Last year, Doosan Infracore achieved US$2 billion in exports, and overseas sales of machine tools have averaged at least twenty-five percent annual growth over the past three years. Indeed, the company is now hot on the heels of such global machine tool leaders as Mazak and Mori Seki.
  The Korean government is keen on knowing how Doosan Infracore, the nation’s largest machinery maker and Korean representative on the global stage, maintains a competitive edge. Therefore, on March 2 a delegation led by Korean Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) Kim Young-ju toured Changwon Plant 1 to get a first-hand look at Doosan Infracore’s know-how and machine tool production operations. The Minister also spent time talking with the plant workers. He was accompanied by MOCIE Major Manufacturing Industries Office Director General Kim Young-hak; MOCIE Machinery, Aerospace and Defense Industries Division Director Nam Ki-man; and Korean Materials & Components Industry Agency President Kim Dong-chul.
  The senior government officials were met at the plant by Doosan Infracore Vice Chairman Park Yong-maan, President Choe Sung-chul and Machine Tools BG Chief & Executive Vice President Kim Woong-bum.
  Exec. VP Kim walked the delegation through the Machining Line, Assembly Line, Mold Center, Multifunction Center and Reliability Center. The visitors were especially impressed by Doosan Infracore’s ongoing efforts to enhance global competitiveness, including the unique cell organization for workers and robust program for developing advanced new models. They also praised the company’s localization of CNC controllers, designated as one of the government’s Top Ten strategic parts and materials in 2005. As such, the government provides support in research and development.