korea's cutting-edge solutions to gain global recognition. Through intelligent automation and optimization technologies, they addressed pressing manufacturing challenges, further strengthened global competitiveness, and elevated the status of K-smart manufacturing.
<UDMTEK> AI-based integrated digital manufacturing platform
UDMTEK is bringing smart factories to life through its integrated digital manufacturing platform, Unified Digital Manufacturing (UDM), which utilizes AI technology. Since its last technology-specific listing, the company has been actively seeking to expand into the global market. In particular, judging that China has great growth potential, we recently declared our intention to enter the market.
The company focuses on an integrated platform that manages the three key production quality elements in manufacturing sites. With this perspective, we are confident in the suitability of our solutions, given the rapid pace of automation in China's manufacturing industry.
The key solution presented by UDMTEK on-site is an integrated digital manufacturing platform that utilizes AI-based machine language processing technology.
This technology interprets machine language running within the control logic of industrial automation equipment using AI. This mechanism is a core competency of UDMTEK.
This improves the data analysis and control efficiency of automated facilities, including robots on factory floors. When existing on-site equipment breaks down, the amount of work required for workers and experts to directly analyze the cause can be reduced. Simply put, it interprets the execution and data flow characteristics of the control logic that served as a ‘black box’ inside the equipment in a way that the operator can understand.
UDMTEK's MLP technology directly interprets the language of the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), the equipment controller, and automatically traces and analyzes the root cause of a problem. This enables automatic detection and root cause analysis without operator intervention. This reduces maintenance costs and minimizes equipment downtime, thereby maximizing productivity.
Furthermore, through linking with existing systems such as Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), It supports the digital transformation of factories by linking actual data collection and analysis results to higher-level systems.
Kim Nam-gi, team leader of UDMTEK, said, “Chinese manufacturing is currently moving towards a highly automated stage. He emphasized, “We are noticing that there is a strong demand for data collection and analysis in these automation lines.”
He added, “Our MLP technology is a mechanism that identifies and analyzes the root causes of equipment issues, offering next-generation solutions ranging from vibration detection and predictive maintenance to reducing repair costs and time.”
Finally, regarding his vision for entering the Chinese market, he said, "Chinese buyers seem to want to adopt automation and AI analysis," and "their trust in our country's AI and IT technology is high, so they have high expectations for entering the market." Additionally, he noted that "ensuring price competitiveness due to the absence of a local office and the cost difference compared to domestic prices is still an issue that needs to be resolved."