Chungnam Technopark (Acting President Song In-sang, hereinafter Chungnam TP) announced on the 15th that it held the ‘2026 Chungnam Promising Enterprise Commercialization Contest’ at Shilla Stay Cheonan, selecting five final outstanding companies, including ㈜SNDA which won the grand prize (Daesang).

This contest was co-hosted by the Chungnam Star Enterprise CEO Forum and Chungnam TP. It aimed to discover and foster promising manufacturing companies with outstanding technological and business feasibility among major industry manufacturing enterprises with headquarters in Chungnam province, founded within 10 years, and with sales of 1 billion to 3 billion KRW in the previous year.

As a result of the evaluation, the grand prize went to ㈜SNDA for its presentation on the ‘AI Edge-based Smart Factory Monitoring Device Development’. The top excellence award (Choi-woo-susan) was awarded to TF Co., Ltd. for ‘Prototype Development of a Side-adjustable Damping Force Control Device for Tuning Shock Absorbers’, and the excellence award (U-susan) went to Digolabs Co., Ltd. for ‘Prototype Development of ZERO BIN Using Multimodal AI Technology’. The encouragement awards (Jang-rye-san) were won by CF Technology Co., Ltd. for ‘Development of Light Orthogonality Control System for Semiconductor Photolithography Processes’ and DST Solution for ‘Prototype Development of Vehicle (Automotive/Railway) Seat Parts Reflecting Korean Body Types’.

The five finally selected companies will receive practical commercialization funds for prototype production, product advancement, intellectual property and patents, consulting, and certification.

Ha Eung-ju, Chairman of the Chungnam Star Enterprise CEO Forum, said, “This year was even more meaningful with much more diverse and innovative items participating than last year. We realized how fiercely companies in the province are contemplating commercialization, and we hope this contest will serve as a solid stepping stone for the significant growth of promising junior companies in the region.”

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