APR Takes on Ministry of Industry Semiconductor National Project... Internalizing Core Beauty Device Technologies

Four-Year, KRW 7.6 Billion R&D Initiative Through 2029
Developing a K-Beauty Tech Platform Based on System Semiconductors

APR announced on the 26th that it held the "Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Semiconductor Advanced Industry Technology Development Project Selection Kick-off Meeting" on the 76th floor of Lotte World Tower in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 23rd.

The event was attended by Shin Jae-woo, Head of APR R&D Center, Park Dong-hee, head of the project and head of the Technology Research Laboratory, as well as officials from participating organizations such as domestic university research institutes and government-funded research institutions.

On the 23rd, Jae Woo Shin, Head of R&D Center at APR, spoke at the 'Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Semiconductor Advanced Industry Technology Development Project Selection Kick-Off Meeting' held on the 76th floor of Lotte World Tower in Songpa-gu, Seoul. APR

This event was organized to share the step-by-step objectives, project promotion direction, and detailed implementation plans of the Semiconductor Advanced Industry Technology Development Project led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

APR was selected as the lead organization for this project last month. Accordingly, the company will carry out research and development projects for four years, from 2026 to 2029, together with participating organizations. The consortium will receive a total research and development fund of 7.6 billion won.

The core of this project is for APR to independently secure key parts and system technologies that determine the competitiveness of beauty devices. To this end, the company plans to focus on researching system semiconductor technologies that determine device output stability and miniaturization, power efficiency, safety control, and user experience (UX).

Leveraging this national R&D project, APR aims to expand its accumulated commercialization capabilities in the beauty device sector into semiconductors and core proprietary technology fields. In doing so, the company seeks to reduce dependence on external components and build a K-beauty tech technology platform that integrates semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), and hardware.

The results of this development are expected to be applied not only to future home-use homecare devices and professional beauty equipment, but also as a core module platform for beauty devices.

Since APR entered the beauty device business in 2021, it has continuously strengthened its technological competitiveness. In 2022, the company established the APR Device R&D Center (ADC) as a dedicated beauty device research and development team to internalize proprietary technology, and it has steadily expanded related patent applications.

An APR official said, "Being selected for this project is meaningful in that our accumulated technological capabilities in beauty devices have been recognized externally. Through collaboration with domestic professional research institutions and universities, we will internalize core K-beauty tech technologies and secure differentiated technological competitiveness in the global market."

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