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RFID/USN<br />
<strong>Korea</strong> Aims to Take 20% of the Global<br />
RFID/USN Market Share by 2018<br />
<strong>Korea</strong> aims to occupy 20 percent of the global RFID/USN<br />
market share by 2018, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy<br />
commented. "To this end, the government will actively foster 50<br />
RFID/USN-specialized companies, which will create a total of<br />
12,000 jobs by 2018," a ministry spokesman said. "On a step-bystep<br />
basis, <strong>Korea</strong><br />
plans to expand its<br />
global RFID/USN<br />
market share from<br />
4.2 percent in 2009<br />
to 6 percent in<br />
2010, 10 percent in<br />
2012, and further to<br />
20 percent in 2018,"<br />
he said.<br />
Along with this,<br />
the number of jobs<br />
to be created in the<br />
RFID/USN industry<br />
will steadily rise<br />
from 2,636 in 2009<br />
to 3,400 in 2010,<br />
5,500 in 2012, and<br />
again to 12,000 in<br />
2018, said the ministry official. This is due to a concrete strategy<br />
to propel the RFID/USN new growth engine, allowing the government<br />
to actively foster RFID/USN-specialized companies<br />
armed with high technology competitiveness. For instance, it<br />
spent 32.7 billion won in 2010 to support market-creative technology<br />
development in the field. The government's supports will be<br />
focused on RFID introduction technology of medical supplies,<br />
liquor and clothing, mobile RFID, and global SCM. In the meantime,<br />
the ministry will actively support such fields with great market<br />
demand as smart energy, smart social security, smart environment<br />
and mobile USN. "We will gradually shift the focus of the<br />
technology development assistance system from research centers<br />
and universities to RFID/USN-specialized companies," he said.<br />
"In particular, we will make a strong push for technology development<br />
aimed at commercialization and practical use in the fields<br />
of mobile RFID technology, RFID tags to prevent forgery of<br />
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RFID/USN technology provides a lot of new intelligent services by combining with many other industries<br />
Western liquor, RFID security technology and recognition technology<br />
of individual products," said the spokesman. He added<br />
that the government will operate a customer-oriented operation<br />
committee from the commercialization stage of technology development<br />
to expand relevant technology transfer and strengthen cooperation<br />
in the demand sector.<br />
Task pool system and tailor-made R&D<br />
planning tasks<br />
As a means of fostering RFID/USN-specialized companies,<br />
the ministry will also build a task pool system and suggest tailormade<br />
R&D planning tasks through a comprehensive analysis, he<br />
said. "Based on the government's policy needs including a new<br />
growth engine development strategy and technology roadmap,<br />
and the needs from industrial, academic and research fields, we<br />
will build a task pool system," said the spokesman. "Along with<br />
this, we will strengthen the global test and certification function of<br />
the RFID/USN center for commercialization of technology development<br />
and enhancement of confidence and global competitive<br />
power," he noted. The ministry is moving to enact domestic<br />
standards based on the commercialization of technology develop-
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