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Many small companies have challenged themselves to localize difficult technology, but they have failed to connect with large companies to buy goods. On this occasion, the government plans to actively connect large companies and SMEs, but this time, there is a great expectation of the field to do it properly.

The reporter of Labor SME heard the voices of small and medium-sized enterprises who have been localized.

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This part, which moves from side to side and up and down to precisely control robot motion, is called the 'positioning stage'. Ultrafine process is an essential part of many semiconductor and display production equipment.

[Shin Jung-Wook / CEO Jae-Won Co., Ltd.: It plays a role to position. We put in such equipment to float LCD and go back to wafer rotation… .]

It is a highly dependable item from Japan, but the company has reduced the error to 0.5 micrometer level and is planning to export to Japan later this month.

However, the problem is that it is difficult to get a test opportunity to see if it can be applied to the process.

[Shin Jung-Wook / CEO Jae-Won Co., Ltd.: It's not a shamelessly 'I'm a small and medium sized company. If I have the best technology, then I also want to test it and give me an equal opportunity.]

Even with this difficult research and development, technology is likely to die without a stable channel.

The Japanese government's approach changed with the Japanese export restrictions.

The government will connect and support joint R & D with large companies and technologies that need parts and materials.

[Park Young-sun / Minister of Small and Medium Venture Business: We are currently working on linking the possible production of products among Korean SMEs with the list of (necessary products) given by large companies.]

The SME, which makes OLED deposition equipment for display, succeeded in localizing in collaboration with LG from the beginning.

[Kang Chan-ho / Senior Vice President: Since there was a 'willingness to localize' equipment in large companies, we were able to cooperate and support it to some extent so that we could succeed in development.

In order to overcome the trial and error that did not work just to support the budget, systematic 'win-win matching' that thoroughly grasps technology and marketability is important.

(Video coverage: Kim Heung-sik, Video editing: Lee Seung-jin, CG: Seo Hyunjung)