Graphy won the 2024 Korea Innovation Award for two consecutive years.

Graphy Co., Ltd. (CEO Shim Woon-seop) won the grand prize in the ‘3D printer and new materials’ category for two consecutive years at the Money Today ‘2024 Korea Innovation Awards’ awards ceremony held at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 25th.

Graphy Executive Director Cho Tae-yeon (right) is taking a commemorative photo with Money Today Executive Director Song Ki-yong (left) after winning the ‘2024 Korea Innovation Award’.

The Korea Innovation Awards were established to recognize and encourage the consistent contributions of innovative companies in technology, management, and products, in line with the current situation where government efforts and nationwide participation are required to overcome the economic recession.

Graphy is a company specializing in 3D photocurable printing materials, and has developed the world’s first photocurable resin in the dental field that can produce ‘Shape Memory Aligner (SMA)’, a shape memory transparent aligner, through 3D printing. In addition, based on this, we introduced current photocurable UV 3D printing materials such as correction materials, C&B materials, denture materials, and model materials, leading to groundbreaking response from customers and increased sales. The material in question (Tera Harz Clear) is evaluated by experts in the world of corrections as a new technology that will leave a mark in the history of corrections. This technology has received patent registration, European CE, and US FDA 510K certification, and has officially been certified as a new technology product and world-class product by the Korean government.

Based on these achievements, the pre-investment corporate value was evaluated at KRW 80 billion in the Series C round, and the company succeeded in attracting approximately KRW 15 billion in investment. We were able to attract more than 2,000 dentists from around the world to the domestic event. In addition, leading overseas businessmen, doctors and scholars in related industries are visiting the Graphy Seoul headquarters to participate in paid training, contributing to the growth of the medical business and contributing to the spread of the excellence of K Medical and K Contents around the world. Receive. In addition, we are continuously increasing employment by nurturing talent with global capabilities and experience.

Graphy is exported to 90 countries around the world, and 25 European countries including Germany, France, Greece, and Italy are the main export countries, accounting for more than 50% of sales. In addition, starting this year, we are receiving orders not only from the North American market, mainly the United States, but also from the Middle East and Central and South American markets.

Last year, we received commendations from government agencies and local governments, including the Prime Minister’s Award, the Minister’s Award, the $3 Million Export Tower (Korea International Trade Association & Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy), and the Seoul Mayor’s Award for Hi-Seoul Excellent Export Company (Seoul Business Agency & Seoul Metropolitan Government), improving the expansion and quality of exports. He was also recognized for his contributions to advancement, overseas market development, and industrial technology development. This year’s notable achievement was receiving the IR52 Jang Young-sil Award hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The Jang Young-sil Award is known as the most prestigious award in the field of science and technology in Korea.

This year, we plan to showcase our unrivaled technology to the world by participating in various exhibitions, starting with the world’s largest orthodontic festival AAO (American Association of Orthodontists), which will be held in New Orleans, USA in May.

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