AI NewsWaveIndustry Ministry Launches M.AX Alliance Data Working Group, Unveils Manufacturing Data Roadmap
Key points
- M.AX Alliance data working group launched on the 29th
- First comprehensive strategy for manufacturing data unveiled
- Standardization and sharing of manufacturing data to be pursued
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the launch ceremony of the M.AX Alliance data working group on the morning of the 29th at the Manufacturing AI Solution Center in Pangyo. According to Hellot and Robot Newspaper, attendees included Minister Kim Jung-kwan, data experts by field and industry, and related agencies such as the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT), the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) and the Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI).
Industry News reported that the ministry launched the data working group and unveiled the first comprehensive strategy for manufacturing data, in order to connect the data accumulated at manufacturing sites to AI training and use. Hellot reported that the M.AX manufacturing data promotion roadmap was announced for the first time at the event.
According to Electimes, the ministry will push ahead with a national manufacturing data library project, for which 115.8 billion won was included in the 2027 government budget proposal, and will support the standardization, safe sharing and use of manufacturing data from 2027 to 2031. The outlet reported that a public-private cooperation system to connect data accumulated at manufacturing sites to AI competitiveness is now getting under way in earnest.
Other M.AX events have also been held recently. Newsis reported that KIAT held the 3rd M.AX Regional Expansion Conference at the Gumi Convention Center in North Gyeongsang Province on the 28th, as it said on the 29th. According to Newsis, the event was meant to help regional manufacturers introduce and use AI technology at production sites. Techworld News reported that the event was hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and that Mondrian AI presented an AX case applied at a semiconductor parts manufacturing site and its manufacturing AI platform MonPlant.
Glossary Manufacturing data refers to data accumulated in the course of equipment, process and quality management at manufacturing sites.