[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The Dongwha medical equipment industrial complex located in Munmak-eup, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Korea, has many promising small and medium companies of Korea. It is becoming the center of the Gangwon region’s medical industry as the medical equipment companies, from small companies to those equivalent to medium sized company have been gathering in one place.

Hyun Medics Co., Ltd.(CEO Seo Hyun-bae, www.humaninterface.co.kr) a company specialized in medical equipment has been expanding its business position in order to become a central axis of this trend.

Hyun Medics Co., Ltd. is the company to manufacture and selldrug injection device, medical needle, dural appearance detector, respiratory detector, etc. Its drug injection device and medical needle, which are the company’s flagship products, have been gaining popularity in the domestic and overseas markets. Also as for the drug controlling device, the company has applied for patents of this product in the US, Europe, China, Japan, etc., and has exported it to Europe, Asia, Middle East, etc. as well as selling in the domestic market.

Hyun Medics Co., Ltd. has participated steadily in various research and development projects sponsored by the government agencies based on its technological and product competitiveness.For this year alone, the company has been selected for three government-sponsored projects; thus, it is currentlyconducting research and development.

First, “Gangwon IP Star Company for 2012” was awarded by the Gangwon Intellectual Property Center in May of this year; the company was awarded along with the 9 other companies located in Gangwon-do. As a result, Hyun Medics Co., Ltd. will receive intellectual property management consulting for three years, equivalent to approximately KRW 200 million for patent technologies trend research and analysis, simulation production, support for brand and design development, etc.

In addition, the company has also been selected as one of “the 22 promising exporting small and medium companies in Gangwon-do for the first half of 2012” by the GangwonSmall and Medium Company Administration; thereby, receiving financial and marketing assistance from various financial institutions and export promotion agencies.

In addition, the fact that it has been selected as the target for support of “the tasks to lead the future for development of technological innovation of small and medium companies”, which supports a maximum of KRW 3.5 billion for two years to seven small and medium companies in Gangwon-do can be said as a result of the company’s long-accumulated technological and product competitiveness.This research project is to support high-value future-promising technologies development.