LS Electric to Participate in AW2026, Unveiling Next-Generation Manufacturing AX Solutions

Korea-Style AI Factory Unveiled at COEX, March 4-6
First Public Release of High-Performance PLC

LS Electric is showcasing next-generation integrated automation solutions at Asia's largest smart factory and automation industry exhibition, emphasizing its competitiveness in Manufacturing AX (AI Transformation).

On March 3, LS Electric announced that it will participate in the "2026 Smart Factory & Automation World" (AW 2026), held from March 4 to March 6 at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

LS Electric will participate in "AW 2026," Asia's largest smart factory and automation industry exhibition, held at COEX in Seoul from the 4th to the 6th. LS Electric

LS Electric will feature the largest exhibition space among participating companies, with a total area of 270 square meters (30 booths), under the theme "Smarter Factories with AI, Safer Industries." The company will present: ▲ a next-generation, Korea-style artificial intelligence (AI) factory model ▲ new smart factory control solution PLC products ▲ an AI-based industrial automation platform, among others.

LS Electric will highlight its global data standard-based AI factory package model at the forefront of its exhibit.

An AI factory is a next-generation facility that standardizes, collects, and integrates factory equipment data, allowing AI to analyze it to simultaneously enhance productivity and quality. By utilizing AI, it enables early detection of abnormal signals in equipment and predicts potential failures (predictive maintenance), maximizing operational efficiency. It also reduces defect rates, energy consumption, and carbon emissions simultaneously.

With digital twin technology, real-time monitoring and control are also possible. LS Electric has completed the implementation and demonstration of this model at the L&F Guji plant in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, through the Daegu "ABB (Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain) Demonstration Factory" project.

The new high-performance PLC product "SU-CM70" will also be unveiled for the first time. LS Electric's high-performance PLC dramatically improves processing speed, allowing a single PLC to control multiple devices simultaneously, making it suitable for controlling high-speed and complex production lines. Designed with a software-centric approach, it also allows customers to expand functions according to their requirements.

Furthermore, LS Electric will introduce several AI-based industrial automation platforms, such as: ▲ the "LS SHE with AI" safety monitoring system, which detects hazards in industrial sites using AI vision ▲ the "LS Factory Black Box," which detects and records process anomalies in real time and analyzes root causes using AI ▲ a "conversational AI equipment diagnosis" solution based on large language models (LLM), and more.

Through this exhibition, LS Electric aims to accelerate its domestic and global automation businesses by allowing customers to directly experience innovative solutions that can help medium-sized and small domestic companies strengthen their manufacturing competitiveness, leveraging its automation technology that has established a global lighthouse smart factory.

Recently, the government has strengthened policy support for the AI transformation of the manufacturing sector. Last year, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy launched the public-private joint consultative body "Manufacturing AX Alliance (M.AX Alliance)," which includes participation from industry, academia, and research institutes. The plan is to distribute 500 AI factories and achieve a 70% AI utilization rate in manufacturing by 2030, thereby creating added value of over 100 trillion won through manufacturing AI transformation.

An LS Electric representative stated, "Innovation in manufacturing based on AI technology will be a core factor in shifting the industrial paradigm in the future," and added, "Through this exhibition, we will present innovative solutions that lead the digital transformation of Korean manufacturing and establish ourselves as a partner for strengthening the manufacturing competitiveness of domestic companies."

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