Vision & Core Values
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The values and strengths that drive PILETA Co., Ltd.
Four Core Values
Our four core values
Embracing new challenges
Plenty of Information
We systematically maintain standards-based assessment manuals and databases.
Never standing still
Lots of Experience
We have built extensive experience in root cause analysis and condition assessment across the energy and aerospace sectors.
Proactively shaping tomorrow
Toward an Advanced Tomorrow
We prepare for tomorrow’s safety with AI-driven online diagnostics and prognostics.
A culture of communication and teamwork
Synergy of Academia & Industry
We advance our technology through synergy between academia and industry.
Four Pillars of Competitive Strength
PILETA’s competitive strengths
Domain expertise and national R&D capabilities
Our experts bring 10–20 years of experience in the energy and aerospace sectors, and our diagnostics and assessment engineering division works as one with our corporate R&D center. We have carried out numerous government-funded R&D projects for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR), the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE), the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), and have established cooperation frameworks in the defense sector.
Accredited testing capabilities
Our testing laboratory is accredited by the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) under Accreditation No. KT921, with a scope of accreditation covering 25 test items, and we are certified to ISO 9001:2015 (quality management) and ISO 45001:2018 (occupational health and safety management). KOLAS is a signatory to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (ILAC MRA), which facilitates the acceptance of accredited test reports in other signatory economies. Capabilities include tensile and creep testing, low- and high-cycle fatigue testing, elevated-temperature testing, thermomechanical fatigue (TMF) testing, and Vickers and Rockwell hardness testing.
Owned facilities, equipment and data
A company-owned facility of approx. 3,540 m², with nondestructive testing (NDT) equipment (50 units), microstructural analysis equipment (25 units) and mechanical testing equipment (35 units). We have also built a superalloy materials database.
In-house digital solutions
BSE (Boiler Safety Evaluation) for life assessment, HRSG DAS, PIMP (PILETA Intelligence Materials database Program) and an enterprise data integration system (PiletaDAS, PiletaMDM and PiletaSSO) form an end-to-end in-house platform, from diagnostics to prognostics.
Business Areas
Four core services
Integrity & life assessment
KEPCO power generation subsidiaries, independent power producers (IPPs), refineries and petrochemical plants
IoT/AI online monitoring
Power plants, hydrogen facilities, wind turbines and industrial infrastructure
High-temperature materials testing & database development
Hanwha Aerospace, Doosan Enerbility and customers in aerospace and defense
Digital solution platforms
Developed and operated in-house; applied to new projects
International Collaboration & Industry Engagement
Growing through global engagement
Technical exchanges with international organizations broaden our expertise in the aerospace and power generation industries.
- Regular training on aerospace materials test methods at MTS headquarters (USA)
- Training on TMF test methods at KOBELCO headquarters (Japan); MOU in progress
- Participation in the 2023 NIAR User Group at Wichita State University (USA) and a mutual cooperation framework established with NIAR
- Discussions with the University of Notre Dame (USA) on a gas turbine compressor test bed
- Discussions with FTT (Florida, USA) on process compensated resonance testing (PCRT)
- Participation in IIIAE 2025 NAGOYA, a conference on acoustic emission (AE) nondestructive testing
Business Areas