SK Chemicals Signs MOU with Pohang Institute of Industrial Science and Technology for Smart Safety Technology Exchange

Sharing Know-how on AI Safety Evaluation System Application
Learning from Other Companies’ Cases and Expanding In-house Implementation

SK Chemicals announced on the 20th that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 'Research and Technology Cooperation in the Smart Safety Field' with the Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) at the G-House Vision Hall of its Ulsan plant.

On the 19th, at the Ulsan plant, Yuhoseop, Head of Production Infrastructure at SK Chemicals (right), and Yoo Byung-ok, Director of the Pohang Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, are taking a photo after signing an MOU for smart safety technology exchange between the Pohang Institute of Industrial Science and Technology and SK Chemicals. Photo by SK Chemicals

RIST is an industry-related practical technology research institute established by POSCO, conducting research and practical applications in various fields such as steel, new materials, environment, energy, smart safety, and analysis and evaluation, applying them on-site. Through this MOU, both parties plan to exchange technologies related to smart safety and seek ways to improve on-site safety management efficiency.

SK Chemicals will provide RIST with know-how on the 'Generative AI-based Safety Management System,' which was first established domestically last year and applied on-site. RIST will share technologies in the industrial safety field, including ▲ the digital twin-based smart safety platform RISTwin ▲ worker exposure risk monitoring and system construction solutions. The generative AI-based safety management system is a system where SK Chemicals has digitized safety management documents, know-how, and cases accumulated while operating the Ulsan plant, and the AI suggests potential risk factors that may occur during work execution.

Through this technology exchange, SK Chemicals expects to expand AI-based technologies in the field of work safety and eventually broaden the scope to other areas requiring AI technology on-site, such as environmental or energy optimization. Yoo Hoseop, Head of Production Infrastructure Division at SK Chemicals, said, "We plan to further advance AI functions related to safety with RIST and gradually improve efficiency by applying them across all production areas."