Samsung Electronics is joining forces with Yoochang E&C, South Korea's largest modular building manufacturer, to expand the AI smart modular building market.
According to Samsung Electronics on the 10th, the company signed an MOU with Yoochang E&C on the 6th to collaborate on developing AI smart modular building products and securing market leadership.
The signing ceremony, held at the Cheonan plant, was attended by key figures from both companies, including Lim Seong-taek, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics Korea, Oh Chi-oh, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics Korea B2B Team, Cho Yong-sun, Chairman of Yoochang, and Cho Woo-je, CEO of Yoochang E&C.
Yoochang E&C, which pioneered the modular building business in Korea in 2003, has been leading the market with its cutting-edge technology, offering a wide range of modular buildings for residential, educational, commercial, and military purposes.
Through this partnership, Samsung Electronics plans to apply its innovative AI home appliances, including 'SmartThings Pro', system air conditioners, signage, refrigerators, and washing machines, to Yoochang E&C's diverse modular buildings, providing customized AI solutions tailored to the form and purpose of the space.
'SmartThings Pro' is an AI B2B solution that expands the 'SmartThings' connection experience from homes to various buildings such as commercial buildings, hotels, schools, and multi-residential facilities. It helps residents and managers manage buildings more conveniently and efficiently by providing AI-based integrated energy management and remote management and operation of equipment requiring maintenance.
'SmartThings Pro' can connect and manage various devices and systems, ranging from AI home appliances such as air conditioners and air purifiers to temperature and motion sensors, doors, smart plugs, lighting, and even the building's HVAC system.
The connected devices and systems can be monitored at a glance using the SmartThings app.
Furthermore, Samsung Electronics plans to expand its 'Home AI' vision, announced at CES 2025 earlier this year, to modular buildings.
Samsung's 'Home AI' vision aims to expand the experience of home beyond the current residence to create a comfortable environment like home wherever you go, including transportation, office spaces, and commercial facilities.
Samsung Electronics will also continue to expand its collaboration on 'Net Zero Home', a future-oriented eco-friendly housing model that aims to achieve zero carbon emissions by producing and efficiently using energy at home, thereby strengthening its market penetration in the modular market.
Lim Seong-taek, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics Korea, said, "The combination of Samsung Electronics' AI solutions and Yoochang E&C's technology, the largest modular manufacturer in Korea, will allow customers to enjoy differentiated AI experiences in more diverse modular spaces. Through the collaboration between the two companies, we will lead the market by introducing new AI-based modular spaces to general customers as well as various industrial spaces."
Cho Woo-je, CEO of Yoochang E&C, said, "We expect that this business agreement will create new value beyond just a space to stay through user-centered AI smart modular. We will further solidify our leadership in the modular building market with Samsung Electronics' AI solutions in the future."
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