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Photonics Cluster

Photonics Cluster . South Korea/ Gwangju Jeong Hyop Lee (STEPI, S. Korea). Short description of the case (1). Description of the domain and policy level Agglomeration of photonics industry, research institutes, universities in and around Gwangju

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Photonics Cluster

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  1. Photonics Cluster South Korea/Gwangju JeongHyop Lee (STEPI, S. Korea)

  2. Short description of the case (1) • Description of the domain and policy level • Agglomeration of photonics industry, research institutes, universities in and around Gwangju • Triggered by local strategic industry promotion program of the central government since late 1990s, which has served as a refuge for domestic photonics producers during the mid 2000s global photonics industry downturn • Rapid growth • Sales: 110 billion KRW (1999) to 2,500 billion KRW (2010) • Employees: 1,900 (1999) to 8,000 (2010) • Companies: 47 (1999) to 360 (2010)

  3. Short description of the case (1) • Key players (+ leading actors) and international position • On the business side • LED: Samsung LED, LG Innotek, Seoul Semiconductor, etc for domestic market • Optical Communication: Samsung Fiberoptics, Taihan, LSIS, etc for global system companies like Lucent, Cisco, etc • On the research side: Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), GwangjuTechnopark (GT), Honam Leading Industry Office (Leading Industry Development for Economic Region), Korea Association for Photonics Industry Development (KAPID) • On the government side: Gwangju Metropolitan City, Honam Regional Development Committee, Ministry of Knowledge Economy

  4. Short description of the case (2) • What are the key challenges in the cluster/domain and the region in international perspective for improving the differentiation of the region in growth areas • Weak capacities in the emerging areas of optical lens, sensor, laser, etc, which also serve as a source of new fusion industry • Shrinkage of LED domestic market at the moment especially in the LED TV with uncertain domestic and international procurement market for green growth (reliability, price, etc) • Rapid catch-up of Chinese companies in the area of LED and optical communication parts and modules • Weak local linkages for next generation industry in the region and with global players

  5. Short description of the case (2) • Main competitive advantages in the domain / region for smart specialisation • Strong engineering capabilities which surpass the Chinese and almost equal to western countries with price competitiveness • General Purpose Technologies for next generation photonics industry are partially available through GIST • Diverse engineering extension networks such as product development, test, and pilot production with local universities, research institutes, etc

  6. Ambitions and strategic actions in the case in the coming year (1) • Plans for new strategy development and new internationalisation • Photonics 2020, New vision for photonics industrial development (2010) • Leading industry promotion (2009-2011) • Three phases of local strategic industry promotion (2000-2012) • Methods and tools foreseen to implement the process of entrepreneurial discovery • Photonics 2020: creation of industry, universities, research institutes, government association • Leading industry promotion: technology development and industrial ecology cultivation through domestic and international networking, HRD, etc in Economic Region (Gwangju and two adjacent provinces) • Local strategic industry promotion • first phase (2000-2003): infrastructure and complex • second phase (2004-2008): promotion of LED, optical communication, etc • third phase (2009-2012): searching for next generation

  7. Ambitions and strategic actions in the case in the coming year (2) • Interaction between government and cluster organisations • Regional: fine-tuning of governing mechanism of local and economic region for intensifying current networks • National: support for nation-wide expansion of new photonics product development • International: strategic FDI inducement, global marketing, etc • Cross-border activities and cooperation foreseen • Expansion of various research and marketing collaboration • Reach out to developing/less developed countries through benchmarking visits and ODA support (to set up LED lighting in the Mongolian villages)

  8. Expected outcome/contribution of the case • What do the stakeholders expect from the case study? • Global re-positioning of the local industry to mobilize global resources to develop next generation products • What do regional/national policy makers expect from the case study? • Multi-scalar governing mechanism to coordinate various stakeholders and consensus development process • What do you expect to learn in the project? • Searching for appropriate approaches and tools for practical solutions with local system diagnosis

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