- CEO
- Hyuk Kim
- Full Time Employees
- 117
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Packaged software
- Address
- Hwaseong-si South Korea
- IPO Date
- Oct 15, 2021
- Business
- Kornic Automation Co., Ltd. is a South Korea-based technology company that develops and provides semiconductor and display equipment control software, smart factory automation platforms, and information technology infrastructure solutions. The company operates across three principal business segments: Control Solutions, Smart Factory Solutions, and IT Infrastructure. Its core product and service offerings comprise EasyCluster, a specialized control software platform designed for cluster tools and single-wafer processing systems in semiconductor and flat panel display fabrication; EasyFAS, EasyFASGEM, and EasyFASGEM 300, standardized factory automation communication systems compliant with SEMI standards such as SECS/GEM and GEM300; EasyEDA, an intelligent equipment data acquisition and analytics solution; EasyLinux, an open-source operating system-based equipment control engine; K-LAS (Kornic Laboratory Automation System), a collaborative robotics and big data-driven quality inspection and sample analysis automation system tailored for secondary battery cathode and anode materials; K-MAS (Material-handling Automation System), an integrated logistics automation platform utilizing autonomous mobile robots, automated guided vehicles, and multi-axis articulated robots; MetaFactory, a digital twin virtualization platform providing real-time 3D simulation and facility monitoring; and IT infrastructure services, including enterprise network architecture design, systems integration, hardware maintenance, and cybersecurity solutions featuring authorized distribution of Radware application delivery controllers, EfficientIP DDI solutions, and Scoop Information and Communication IPScan NAC network access control software. The company primarily caters to semiconductor fabricators, display panel makers, electric vehicle battery manufacturers, and corporate enterprise clients across South Korea, with international deliveries supporting overseas production facilities in Europe and Asia. In recent developments, Kornic Automation transitioned to a co-CEO management structure led by Seo Jong-hwi and Kim Ho-jung to independently drive its platform and IT infrastructure divisions alongside its industrial automation business; committed an KRW 8 billion capital expenditure to establish a Next-Generation AI and Software R&D Center in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, focused on physical artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and autonomous factory technologies; entered into a strategic partnership with Aigen Sciences to commercialize AI-enabled autonomous laboratory automation platforms; formed a development agreement with Gina Tech for customized logistics robotics; and secured major automated inspection equipment supply contracts with tier-one battery materials producers including EcoPro BM for its European manufacturing facility in Hungary. Tracing its operational roots to Kornic System founded in 1994 and formally established as an independent entity in 2011 through a spin-off from AP System Co., Ltd., Kornic Automation Co., Ltd. is a member of APS Group and is headquartered in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.