Hcnc

What Hcnc does

HCNC ((주)에이치씨엔씨) is a privately held South Korean smart IT convergence company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, with additional offices in Ulsan, Daegu, Jangseong, Yongin, and a London liaison office. The company integrates information technology (IT) management systems with operational technology (OT) equipment automation across five business areas: smart automation (robot system integration, equipment automation, smart factory construction, AGV/AMR logistics), IT integration services (data center buildout, SI/application development, ERP/MES, IT outsourcing, Oracle consulting, nationwide TDMS maintenance for ~120 hospitals), SMART solutions (H-Smart MES/CMMS/SPC/ITAM, a 750,000-tag RTDB, off-line robot programming, Robot-on-Robot collaborative automation, ORC waste-heat power), safety and health integrated management (Smart SDPP, Smart SHE for compliance with Korea's Serious Accident Punishment Act), and AX/AI transformation services built around the ANA Series AI suite.

HCNC's core technology stack centers on a proprietary H-Smart Sphere MES framework using OPC-standard collection and plug-in sensor modules, a 750,000-tag industrial RTDB claimed as the largest in Korea, and the ANA Series of AI solutions — ana-ONE (end-to-end AI platform with MLOps), ana-View (computer vision inspection), ana-Bot (LLM-based assistant), and ana-Opt (reinforcement-learning process optimization), with TTA-certified 98.6% AU-ROC accuracy on MVTEC-AD. The company holds 9 patents and 8 trademarks, filed a PCT international patent for next-generation painting robot telescopic boom technology in late 2025, and has been designated an AI Factory specialized company by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Revenue is generated primarily through project-based professional services (smart factory construction, robot SI, IT integration) supplemented by subscription/recurring streams from ANA Series and Smart SDPP, with go-to-market executed via direct enterprise sales to large Korean manufacturers and energy firms, public-sector bidding, exhibitions such as BUTECH, and strategic partnerships (InnoGrid for cloud distribution, Hyundai Robotics for talent development, universities for robot teaching certification). Named customers span SK Innovation/SK Energy/SK On/SK Hynix, POSCO, Hyundai Motor, LG Energy Solution, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Korean Air, and government agencies including Korea Labor Welfare Corporation and Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency.

Name

Hcnc

Legal name

(주)에이치씨엔씨

Website

https://hcnc.co.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

HCNC ((주)에이치씨엔씨) is a South Korean smart IT convergence company founded in 2005 that builds smart factory automation, proprietary MES/RTDB platforms, and the ANA Series AI suite for large manufacturers, energy firms, and public agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Factory Solutions and Industrial IT Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

IT Asset Discovery, Inventory & CMDB Services (BPAEAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Experience Monitoring & Management (DEX/DEM, AIOps for EUC) (BPAEAIAF)

Keywords

• Smart factory solutions
• Robot system integration
• Industrial AI solutions
• Manufacturing automation
• IT integration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. 스마트 자동화 솔루션: Robot SI, equipment automation, smart factory construction services providing unmanned automation systems for manufacturing processes. Revenue generated through project-based implementations.
2. IT 통합서비스: Large-scale RTDB systems, public institution informatization, and enterprise IT integration systems including ERP/MES construction and IT outsourcing services.
3. AI 솔루션 (ANA Series): AI-based quality inspection, time-series anomaly detection, and AI transformation consulting services for enterprise digitalization.
4. 안전보건 통합관리 솔루션: Safety and health management solutions for serious accident prevention compliance, including SDPP platform.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

HCNC provides end-to-end smart factory and industrial AI solutions for Korean manufacturers and public institutions, spanning robot system integration (robot SI, equipment automation, AGV/AMR logistics), IT integration services (ERP/MES construction, large-scale 750,000-tag RTDB, ITO outsourcing), AI-based quality inspection and process optimization through the proprietary ANA Series platform, and safety/health integrated management via Smart SDPP for compliance with Korea's Serious Accident Punishment Act. The offering combines IT management systems with OT equipment automation, targeting productivity improvement, unmanned automation, predictive maintenance and regulatory compliance.

Product overview

HCNC((주)에이치씨엔씨)는 스마트 IT 융복합 전문기업으로, 크게 다섯 가지 사업 부문으로 구성됩니다. (1) 스마트 자동화 부문: 로봇 SI, 설비 자동화, 검사 자동화, 물류 자동화(AGV/AMR), 모니터링 시스템, 스마트배움터 교육 솔루션을 제공합니다. (2) IT 통합서비스 부문: 전산센터 구축, SI/응용개발, ERP/MES 구축(H-Smart Sphere Framework 기반), ITO 아웃소싱, Oracle 컨설팅(OCS/ACS), 전국 120여 개 병원 TDMS 유지보수를 수행합니다. (3) SMART 솔루션 부문: H-Smart MES(통합생산관리), H-Smart CMMS(설비관리), H-Smart SPC(품질관리), H-Smart ITAM(IT자산관리), RTDB(75만 태그 대규모 산업용 실시간 DB), OLP(로봇 오프라인 프로그래밍), Robot On Robot, ORC(중저온발전) 솔루션을 제공합니다. (4) 안전보건 통합관리 부문: Smart SDPP(안전보건 통합관리 플랫폼) 및 Smart SHE(안전·보건·환경 통합 관리)를 통해 중대재해 처벌법 대응 체계를 지원합니다. (5) AX 서비스(AI Transformation) 부문: ANA Series AI 솔루션 라인업(ana-ONE, ana-View, ana-Bot, ana-Opt)을 통해 AI 전략 컨설팅, 데이터 파이프라인, AI 모델 개발·배포, MLOps 운영까지 End-to-End로 지원합니다. 전체 포트폴리오는 제조 현장의 자동화·지능화를 단일 벤더에서 종합적으로 구현하는 것이 특징입니다.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ANA Series: AI solution lineup including ana-ONE (End-to-End AI platform), ana-View (AI vision solution), ana-Bot (AI assistant), and ana-Opt (process optimization).
• Smart SDPP
• H-Smart MES
• Smart CMMS
• Smart SPC
• H-Smart ITAM
• Smart Sphere Framework

