한국 공작기계산업의 국제경쟁력 강화방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to propose measures to enhance the international competitiveness of Machine Tool industries in Korea. By analyzing the status and international competitiveness of Machine Tool industries in Korea, this study also intends to demonstrate how to promote them as future core strategic industries. An analysis of the status of Korea's Machine Tool industries in 2010 shows that the size of Machine Tools' market is about 4 trillion won and has been steadily growing at an average rate of more than 20% per year. The total value of imported Machine Tools is $ 2.27 billion while that of exported Machine Tools is $1.45 billion. In addition, the trade deficit reached 938.2 billion won in 2010, which is 6.5 percent more than in the previous year. The total value of production in domestic Machine Tools increased by 7.24 percent, to about 3 trillion won, compared to the previous year. Furthermore the market share of domestic Machine Tools is 43.7 percent. However, despite recent growth the Machine Tool industry in Korea is expected to face future difficulties as the local market share of imported devices is increasing while tariffs have been eliminated under the system of FTA. An close analysis shows that the international competitiveness of our nation's Machine Tool industry is inferior to that of global corporations in all aspects: capital, technology, human resources, brand recognition, etc. Furthermore, small enterprise is facing difficulty creating new demand due to the domestic medical authority's preference for foreign-made Machine Tools and discrimination against domestic products. In terms of the system, external forms are international, but many internal institutions do not correspond with international standards. Furthermore, internal systems do not correspond to the development of innovative technologies such as complex Machine Tools combined with IT and BT and the beginning of U-health. Therefore, the laws in these area need revising. An analysis conducted using Porter's diamond model shows that although Korea's international competitiveness received a relatively high evaluation in terms of the associated and support industry(production inducement coefficient), it ranked the lowest compared with developed countries.