On Thursday, April 21, 2011, Governor Kim, Moon-Soo, governor of Gyeonggi Province visited Detroit, Michigan to join Michigan Governor Rick Snyder at an event showcasing the Gyeonggi-UT Austin’s Global Commercialization Group (GCG) Innovation Program. The focus of the day was a celebration launching collaboration between Link Engineering, Inc., a market leader in industrial testing equipment, and KNR Inc., a Korean testing equipment manufacturer and testing services provider. KNR was a finalist in the second year of the Gyeonggi-UT-(GCG) Innovation Program and the project was initiated through our Program in Korea.

The Link-KNR event was held at a new Link testing facility housed in a former Ford Motor Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The event was highlighted by unveiling a newly installed Test Bench manufactured at KNR, installed at the Link test facility. KNR and Link will collaborate using the test bench to provide automotive and industrial test services, primarily for the automotive industry.

Following these events, the Gyeonggi Group visited the GM Volt electric automobile assembly facility, a Hyundai-Mobis assembly and distribution facility and the Henry Ford Museum. The entire day and program was orchestrated and arranged by Soraya Kim, a business development manager in the Program, in conjunction with the Provincial Government of Gyeonggi Province.
GCG has been running the Korean technology commercialization program for over three years now with demonstrable results of bringing Korean innovation to the U.S. market.