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This paper shows the concept of the conductor function of technology-based trading companies. Previous researches of an industrial cluster have focused on specialized processing companies with advanced skills. However, there are technology-based trading companies that bring together specialized processing companies. In this paper, I examine the functions of these technology-based trading companies in an industrial cluster. technology-based trading companies perform four functions: Interpretation of product design drawings, Thinking about the basic concept of the entire production process, Project Management, and Verification of Information Transfer Process. By performing these four functions, technology-based trading companies have become informational hubs that connect information of product design drawings and the process design that builds them.
