ICT
ICT Corporation is a South Korean software company founded in 2002 that develops QMachineStudio, a proprietary IDE for PC-based automation equipment control, serving equipment OEMs across 13+ industries including semiconductor, SMT, and inspection systems.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2002
- HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What ICT does
ICT Corporation (주)아이씨티 is a privately-held South Korean software company founded in 2002 that develops PC-based automation equipment control software. The company serves automation equipment original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across more than 13 disclosed industry verticals — including semiconductor, surface mount technology (SMT), solar, camera modules, dispensers, laser marking, and inspection/vision systems — with a cumulative installed base of more than 1,500 runtime licenses accumulated over its 20+ year operating history.
QMachineStudio, ICT's flagship product, is an integrated development environment (IDE) and runtime platform built on Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 with C# (WPF) and C++ (VCL) components. It consolidates sequence control, GUI design, debugging, communication protocol support (TCP/IP, SECS/GEM), multi-threaded PC motion control, machine vision, and database integration (SQLite/MSSQL) into a single IDE. XScript, a proprietary scripting language with built-in objects for motor control, cylinder control, DIO/AIO, communication, GUI control, and database operations, is offered to lower the learning curve for OEMs building control software. ICT also ships ICT Log Manager, a C# WPF-based runtime log analysis tool, alongside a Machine Vision Solutions hardware offering and a Developer Education and Training service.
ICT monetizes through one-time license fees for the QMachineStudio development tool plus runtime dongles, professional services (custom development, PC control consulting, training), and selective machine vision hardware resale. All pricing is quote-based and negotiated per project with no public benchmarks. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales initiated via website inquiry and email — no channel partners or resellers are disclosed. The company operates from a single office in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, with 1–10 employees, making it a very small, highly specialized vendor relative to the breadth of its installed base, with no disclosed revenue, no external funding, and no named customers in the input.
ICT firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ICT
- Legal name
- (주)아이씨티
- Website
- https://ict-lab.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2002
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- ICT Corporation is a South Korean software company founded in 2002 that develops QMachineStudio, a proprietary IDE for PC-based automation equipment control, serving equipment OEMs across 13+ industries including semiconductor, SMT, and inspection systems.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ICT industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Automation Equipment Control Software
- NAICS
- Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian) (IMAHAHAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Motion & Machine Control (CNC, Robotics Controllers, Servo/Motion Controllers) (IMAGABAG)
Keywords
Where ICT is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Seoul
- HQ country
- South Korea
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices1 record
Markets served
ICT business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- QMachineStudio Development Tool Sales: Sale of QMachineStudio integrated development environment for creating automation equipment control software.
- QMachineStudio Runtime Licenses: Runtime licenses (USB dongle) for deploying QMachineStudio-based control software to equipment. Over 1,500 cumulative runtime licenses deployed.
- Automation Equipment Control Software Development: Custom software development services for new equipment control systems based on QMachineStudio, including equipment motion sequences, UI, communication, and data processing.
- PC Control Consulting: Consulting services for architecture, hardware selection, automation control development, and driver development for PC-based control system adoption.
- Developer Education and Training: Training services for developers learning QMachineStudio and automation equipment control development.
- Machine Vision Solutions: Machine vision algorithm development and machine vision hardware sales.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels3 records
ICT product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ICT develops and sells QMachineStudio, a proprietary PC-based integrated development environment (IDE) for automation equipment control that unifies sequence control, GUI design, debugging, machine vision, and communication (TCP/IP, SECS-GEM) in a single platform using its proprietary XScript language. The company also provides custom automation equipment control software development, PC control consulting, developer training, and machine vision solutions to automation equipment manufacturers across industries including SMT, semiconductor, solar, camera modules, dispensers, laser marking, and inspection/vision systems.
Product overview
ICT (Intelligent Control Technology) is a B2B automation equipment control software specialist founded in 2002. Its primary product is QMachineStudio, an integrated development environment (IDE) and runtime platform for PC-based automation equipment control. QMachineStudio provides sequence control, GUI design, and debugging in a unified environment using the proprietary XScript scripting language. ICT also offers outsourcing development and PC control consulting services. The product supports multiple communication protocols (TCP/IP, Serial, SECS-GEM), databases (SQLite, MSSQL), machine vision, and motion control, targeting automation equipment manufacturers across industries including SMT, semiconductor, solar, camera modules, dispensers, laser marking, flip chip pick & place, inspection/vision systems, and assembly/packaging.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- QMachineStudio Integrated development environment (IDE) for PC-based automation equipment control that unifies sequence control (via proprietary XScript), GUI design, debugging tools, machine vision, and communication protocol support (TCP/IP, Serial, SECS-GEM) within a single platform. Built on Visual Studio 2022, C# (WPF), C++ (VCL), and supports SQLite/MSSQL database integration and multi-threaded PC motion control. Sold as a development tool with runtime licenses (USB dongle) deployed to end equipment; targeted at automation equipment manufacturers, inspection equipment developers, and semiconductor/display/process automation companies.
