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Startup from Korea Water Cluster wins awards at Taiwan Innotech Expo
Employees of Architeck pose during the 2025 Taiwan Innotech Expo at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, Oct. 18. Courtesy of Korea Environment Corp.
By Jhoo Dong-chan
Architeck, a tenant company at the Korea Water Cluster, won three awards from the National Research Council of Thailand during the 2025 Taiwan Innotech Expo held Oct. 16-18 at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1. Located in Daegu, the Korea Water Cluster is the country’s national industry cluster operated by the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment.
Organized by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, the three-day expo is one of Asia’s largest invention and technology exhibitions. This year’s event featured 544 inventions from 19 countries, drawing strong international competition.
Architeck, a startup incubated at the cluster’s business support center, has benefited from various programs such as prototype production and exhibition participation support. The company’s participation in this year’s expo was part of such initiatives, providing an opportunity to showcase its technological capabilities on the global stage, the Korea Environment Corp. said in a press release.
The company won silver, bronze medal and a special prize from Thailand’s public agency. Of them, the silver and special prize-winning technology is a construction project management platform that uses smart glasses to collect and monitor video and audio data in real time, converting the information into digital documents and databases.
The bronze-winning technology is a smart supervision and construction management platform that automatically records and manages video, photo and document data from asbestos removal sites, improving both efficiency and safety.
The Korea Environment Corp. added that the awarded technologies represent a cloud-based integrated platform that enhances both efficiency and safety in the construction sector of the water industry. The cluster plans to continue supporting the company so that these technologies can be expanded to smart water management systems.
“From the early stages of our startup, the cluster’s diverse support programs have helped us grow,” Architeck CEO Bang Jae-woong said.
“We will continue to advance our technologies and strengthen international cooperation to lead digital transformation in the construction industry and enhance our global competitiveness.”
Korea Water Cluster head Lee Jae-won welcomed the company’s achievement.
“The cluster will continue to actively discover promising startups in the water industry and provide full support to strengthen their technological competitiveness in overseas markets,” he said.