“Precision measurement technology must go beyond simple data collection and lead to innovative manufacturing competitiveness. “Leveraging Hexagon's R&D achievements and diverse M&A experience, we will accelerate the digital transformation of global manufacturers.”

Hexagon held the 'HEXAGON Live Innovation Summit Korea 2025' at the AT Center in Seoul on the 3rd.

At the event, Lim Boon-chun, President of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence ASEAN, Pacific and India, delivered a keynote speech titled “The Future of Precision Measurement and Smart Digital Twins,” presenting the future of manufacturing from precision measurement to smart digital twins.

“Hexagon has grown by acquiring over 200 companies over the past 20 years,” said CEO Lim Bun-chun. “Like a Swedish company, Hexagon has a small but innovative corporate culture and boasts a high market share, with its technology being used in over 90% of the world’s aircraft and 95% of automobile manufacturing processes.”

Citing the case of Samsung Electronics' Vietnam factory, President Lim said, "Hundreds of measuring devices and data analysis systems are linked in real time throughout the factory to manage process quality." He added, "This precision measurement-based system is considered a key factor in increasing the speed of new product introduction and drastically reducing the defect rate."

In particular, he emphasized that his experience working with the F1 motorsports team demonstrated the powerful synergy between agility and simulation.

F1 teams travel to 21 countries each season, quickly modifying their designs to suit track conditions and car performance.

Hexagon's digital twin technology allows you to virtually verify before and after design changes and mitigate potential variables that may arise on race day. You can predict in advance and maximize your performance on the actual track.

Mr. Lim also presented key statistics from Hexagon's recently published 'Advanced Manufacturing Report.'

Among the companies surveyed, 39% cited the cost of new product introduction (NPI) as their biggest challenge, 34% cited supply chain issues, and 30% cited delays in digital transformation.

Interestingly, 91% of responding companies said, “We need digital transformation, but we are struggling due to a lack of internal data integration.”

To address this, President Lim recommended the 'small project → expansion of success stories' approach rather than large-scale mass introduction.

“Rather than building a $30 million system all at once, we should prioritize areas like supply chain, process, and quality management, implement them in stages, and sequentially expand proven solutions,” he advised.

Digital twin is a technology that connects the physical world and virtual models in real time.

“Beyond simple simulation, we can feed actual process data back to the digital twin to predict and control equipment status and maximize product yield,” said CEO Lim.

He added that this is expected to improve the productivity of the entire factory by 10-20% and reduce the defect rate by more than 30%.

A case study of a modular smart factory solution was also introduced.

Global connector manufacturer Molex cut its new product development time from 16 weeks to just eight weeks, using Hexagon's precision metrology and digital twin technology.

Non-destructive measurement of product internal channel geometry· We analyzed and reduced errors in the prototype production stage, resulting in a 50% increase in productivity.

In his closing remarks, President Lim emphasized, “Innovation doesn’t remain as an idea; its value only becomes apparent when it is implemented in the field,” and added, “I hope that manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific region, including Korea, will further strengthen their global competitiveness by adopting precision measurement and smart digital twins.”