Completion of Extreme Materials Demonstration Research Center in 2025, Targeting 28 Demonstration Studies by 2028
On the 23rd, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced that the Extreme Materials Demonstration Research Infrastructure Project has passed the final preliminary feasibility study.
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced on the 23rd that the Extreme Materials Demonstration Research Infrastructure Project has passed the final preliminary feasibility study.
The Extreme Materials Demonstration Research Infrastructure Project is a mega project with a total investment of 309.6 billion KRW, including 258 billion KRW in national funds, aimed at establishing infrastructure to research and demonstrate extreme materials and securing independent technology capabilities for extreme materials by utilizing this infrastructure.
To ensure smooth progress of this project, the city signed a business agreement in November 2020 to establish an Advanced Materials Demonstration Research Complex, providing the site and working together with the Korea Institute of Materials Science to secure the budget. From next year until 2025, the Materials Institute, the project team for the Extreme Materials Demonstration Research Infrastructure Project, will build future promising extreme materials demonstration research infrastructure such as ultra-high temperature, ultra-low temperature, and specific extreme materials within the Jinhae Advanced Industrial Research Complex, and will carry out 28 urgent demonstration research tasks by 2028.
Extreme materials are high value-added materials used in extreme environments such as gas turbines, aerospace, and liquid hydrogen storage. Although demand is rapidly increasing, they are subject to export control items, making technological independence necessary for realizing future visions and industrial security.
The city expects that once the advanced demonstration research infrastructure for extreme materials is established, it will lead to commercialization of demand-tailored extreme materials closely linked to regional industries, thereby enhancing regional science and technology capabilities and creating new industries and jobs.
Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, said, “We are gradually establishing the Korea Institute of Materials Science Advanced Materials Demonstration Research Complex to achieve independence of core materials and advancement of the manufacturing industry within the Jinhae Advanced Industrial Research Complex. Following the first phase of establishing the metal materials demonstration research infrastructure, the Extreme Materials Demonstration Research Infrastructure Project is being promoted, and we expect Changwon to play a pivotal role as a hub for advanced materials.”
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