Gwangju Technopark
Gwangju Technopark was built in 1998 to foster the knowledge-based local economy by nurturing an environment which
- Maximize synergy of an industry cluster by networking firms, research centers and government agencies,
- Facilitates the transfer of University (Research Centers) know-how and research into industry, and thereby
- Contributing to heightened global competitiveness of the local economy and to the regionally balanced national economy.
In accordance with government's commitment to develop Gwangju as the locus of Photonics Industry, Gwangju Technopark strategically support venture firms specialized in LED/LD Technologies, Titanium and Special Alloys, Digital Electronics, Fine Chemicals and Optical Technologies. All these efforts of Gwangju Technopark can be boiled down to its firm determination to make Gwangju one of the most favorable and competitive places to live and do business in the world.
To become the center of high-technology, Photonics in particular, Gwnagju Technopark strategically supports:
- LED/LD Technologies
- Titanium and Special Alloys
- Digital Electronics
- Fine Chemicals
- Optical Communication & Photonics
BUSINESS CREATION & BUISINESS INCUBATION
Being a venture start-up evaluator and business creator, Gwangju Technopark is on the forefront of discovering and nurturing venture companies based on high technology. Gwangju Technopark promotes new businesses with a high degree of potential for innovation and viability by attracting fresh business ideas and projects, and by motivating, training and advising start-up high-tech business. Being a business incubator, it provides start-up business with facilities and equipment necessary for promoting business activities
Business Support and International Marketing
In an effort to provide software type services to venture firms that might lack of administrative and marketing strategies, Gwangju Technopark promotes a system in which tenant companies are offered a wide range of business service from consulting and funding to marketing. While trying to implant an outward global mind-set, tenant companies are introduced to experts for international marketing and invited to product exhibitions, workshops and seminars on international business and marketing.
R&D Promotion
Gwangju Technopark strives to foster the global competitiveness of local industries by utilizing research potentials of industries and universities to the fullest extent. It's activity promotes research activities for business creation based on new technology development and commercialization.
It implements various R&D Project in which research proposals are assessed and selected according to industrial needs, and selected ones are funded and taken care of
Education
Gwangju Technopark offers various educational programs aiming to recruit qualified venture manpower that many start-up venture companies are short of. They are intended to spur entrepreneurship and encourage setting-up of companies based on new technology, and to upgrade management and marketing skills of venture employees.
Education projects organized by Technopark cover a broad range of training programs, which specifically target enterprises, students, graduates, marketers and managers.
Facilities & Sevices
Alongside the excellent working environment, tenant companies of Gwangju Technopark benefit from unbeatable top quality facilities and services. Commercialization Buildings where the companies are housed are well equipped with quality office facilities such as a high-speed optical telecommunication network and modern heating & air conditioning systems.
In addition to these hardware type services including 7 conference rooms, a restaurant, a shop, lounges, and IT Training Center, tenants firms are furnished with software type services crucial to their success such as venture capital (funding sponsorship), training services, business/marketing consulting services, and facilities & equipment rental services, and so forth.
More important is that Gwangju Technopark ceaselessly innovates itself, trying to assist them from their standpoint and to provide them with update and accurate marketing consultation, thereby maximizing their chances of success
MOST IMPORTANT SERVICES
- Euro Office Basic Services
- Euro-Expo
- Consulting services
Consulting services
Gwangju Technopark offers the high quality consulting service for free through business center located in the complex. Consulting categories are various such as patent, business plan, tax accounting etc.
Also other type of consulting fields SMEs need can be provided through network with business support organizatioin.
Funding & Investing
Gwangju Tehcnopark boosted industrial competitiveness by investing in fostering enterprises related to four strategic industries of Gwangju City such as photonics, digital electronics, etc, technology-concentrated small&mediumbusiness and formed USD 8 milllion Gwangju Strategic Industry Fund to promote benefits of enterprises and investors.
LINKS TO MOST IMPORTANT WEBSITES OF OUR REGION
www.gwangju.go.kr/gjcity/main.jsp
Official website of the region
www.kcdi.re.kr/
Economic Development Organisation of the region
http://kwangjucci.korcham.net
Chamber of Commerce of our region