VEXPLOR
ABOUT — WACE INC.

WACE —the company building the factory OS.

Built by engineers with 16 years across more than 200 manufacturing sites. From data standardization to AI autonomous control to equipment integration — the three things a dark factory needs, all under one roof.

WACE INC. · EST. 2023 · MANUFACTURING AI OS "VEXPLOR" · HWASEONG R&D · JEONJU
01COMPANYCORPORATE PROFILE

Company profile

Legal nameWACE Inc.
Product brandVEXPLOR — Manufacturing AI OS
FoundedJanuary 19, 2023
CEODongkeol Bang
Employees20 — including 5 with advanced degrees, centered on engineers from the manufacturing floor
BusinessDevelopment and supply of a manufacturing AI operating system (VEXPLOR Suite) · smart factory build · AI agent build · autonomous factory build · dark factory consulting
HQ (R&D)150 Dongtanyeongcheon-ro, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do — Bldg A, Units 1332–1335
Jeonju office123 Ogong-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk — 5F, Room 530
Contact+82 70-7766-9915 · contact@wace.me
02WHY WACE3 AXES · VERTICALLY INTEGRATED

The three things a dark factory needs,
all under one roof.

An autonomous factory is not a matter of better equipment but of a single operating system that connects perception, decision and execution end to end. That operating system works only when its three axes connect within one company — break any one axis and people end up filling the gap by hand.

AXIS-1

Smart factory solutions

NERVOUS SYSTEM — SENSE · RECORD

Standardizes the factory's data and work on 834+ standard tables and an ontology. 20 industry solutions, 20+ builds delivered.

AXIS-2

AI autonomous control

BRAIN — DECIDE · LEARN

Hallucination-free manufacturing AI senses, predicts and decides. It moves to execution only on top of simulation verification and AAF authority control.

AXIS-3

Equipment engineering

HANDS — EXECUTE

Connects decisions to physical execution on PLCs, robots and equipment. AI→PLC direct control demonstrated on physical equipment.

03HISTORYHIGHLIGHTS

Our path

2023
FoundedFounded by engineers with 16 years on the manufacturing floor. Began developing the VEXPLOR platform and building smart factories.
~2024
Building a track recordExpanded build sites around MES and PLM, accumulating standard-table and ontology assets.
2025
Autonomous-factory demonstration begins · turned profitableSelected for the Korea MSS Autonomous Factory Program (Speefox). DES simulation accuracy 85%, certified by an accredited test. Revenue KRW 1.4 billion, turned profitable.
2026
Scaling manufacturing AISecond autonomous-factory site (Chexcar) selected, Manufacturing-AI projects expanded to six sites, dark factory consulting launched. Total pipeline project value KRW 10.93 billion.
04NUMBERSAS OF 2026.06 · SOURCE: CORPORATE RECORDS

WACE by the numbers

20+Smart factory builds deliveredMES 8+ · PLM 8+ · AI 2 · MFG-AI 6
₩1.4B2025 revenue · turned profitable~30× YoY
₩10.93B2026 pipeline project valueAS OF 2026.06.02
1+2Manufacturing AI patents — registered · pendingREG 10-2904772
20Employees — 5 with advanced degreesCentered on engineers from the manufacturing floor
200+Manufacturing sites of experience — 16 yearsConsulting and builds, cumulative
05CREDENTIALSIP · CERTIFICATIONS · STANDARDS

Certifications & credentials

IP-01PatentsESG smart-factory autonomous-control AI registered (10-2904772) · Graph RAG (KP26037) and neurosymbolic CPS control (KP26038) pending.REG 1 · PENDING 2
CR-01R&D · QualityCorporate R&D center (No. 2026111564) · ISO 9001 quality management system certified.R&D CENTER · ISO 9001
CR-02Source-code escrowThree-party escrow with the Korea Copyright Commission — so the customer can keep using the system even in a worst case.SW ESCROW · 3-PARTY
CR-03National-standard capabilityLed the consortium developing the national manufacturing-data standardization reference model (AAS/IEC 63278).AAS · IEC 63278

WACE — where the data-driven autonomous factory begins.

Toward 1,200 VEXPLOR AI Factories in 14 countries by 2032 — WACE's long-term vision.

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