KOREA METAL WEEK 2021 is growing into a global leading tradeshow for the metal industry, offering a broad range of solutions and innovative ideas for critical industrial applications
KOREA METAL WEEK started in 1989 with 102 exhibitors, and today it is Korea’s most important trade fair for the metal industry. Korea Metal Week 2021 is a globally recognized marketplace for more than 350 exhibitors and 17,000 experts engaged in industry, research and development, and all aspects of production — presenting everything from raw materials, to semi-finished and finished products, machinery, equipment, and accessories.
This leading tradeshow for the metal industry will be held at KINTEX in Goyang City from Sept. 1 to Sept. 3, 2021, offering a broad range of solutions and innovative ideas for critical industrial applications.
KOREA METAL WEEK 2021 is where reppresentatives of the metal industry gather to keep up with developments in a world that is rapidly evolving, and where they go to find the resources needed to keep advancing.
The product spectrum is rounded off by 14 sectors: Fastener & Wire; Foundry & Die Casting; Automobile & Machine Parts; Press & Forging; Tube & Pipe; Metal Surface Treatment & Painting; 3D Technology; Aluminum; Laser & Welding; Fundamental Manufacturing Technology; Pump Technology; Tools; Composites; Control; Measurement & Automation.
The CEO of KOREA TRADE FAIRS LTD., the organizer of the exhibition, commented, “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the co-organizers and sponsors, and I cordially invite you to be a part of the global network of exhibitors and experts participating in KOREA METAL WEEK. I hope we all take advantage of this exceptional opportunity to meet domestic and overseas buyers and exchange ideas on relevant technologies in the industry.”
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National University since 1995, into a specialized convention in Gwangju from 2015. The event is co-hosted by the Automobile Research Center in Chonnam National University, BK21+(National Research Foundation of Korea), University of Honam, University of Ulsan, Korea Automotive Technology Institute(KATECH), Gwangju Institute of Green-Car Advancement, Kimdaejung Convention Center, and Gwangju Convention & Visitor Bureau, and sponsored by the Gwangju Metropolitan City, Korea Tourism Organization(KTO), and the Korea Society of Automotive Engineers(KSAE).
This year, 8 electric automobile and environmental experts from the automobile research center in universities, research institutes, automobile manufacturers and automobile parts suppliers from eight countries including Korea, USA, Austria, Japan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Italy will be invited to give lectures under the theme “Advanced Vehicles Technologies for the World without Fine Dust”. They will give presentation on the key technologies for EV and find dust as well as market status and propose future prospects.
A junior session is also prepared to present twelve oral-presentation and sixteen poster-presentation from researchers in industries and institutes, and graduate students who are the heroes of the future automobile industry. This conference will provide English for the professional.
“2019 ICAT is a platform that enables research on EV and environmental area of vehicles and allows industry experts to understand the development and flow of advanced technologies and to predict the future. In particular, Gwangju Metropolitan City has a plan to make the eco-friendly automobile factory for applying Gwangju-type of jobs. Critical tasks of this big project are given such as the local parts makers’ own development for its techniques, improving its researching skills, and globalization. We hope that it will bring more vitality to the eco-friendly automobile parts industries in Gwangju area by co-hosting the event with the International Green Car Korea.” explained chairman of Prof. Byungchul Choi, who is also director of the Automobile Research Center in Chonnam National University.
2019 ICAT is open to members of the public who are interested in the EV industry and environmental problems of automobile area can be accessed via the official web-site of ICAT:
Gangwon-do plans to make this forum a sustainable and representative one, in which seeking ways in order to transform Gangwon-do into a hydrogenbased area could be fully discussable.
Moreover, a preliminary event on the theme of ‘Safe Hydrogen Society’ will be held on May 9 especially for the residents and students in Gangwon-do, together with additional events such as hydrogen industry public information, industrial tour, business agreement, and many more.
manner, we need to build an infrastructure and develop technology and create such market ecosystems as big data, IoT, ESS, ICT, AI, energy efficiency, electric vehicles, and so forth.
In the last year of the exhibition, 396 companies, with 598 booths including overseas buyers’ booths, from 16 nations participated. The exhibition was visited by a total of 36, 168 visitors from 24 countries. Among them, 1,853 came from overseas. For overseas buyers, a total of 44 companies from 19 nations achieved successful business results, playing a leading role in making the exhibition a more productive venue than ever before.
In the LPR Global export meeting held by inviting global enterprises that meet the recent industrial trends called ‘Digital Manufacturing Innovation,’ exhibition organizer invited global buyers like Whirlpool, JBM Group, and Aethra Group and proceeded with the purchase consultation with more than 30 domestic companies, thereby concluding consultations of about US$15 million.

