In early 2026, we announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with the Korean technology company Smart Korea, providing customized OEM laboratory products and solutions. This collaboration marks a key step in our strategic expansion into the Korean market and delivers strong technical support to help Smart Korea accelerate the commercialization of its innovations on a global scale.

01 Background: Smart Korea’s Innovation Needs and Strategic Choice

As one of the world’s most active innovation-driven economies, South Korea continues to invest heavily in biotechnology, semiconductors, and advanced materials. Smart Korea is a representative player in this ecosystem, with precise and urgent demand for high-quality, customized laboratory equipment.

In recent years, Smart Korea has grown rapidly in the biopharmaceutical sector, accelerating the R&D and commercialization of innovative therapeutic approaches. This fast development has created a distinct need for advanced lab equipment and strong technical support.

Previously, Chinese biotech companies have successfully partnered with Korean enterprises. For example, Qihong Biotech collaborated with the Korean innovative cancer therapy company artiCure, taking charge of retroviral vector manufacturing, helping its products move faster into clinical stages and expand into international markets.

The success of this collaboration model provides valuable reference for Smart Korea’s partnership with us and confirms the tremendous potential for China–Korea cooperation in high-tech fields. Smart Korea’s choice to work with us is rooted in our professional capabilities in customized laboratory equipment and technical support.

02 The Solution: A Tailored OEM Product System for Smart Korea

Our OEM solutions for Smart Korea fully reflect its unique R&D workflows and precision requirements. The core strengths of this system are demonstrated in three areas:

Professional expertise and customization capabilities form the foundation of our services. Similar to how Cosem provides ODM ion polishing equipment for Oxford Instruments, we take full responsibility for the entire process—from product design and development to manufacturing—ensuring each product matches Smart Korea’s real application scenarios.

Our engineering team works closely with Smart Korea’s technical experts to deliver deep customization and optimization based on specific experimental processes. For instance, to meet Smart Korea’s specialized requirements in tumor-therapy vector research, we adjusted the sensitivity of the detection system and refined analysis algorithms to better support precision medicine research.

A rigorous quality management system is key to earning Smart Korea’s trust. Our manufacturing facilities operate under internationally aligned quality control standards, with strict inspection procedures at every production stage, ensuring every unit delivered to Smart Korea meets the highest quality requirements.

03 Localized Support: A Dedicated Technical Service Team for Smart Korea

To better serve Smart Korea and its partners, we have established a dedicated technical service team to provide comprehensive localized support.

This strategic approach draws inspiration from the successful experience of GE Plastics in setting up a technical center in Korea. Our dedicated team will deliver timely technical support, product training, and customized solution development, ensuring Smart Korea can maximize equipment utilization and improve R&D efficiency.

The team will regularly visit Smart Korea’s R&D sites to understand real-world usage, collect improvement feedback, and quickly incorporate insights into product upgrades. This close interaction ensures our solutions continue to meet Smart Korea’s evolving needs.

By building a specialized technical support team, we can respond faster to Smart Korea’s requirements and provide products and services aligned with Korean market standards—truly delivering on the goal of “technology empowering local customers.”

04 Value Delivered: Accelerating the Commercialization of Smart Korea’s Innovations

What we provide Smart Korea goes beyond products—we offer end-to-end support to accelerate commercialization. This support is reflected across three levels:

Improved R&D efficiency: Our customized laboratory equipment significantly enhances Smart Korea’s research productivity. Precise testing instruments and automated experimental systems reduce human error and shorten parts of the workflow by approximately 30%.

Quality and compliance assurance: We help Smart Korea build a quality control system aligned with international standards. Our products strictly follow GMP-level requirements, enabling Smart Korea to pass international regulatory reviews more smoothly and removing key technical barriers to entering global markets.

International market expansion: Our global resource network makes it easier for Smart Korea to scale internationally. Just as Qihong Biotech helped artiCure accelerate global commercialization, we are committed to helping Smart Korea bring its innovations to broader markets.

05 Looking Ahead: Deepening the Smart Korea Collaboration Ecosystem

Our collaboration with Smart Korea will not stop at a conventional OEM relationship. As Genolution stated when announcing its OEM cooperation with SML Zenithree: “We will seek diverse business opportunities by expanding partnerships, not just through simple OEM.”

Looking forward, we plan to explore deeper technical exchanges and joint R&D with Smart Korea—especially in emerging biotechnology fields and high-end analytical instrumentation.

Together with Smart Korea, we aim to build an ecosystem for laboratory technology innovation. Through shared resources, technical collaboration, and market synergy, we will achieve mutual growth. As Smart Korea continues investing in high-tech R&D, we believe this partnership will become the starting point of a long-term strategic relationship and set a new benchmark for China–Korea innovation cooperation.

At Smart Korea’s Seoul R&D center, our customized lab equipment is already helping researchers pursue the next breakthrough discovery. Each unit reflects our technical strength and extends Smart Korea’s innovation capabilities.

The China–Korea collaboration network in high-tech sectors is steadily expanding across this illuminated landscape—connecting more innovative ideas with more commercial opportunities.