GSEC delegation returns from Korean trip growing global economic ties

9/16/24

Trip included three MOU signings and visits to global HQs of Samsung 和SK海力士

萨克拉门托, CA – 大萨克拉门托经济委员会 (GSEC) hosted its first delegation to South Korea August 16-26, 由GSEC董事会新主席领导, 十大网投官方入口大学戴维斯分校校长Gary S. 可以. 的 regional contingency visited and toured the global headquarters of South Korean companies with recent investments in the region including Samsung, which opened a 50-person semiconductor research and development office in Folsom, 和SK海力士, the parent company of global semiconductor company Solidigm, 总部设在科多瓦牧场的公司. GSEC also solidified long-term partnerships with three Korean organizations through memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to advance life science and electric vehicle innovations and support economic growth in 更大的萨克拉门托.

“It was a career high to visit and tour the headquarters of SK hynix and Samsung. 的 investments these companies have made in our region have been transformational, creating great jobs for residents and raising the region’s global reputation. 的se visits are important to show our gratitude for their investments and commitment to their success in our community,巴里·布鲁姆解释道, 总统 & GSEC首席执行官. 他继续说, “We are serious about helping expand our South Korea business opportunities in 更大的萨克拉门托 and this trip furthered that opportunity.”

While in Korea, GSEC also signed MOUs with two prominent life science organizations:

• 再生医学加速基金会 (RMAF): a nonprofit organization that promotes the advanced regenerative medicine industry and works to improve reliability and safety of regenerative medicines through public and private partnerships. 再生医学使用干细胞, progenitor cells and other biological approaches to repair or reconstruct damaged functional cells and tissues.
• 首尔大学盆唐医院 (SNUBH): SNUBH’s 医疗保健 Innovation Park is a center for research collaboration between industry and SNUBH researchers and is the first of its kind in Korea. 在公园, 来自生物技术的业务, 信息技术, 基因工程, 医疗设备, 纳米, regenerative medicine and related sectors have offices and research facilities at the Innovation Park where they work closely with medical school researchers of SNU daily.

通过这些谅解备忘录, GSEC committed to supporting companies associated with these organizations that are interested in establishing operations in the 更大的萨克拉门托 region. GSEC将作为这些公司的联络人, helping to connect them to critical resources and partnerships and provide market analytics to help them settle into the region.

除了, as part of the MOU with SNUH GSEC will support companies associated with the university with:

• site visits and mutual technology and information exchange within the 更大的萨克拉门托 region
• support for establishing and operating a commercialization model for research and development such as joint research and innovative technology with the 更大的萨克拉门托 region

GSEC还与 Chavei, the largest end-to-end electric vehicle charging solutions manufacturer and installation and service provider in South Korea. 作为协议的一部分, GSEC will help Chaevi expand its electric vehicle charging technology to the United States, 从大萨克拉门托地区开始.

的 delegation for this trip included several executives with UC Davis as well as executives and elected officials from SMUD, Rancho Cordova市, 萨克拉门托县, 福尔瑟姆市, 洛斯里奥斯社区学院区, 韦克斯福德科技和PRIDE工业, 以及GSEC的三位领导.

This visit to Korea and the resulting MOUs are part of GSEC’s new international initiative, “大萨克拉门托的全球化.’ 的 initiative was unveiled in November 2023 to expand international business opportunities and enhance direct air services to the 更大的萨克拉门托 region. This is the second international delegation trip GSEC has made this year. 在2月份, it led a group of 20 local leaders to Germany and met with global leadership at Bosch, 宝马, 梅塞德斯-奔驰, 西门子移动, SMA Solar等.

此次旅行的照片可以在这里找到: http://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bPNc6wUdQVCpE_XTgkrPUdmhsRBM20a-?usp=sharing

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