Cluster-to-cluster between Gwangju Institute of Green-Car Advancement(GIGA) and Automotive Cluster Bulgaria(ACB)

GIGA was established in 2011 and is located in Gwangju, Korea with the vision of a hub institute to promote the business of clustering eco-friendly automotive parts in order to lead future automobile parts industry.

In 2020, DeltaTech-Korea Ltd(DTK) tied a business relationship with GIGA by successfully carrying out a “Foreign demand research and marketing service for autonomous low-speed specialty vehicles”

Formed a solid relationship by conducting not only in 2020 but also in 2021 linkage second year project, DTK which is Enterprise Europe Network(EEN) nodes in Korea promoted the signing of a Cluster to Cluster(C2C) MOU between GIGA and Automotive Cluster Bulgaria(ACB) in Bulgaria.

With the help of DTK’s Spanish branch, GIGA and ACB signed a C2C MOU on 11 November 21. In compliance with MOU, ACB invited GIGA to a conference organized by the Cluster Association of Innovative Technologies(BRAIT) which includes ACB.

Furthermore GIGA was invited again to a forum named Automotive-Mobility Forum, top-level event in Europe by showing pitching video under the theme Sustainability in the automotive industry.

Considering it is not common for Korean and European institutions to sign a C2C MOU and leads to active collaboration rather than just signing an MOU, this case is sufficient first-step to connect cluster ecosystem collaboration as a successful story of the C2C MOU.

In order to establish an eco-friendly mobility ecosystem, GIGA is continuing to collaborate with DTK to create new success stories by planning a business to enter the U.S. market in 2022.