Products and services

• ANA Series AI Solution Lineup Manufacturing-tailored AI solution lineup composed of ana-ONE (end-to-end AI platform), ana-View (AI vision inspection), ana-Bot (AI assistant) and ana-Opt (process optimization), covering the full data collection-to-model deployment lifecycle for enterprise digitalization.
• Smart SDPP (Safety and Health Integrated Management Platform) Smart Disaster Prevention Platform providing integrated management of safety, health and environment (SHE) for industrial sites, with risk assessment, education, legal information and systematic control of safety and health operations in response to Korea's Serious Accident Punishment Act.
• Smart SHE Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) integrated management solution for industrial sites, providing systematic safety and health operations management aligned with Korea's Serious Accident Punishment Act compliance.
• H-Smart MES

Quantifiable outcome

• 98.6% 정확도 (AU-ROC)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability13 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 이노그리드coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 October 2024에이치씨엔씨(HCNC)와 이노그리드가 클라우드 솔루션 전국 확산을 위한 전략적 파트너십 체결. 스마트팩토리 중대재해 안전 솔루션 및 클라우드 솔루션 공동 개발 및 사업화 협력.
• 협동 로봇 제조사coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024국내 협동로봇 전문 제조사와의 파트너십을 통한 스마트공장 구현 시너지 창출.
• AI 팩토리 CertifiedcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024산업통상부, 산기평 공식인증 AI 팩토리 전문기업으로서 AI 팩토리 구축 역량 인증.
• 산업용 로봇 제조사coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024국내 유일 산업용로봇 전문 제조사와의 파트너십.
• 이노그리드coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022스마트팩토리 중대재해 안전 솔루션 공동 개발. 클라우드 기반 안전관리 플랫폼 협력.
• 울산 중구청minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 March 2022로봇 배움터 조성 업무협약 체결. 지역 미래인재 양성 프로그램 운영.
• 한국산업인력공단coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2021산업용로봇 티칭전문가 자격제도 운영 및 인증 관련 협력.
• 현대로보틱스coreTechnology or Integration · 26 May 2021울산과학대와 현대로보틱스와 함께 로봇산업 인재 양성을 위한 MOU 체결. HD현대중공업 계열사로, 국내 최대 산업용 로봇 제조사. 로봇 티칭 전문가 자격제도 신설 및 교육 프로그램 운영.
• 울산과학대학교coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 May 2021산업용로봇 티칭전문가 자격제도 신설 MOU 체결. 스마트공장 실습교육 시스템 구축. 로봇 배움터 조성 및 운영.
• 울산 중구minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2021일자리 창출을 위한 업무협약(MOU) 체결. 지역 인재 발굴 및 채용 기회 제공.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• LS Electric: Korean industrial automation and electrical equipment company with growing smart factory and automation portfolio. Competes in industrial automation systems serving Korean manufacturing clients.
• LG CNS: LG Group's IT services subsidiary with smart factory, AI, cloud, and enterprise IT offerings including the AI Factory Suite. Directly competes with HCNC for manufacturing AI projects, particularly within LG Energy Solution and related LG affiliates.
• YOKOGAWA Electric: Global industrial automation and control systems leader with strong Korean presence in petrochemical, power, and manufacturing DCS/SCADA. Competes in industrial control and MES-adjacent markets, particularly relevant to HCNC's energy and nuclear customers.
• Rockwell Automation: Global industrial automation leader with strong Korean presence in factory automation, control systems, and manufacturing IT. Competes in MES/SCADA, RTDB-adjacent monitoring, and smart factory integration for large Korean manufacturers.
• Siemens: Global industrial automation and digital industries giant whose Digital Industries division competes in factory automation, MES, and digital twin technology. Sets the technology benchmark HCNC's MES and smart factory products are measured against.
• Samsung SDS: Korea's largest IT services company with the Nexplant smart factory platform, cloud, logistics, and enterprise IT. Competes with HCNC in Korean smart factory IT but operates at substantially greater scale across all industries and geographies.
• ABB: Global leader in industrial automation, robotics, and electrification with significant Korean operations. Competes in robotics SI and smart factory integration globally and is a reference point for the industrial automation segment HCNC serves.

Emerging players

• Doosan Robotics: Korean collaborative robot manufacturer and HCNC's MOU partner for industrial robot talent development. Represents the robotics ecosystem HCNC integrates; competes on adjacent rather than identical product scope.

Direct peers

• POSCO DX (formerly POSCO ICT): POSCO Group's IT services arm providing smart factory, MES, ERP, and IT integration for steel and manufacturing clients. The closest direct comparable to HCNC in terms of chaebol-focused IT integration and smart factory construction business model.
• Hyundai Autoever: Hyundai Motor Group's IT services subsidiary providing smart factory, MES, automotive IT, and AI solutions. Directly comparable to HCNC's automotive manufacturing IT focus and chaebol-affiliated services model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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