Gyeongbuk Province builds ‘Food Tech Research Support Center’ – Surprise News

Selected as a public offering project. 5.2 billion won in national funding secured, total project cost of 15.5 billion won invested over 3 years

[서프라이즈뉴스] Gyeongsangbuk-do was finally selected for the ‘Food Tech Research Support Center’ project hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, securing a total project cost of 15.5 billion won, including 5.2 billion won in government funds.

This project is to build three research support centers nationwide in the fields of food robots, plant-based substitutes, and food upcycling, among the 10 core technologies in the food tech field. Gyeongbuk was selected in the food robot field.

Gyeongbuk Province has been making efforts to lay the foundation for the center construction project by proposing the ‘K-Kitchen Project’ and 10 food tech core technology fields to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for public contest and reflecting them in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ ‘Basic Plan for Food Industry Promotion’. did.

Gyeongbuk Province will invest a total of KRW 15.5 billion over three years from this year to 2026 in the Pohang City Convergence Technology Business District to build a research support center with space for companies to move in, a technology demonstration center, and kitchen incubation.

The center provides customized support for the development of prototypes using facilities and equipment, as well as technology development and empirical research fields that are highly demanded by companies.

In addition, it lowers the burden on companies by supporting Korea’s first NSF food device certification prototype production and testing and analysis fees, and provides a stepping stone for entering overseas markets such as the U.S. and Europe.

In addition, from the initial stage of food robot technology development, we will apply technology development tailored to the needs and conditions of restaurant companies and further build a futuristic K-kitchen ecosystem by implementing customized kitchen automation for each type of restaurant company.

According to related research results, the operation of the center was analyzed to have an economic ripple effect of 38.2 billion won in production inducement, 16.7 billion won in added value inducement, and employment inducement of 261 people.

The development of food tech companies is expected to enable the simultaneous growth of not only food-related industries but also various forward and backward industries such as smart manufacturing, kitchen materials and equipment companies, and the restaurant industry.

Gyeongsangbuk-do Governor Lee Cheol-woo said, “We plan to build the nation’s first food tech research support center in the food robot field to fill the growth plate of a new industry connecting Gyeongbuk’s semiconductor and battery industries.” He added, “We will do our best to establish it as a national food tech innovation cluster base support facility.” “He said.

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