The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS, President Lee Jeong-hwan), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has completed construction of a new welfare building (Future Hall) and is actively working to improve employee welfare and the research environment.

On the 26th, the Korea Materials Research Institute held a completion ceremony in front of the welfare building in the headquarters of the Korea Materials Research Institute in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do.

The completion ceremony on this day was attended by approximately 100 people, including Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-mu, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute President Myeongseong-ho, Gyeongnam Technopark President Noh Chung-sik, Gyeongnam Employers' Federation Chairman Lee Sang-yeon, and executives from the Korea Institute of Materials Science, and was held in the following order: △project progress report, △President's commemorative speech, △congratulatory remarks by distinguished guests, and △tape cutting ceremony.

The new welfare building (Future Hall) of the Korea Institute of Materials Science, which recently received a new look, has a total project cost of 13.5 billion won, a total floor area of 6,383 square meters, and 8 floors above ground and 1 underground floor.

Inside, there will be 90 dormitory rooms, 4 guesthouse rooms, a restaurant, a daycare center, a gym, and other employee welfare facilities, which are expected to greatly contribute to improving the research environment for employees.

Director Lee Jeong-hwan of the Materials Research Institute said, “As the old and worn-out building tells us with its long history of 39 years, “It is a building that embodies the youth and passion of our researchers who have silently protected it for many years,” he said. “I sincerely hope that the Mirae Hall, reborn with a new look, will repeat that history and become a new space that contains the dreams and passion of new researchers, and that it will produce excellent research results in the future.”