Unlike the political tensions between Korea and Japan, the move to promote cooperation in corporate trade has continued steadily.
In particular, LA Times Asia Journal Holdings Company, the parent company of LA Times Asia Journal, which publishes English-language magazines for the U.S. market in Korea, has signed a contract with Elematec, a general firm of TOYOTA Group in Japan, to introduce Korea’s technology-savvy products to Japan.
Let’s take a look at the current situation in which Elematec is consulting specifically on the export of technologies and products between global Japanese companies and Korean companies.
NTT DATA, of great interest to Korean bio-software companies
NTT Data, a system software developer, is highly interested in three South Korean software developers. Infomining Co., Ltd. an AI solution developer that can measure biometric signals through smart watches, GB Soft Co., Ltd. an AI solution developer that can measure biometric signals through cameras, and HHS Co., Ltd. which can measure biometric signals through brainwave measurement device modules attached to safety helmets, are highly interested in the technology of HHS Co., Ltd. which allows health care. NTT Data plans to present the three Korean technology companies to its clients NTT Group, Panasonic Group and TOYOTA Group.
Atex is interested in Korean beauty devices
Atex Co., Ltd. Japan’s leading beauty device product vendor, is currently adjusting samples and estimates for the import process of Emma Healthcare, which has been selling a plasma skincare device in Korea due to word of mouth. Atex Co., Ltd. is proceeding swiftly to import plasma skincare devices until this year.
Maxell will sell Korean beauty device products on TV Home Shopping
Maxell, a Japanese home appliance manufacturing and sales company, is also showing an active willingness to import and sell Emma Healthcare, a Korean plasma skincare device company. In particular, the company is currently evaluating samples with the aim of selling TV home shopping in Japan. In addition to skincare devices, Maxell is also conducting market research and presentations on Japanese companies that can collaborate with software company GB Soft Co., Ltd.
CASIO, globally famous watch manufacturer, pay attentions to outstanding Korean software company
Casio Co., Ltd., a watchmaker that swept the world with an electronic watch, is currently in talks to mount the technology of Korean SMEs in developing new products. The Korean tech company, which Casio Co., Ltd. is highly interested in, is considering introducing the technology to check the accuracy of its signals in the new product development team of Casio Co., Ltd., which tested the products of Infomining Co., Ltd., a bio-solution company that measures and checks health care through Korea`s Infomining Co., Ltd. Smart watch.
Audio Technica is in talks with Korean companies to produce ODM products
“Audio Technica,” a Japanese sound manufacturing and sales company, is conducting market analysis and consultation inquiries for ODM companies to manufacture webcams and switchers essential for video conferences in Korea as the Corona virus has become common around the world.
Shimiz, a large Japanese construction company, is interested in Korean companies with wastewater treatment technology
Shimiz, which has been established Two Hundred Sixteen years ago as Japan’s leading civil engineering and construction company, is paying attention to the microbial culture technology of STX Bio, a Korean multi-microbial culture technology company. It is considering applying the microbial culture technology of “STX Bio” to buildings that require wastewater treatment in the construction of Japanese factories.
Toyota Group’s general trading company, Elematec, is active in various import and export consultation and brokerage roles based on networks of Japan and Asia, despite the unfavorable global trade environment due to the Coronavirus.
As a Korean partner of Elematec, the Los Angeles Times Asia Journal Holdings prides itself on being able to play a leading role in exporting Korea’s highly skilled products around the world.
Mike Choi
Asia Journal
(Los Angeles Times Advertising Supplement)
