The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has laid the foundation for a global 'K-Machine' leap forward through cooperation with research institutes in Europe and Eastern Europe.

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials announced on the 4th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for research cooperation with the University of Maribor in Slovenia and the German Aerospace Research Center (DLR), and expanded cooperation in the development of autonomous processing systems with the Machine Tool Research Institute (IFW) of the Technical University of Hannover in Germany.

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials pursued this collaboration as part of its own global collaboration program, ‘With KIMM, to the World.’ Through this, the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials plans to expand international cooperation in cutting-edge research fields such as virtual reliability prediction technology and carbon-free high-temperature heat pump technology.

On April 3, Director Ryu Seok-Hyeon of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials and his research team visited the University of Maribor in Slovenia and signed a research cooperation agreement.

Through this agreement, the KIMM Cyber Lab program of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials will be combined with the open-source structural analysis technology (PrePoMax) of the University of Maribor to strengthen the virtual design of machinery parts and mechanism implementation technology.

On March 28, we signed a research cooperation agreement with the German Aerospace Research Center (DLR)'s Low-Carbon Industrial Processes Research Institute on carbon reduction technologies such as heat pump technology.

Afterwards, through a joint workshop, the direction of international joint research was concretized by discussing cooperation plans for research on high-temperature heat pump systems and component equipment.

On April 1, we discussed cooperation in developing an autonomous processing system with the Institute for Machine Tools (IFW) at the Technical University of Hannover in Germany.

Based on research on smart machine tools and energy saving technologies, the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials plans to promote the development of autonomous cognitive machine tool technology with IFW.

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials research team analyzed the latest technology trends and expanded their global network by visiting Hannover Messe 2025, the world's largest industrial technology fair.

President Ryu Seok-hyun said, “Through this international cooperation, we will be able to strengthen the technological capabilities of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials and expand our global network,” and added, “We will continue to cooperate with the world’s leading research institutes and do our best to ensure that K-Machine is competitive in the global technology market.”