▲ HP Korea and Dongguk University entered a business agreement to develop the printing market at Lotus Hall, Dongguk University on May 28. Professor Kim Seung-yong, Director of Planning & Budget, Dongguk University (left), and Kim Byung-soo, Managing Director, Indigo, HP Korea (right)

On May 28, HP Korea signed a business agreement with Dongguk University for training printing business managers and the advancement of the digital printing market.

Dongguk University will offer a major program associated with Graphic Communication Science at the School of Business Administration from the fall semester starting in September 2020.

HP Korea will support digital printing education and practical training in the associated program that will be offered at Dongguk University. HP Korea and Dongguk University will work hand-in-hand to educate students on the latest digital printing technologies and solutions to foster professionals in the domestic printing industry and further develop the regional industry.

HP Korea will actively support digital printing education and practical training in line with Dongguk University’s move to train printing business executives and managers.

Dongguk University’s curriculum will include a variety of information, such as digital printing product development using HP Indigo (a digital printing solution of HP), the latest trends in digital printing technology, and business opportunities through digital printing. This is to increase the understanding of the printing industry and lead the growth of the industry.

HP will select outstanding students and provide them with internship opportunities at HP as well as overseas training prospects. In addition, practical training opportunities will be offered in various digital printing areas in association with partner companies.

Based on their mutual cooperation, HP Korea and Dongguk University are also set to develop university printing platform startups.

It is expected that the printing orders in the university will be handled by printing through HP Indigo, thereby supporting the popular use of high-quality printing materials in the university, satisfying printing demands on campus at a reasonable cost, and providing business experience opportunities to future printing business managers.

Kim Byung-soo, Managing Director of the Indigo Division, HP Korea said, “This agreement is a result of the efforts made to contribute to the progress of the domestic printing industry, fostering of printing business professionals, and growth of the regional industry based on the know-how of HP, which has led the global digital printing industry. Based on the cooperation agreement with Dongguk University, we will continuously seek the role of HP can play in strengthening the competitiveness of the South Korean digital printing industry.”