WATON, Signs Strategic MOU with 4 large FA companies for the first time in the Vietnamese FA market for a new concept 'HookDrive™'... Accelerate entry into global markets

WATON (CEO Ha Won-ho) unveiled its new concept gearless index drive "HookDrive™" (Hook Drive), developed with its own technology, for the first time through an exhibition of Vietnamese industries. This exhibition is significant in that it is a strategic starting point for overseas markets beyond simple product exhibitions. Hook Drive is an innovative product that enables precise control and high-speed driving without gears, and has fundamentally solved the noise, wear, and precision deterioration problems of existing gear-type devices. It attracted great attention from local buyers in that it can maintain high-quality performance while securing both durability and cost competitiveness.

During the exhibition, WATON signed strategic MOUs with four large FA companies in Vietnam, proving both technology and marketability. As these companies have strong networks across the manufacturing industry in Southeast Asia, this agreement is expected to lead to the acceleration of the market spread of hook drives. In particular, Vietnam is a country where the manufacturing and automation industries are growing rapidly, and the economics and reliability of hook drives are exactly in line with local demand. WATON plans to build a long-term growth structure through local processing cooperation and technology partnerships, not just suppliers.

Representative Ha Won-ho said, "This exhibition was not just a public disclosure, but an achievement of practical market verification and global network expansion. We will use Vietnam as a bridgehead to accelerate our advance into the global stage in earnest such as Germany, Japan, and the United States."

The main features of the hook drive are as follows. These advantages, such as reducing maintenance costs and noise due to gearless structure, improving production efficiency through high-speed and high-precision control, maintaining performance even for long periods of operation due to durability enhancement specialization, and realizing high quality and economic feasibility by securing cost competitiveness, are raising the possibility of becoming the next-generation automation solution not only in Vietnam, but also in Southeast Asia, and even in the global market.

In preparation for this exhibition, WATON spent months preparing for research and development, durability testing, marketing, and promotion. As a result, it achieved results that were simultaneously recognized by local and foreign buyers for technology reliability and corporate vision. In particular, media and industry officials noted that the hook drive is a product that can present a new paradigm for industrial automation. This signaled WATON's leap from the global FA market to an innovative company.

In the end, this achievement is more than just participating in the exhibition by signing MOUs with large overseas companies, verifying suitability of the local market, reconsidering brand awareness and reliability, and preparing a bridgehead for entering the global market. WATON is making clear its vision to establish itself as a next-generation FA solution leader in the global market, focusing on Hook Drive.