- Automation Equipment Control Software Development (Outsourcing) Contract-based custom development of PC-based automation equipment control software using QMachineStudio, covering equipment motion sequences, UI, communication, and data processing. Delivered to automation equipment manufacturers requiring tailored control software for their production equipment, following a four-step process: consultation and requirements gathering, analysis and quotation, development and delivery, and long-term maintenance.
- PC Control Consulting Consulting services supporting the adoption of PC-based control systems, covering architecture decisions, hardware selection, automation control development strategy, and driver development. Targeted at companies introducing or expanding PC-based control for automation equipment across new development and operational phases.
- Developer Education and Training Training services for developers learning QMachineStudio and automation equipment control development, supplemented by freely accessible online manuals covering tutorials, GUI, XScript, database, and Log Manager topics.
- Machine Vision Solutions Machine vision algorithm development combined with machine vision hardware sales, provided to manufacturers integrating vision-based inspection and quality control into automation equipment.
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduces automation equipment development time through integrated development environment
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use ICT
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
ICT technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
ICT partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators4 records
Recent moves4 records
Expansion highlights5 records
ICT competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- CODESYS (3S-Smart Software Solutions): CODESYS is an IEC 61131-3 programming system widely used to program PLCs and PC-based controllers from many OEMs. Both ICT and CODESYS sell a vendor-neutral runtime plus IDE to equipment manufacturers targeting similar automation OEM customers.
- B&R Industrial Automation (ABB): B&R's Automation Studio provides integrated PC-based control, HMI, motion, and safety for OEM machinery. Acquired by ABB, it competes head-to-head with ICT in PC-based control platforms targeting equipment manufacturers in similar process and discrete industries.
- Beckhoff Automation: Beckhoff's TwinCAT 3 is the dominant PC-based automation control IDE/runtime, addressing exactly the same use case as QMachineStudio: PC-based motion, PLC, and HMI for OEM equipment builders. Closest direct competitor to ICT's core product proposition.
Broad incumbents
- Siemens Digital Industries: Siemens' TIA Portal and SIMATIC platforms are the broadest incumbent automation software suite for discrete and process industries, covering everything ICT addresses but at far greater scale and with deep global enterprise reach.
- Phoenix Contact: Phoenix Contact's PLCnext Technology is a vendor-independent PC-based automation platform targeting equipment manufacturers, closely aligned with ICT's PC-based control positioning as a modern alternative to traditional PLC architectures.
- Yaskawa Electric: Yaskawa's MP3300iec and MotionWorks software target motion control OEMs in semiconductor, electronics assembly, and packaging equipment — a sub-segment of ICT's addressable market where Yaskawa has far deeper installed base.
- Rockwell Automation: Rockwell's Studio 5000 / Logix Designer suite is a leading automation programming and runtime environment sold into OEM equipment builders across North America and globally, overlapping with ICT's target customer profile but with vastly broader portfolio and resources.
- Omron: Omron's Sysmac Studio is an integrated automation suite for OEMs combining motion, vision, and control. A Japan-based incumbent targeting many of the same Asian equipment manufacturers ICT serves, with a much broader product and services portfolio.
- Bosch Rexroth: Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX Automation platform is a PC-based, open automation system targeting machine builders and OEMs with motion, PLC, and IO capabilities, overlapping with ICT's integrated motion and machine vision positioning.
- Mitsubishi Electric: Mitsubishi's MELSEC and iQ Works platform serves semiconductor, SMT, and electronics OEMs in Asia with PLC and motion control software, a similar customer set to ICT's but at much larger scale through a broad incumbent portfolio.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
ICT social profiles
Digital presenceICT financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
ICT leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
ICT funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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ICT M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about ICT
What does ICT do?
ICT develops and sells QMachineStudio, a proprietary PC-based integrated development environment (IDE) for automation equipment control that unifies sequence control, GUI design, debugging, machine vision, and communication (TCP/IP, SECS-GEM) in a single platform using its proprietary XScript language. The company also provides custom automation equipment control software development, PC control consulting, developer training, and machine vision solutions to automation equipment manufacturers across industries including SMT, semiconductor, solar, camera modules, dispensers, laser marking, and inspection/vision systems.
Is ICT a public or private company?
ICT is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was ICT founded?
ICT was founded in 2002. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is ICT based?
ICT is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, in the Asia region.
How does ICT make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. QMachineStudio Development Tool Sales are the primary driver. The others are QMachineStudio Runtime Licenses, automation Equipment Control Software Development, PC Control Consulting, developer Education and Training and machine Vision Solutions.
Who are ICT's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are CODESYS (3S-Smart Software Solutions), B&R Industrial Automation (ABB) and Beckhoff Automation. Broad incumbents are Siemens Digital Industries, Phoenix Contact, Yaskawa Electric, Rockwell Automation, Omron, Bosch Rexroth and Mitsubishi Electric.
Does ICT have an API?
No public API is recorded for ICT.
What industry is ICT in?
ICT's product category is Industrial Automation Equipment Control Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAHAJ, Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian), with a secondary code of IMAGABAG, Motion & Machine Control (CNC, Robotics Controllers, Servo/Motion Controllers). Its NAICS code is 334513 and its SIC code is 3823.