BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME South Korea-Germany
Lightweight technologies
2021 – 2024
UPCOMING EVENT: Korean Lightweight Delegation to Germany from April 22 to 26, 2024
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German Business Delegation Visit to South Korea
Meet German companies from the Lightweight Technologies Industry
A highly innovative market and big players in a broad field of application sectors – these are the key competitive advantages that induce the German light weight technologies and solutions producers to increasingly shift their attention to the cutting-edge leader South Korea. Withstanding the tectonic shifts caused by the global pandemic COVID-19, Korea continues to promise massive growth and ever-increasing importance for the industry. In order to enable Korean-German collaboration, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) has established the “MEP Business Development Program Korea-Germany on lightweight technologies”, which, over the course of two years, offers an array of events that bring both countries closer together.
This project is realized on behalf of the BMWK by the German consulting company SBS systems for business solutions in collaboration with the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce (KGCC). We are cordially inviting Korean companies interrested in lightweight topics related to all mobility sectors and industries as well as the construction and material industries to join our Korean Lightweight Delegation to Germany from April 22 to 26, 2024.
With this project the BMWK is supporting small-to-medium sized German companies in the filed of the lightweight technologies in their effort to export German technology to the world. The project aims to provide German players first-hand insights in business practices in Korea and the Korean light weight industry and foster further business collaborations.
The first two project years have seen three German company delegations to Korea, each of the duration of one week, between July 2022 to November 2023, and one Korean delegation trip to Germany in June 2023. Thereby the German companies engaged with the Korean industry and explored possibilities for collaborations, had fruitful exchanges and already established concrete business relations.
The successful implementation of solid business relations on both sides caused the extension of the project to another year. Therefore in 2024 will be other two higlights in fostering the Korean-German business collaboration in the field of lightweight solutions: the upcoming Korean Delegation to Germany from April 22 to 26, 2024. In five days we have the honour and pleasure to host a high level delegation of Korean companies and Institutes in Germany. Besides several company visits we have the pleasuer to be guests at the Lightweighting Summin at Hanover Messe on Thuesday, 23rd.
Later in the year, in October 2024 we are looking forward to the fourth visit to Korea, that will bring our German lightweight business delegation together with new interested sector companies to Seoul and other cities in South Korea for a five days “Performance Show of the German Lightweight Industry”. Outstanding German companies will be in Korea to connect again with the Korean lightweight industry and enter more deeply into technical questions and enforce their business realtions. The participation at the Carbon Korea Exhibition in Seoul will be part of the program.
This is again a great opportunity for Korean companies and institutions to explore new business and collaboration opportunities and to discover potential synergies with the German participants. We cordially invite you to join the symposium and to contact us for the scheduling of individual meetings.
PROGRAMM
11th – 15th July 2022 – realized
1 week
Seoul - Jeonju
Market Discovery Mission to South Korea
- Exploring market and cooperation opportunities, company visits and business meetings in Korea
28th November – 2nd December 2022 – realized
1 week
South Korea
German Business Delegation to South Korea
- Presentation event of the German participants to a professional audience
- Individually organised B2B appointments
- Networking and company tours
12th – 16th June 2023 – realized
1 week
Germany
Fact Finding Mission to Germany
- Information trip to Germany in conjunction with a visit to the LeightCon atHannover
- Visit of a Korean delegation formed by experts in business, research, institutions and/or politics fields in Stade, Hannover, Ulm and Augsburg
20th – 24th November 2023 – realized
Tuesday, 21st November 2023
Seoul
Korean-German Lightweight Technical Symposium and Exhibition
Symposium event, mini exhibition and networking:
Performance Show of the German Lightweight Industry
9.30 – 16.00
Welcome notes
- VDMA Working Group Hybrid Lightweight Technologies, Mr. Dámaso Lopez
- KCANIA, Ph.D. Chong-Woo Park, Chairman
Technical symposium, part I: Presentations of German companies
- CTC GmbH
- EJOT SE & Co. KG
- Laubinger + Rickmann GmbH Co. KG
- Mahr Metering Systems GmbH
- Mehler Texnologies GmbH
- Weber Fibertech GmbH
- ZwickRoell GmbH & Co. KG
- TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
Networking lunch and parallel Exhibition of the German companies
Technical symposium, part II: Presentation of Korean companies
- Hyundai Motor
- Hyosung
- INNOSPACE
- Songwol
- Kolon
Networking, B2B-Meetings and Mini Exhibition
22th – 26th April 2024
1 week
Germany
Second Fact Finding Mission to Germany
- Information trip to Germany in conjunction with a visit to the Lightweighting Summit at the Hannover Messe on Tuesday, 23rd 2024
- Visit of a Korean delegation formed by experts in business, research, institutions and/or politics fields to Braunschweig, Wolfsburg and Berlin
October 2024
1 week
Seoul
Korean-German Lightweight Technical Symposium and participation at the Carbon Korea Exhibition
Symposium event, mini exhibition and networking:
Performance Show of the German Lightweight Industry
9.30 – 16.00
Welcome notes
- VDMA Working Group Hybrid Lightweight Technologies, Mr. Dámaso Lopez
- KCANIA, Ph.D. Chong-Woo Park, Chairman
Technical symposium, part I: Presentations of German companies
- CTC GmbH
- EJOT SE & Co. KG
- Laubinger + Rickmann GmbH Co. KG
- Mahr Metering Systems GmbH
- Mehler Texnologies GmbH
- Weber Fibertech GmbH
- ZwickRoell GmbH & Co. KG
- TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
Networking lunch and parallel Exhibition of the German companies
Technical symposium, part II: Presentation of Korean companies
- Hyundai Motor
- Hyosung
- INNOSPACE
- Songwol
- Kolon
Networking, B2B-Meetings and Mini Exhibition
German companies
CTC GmbH Stade
The Composite Technology Center is a leading lightweight technology and innovation center in Europe, especially for the aerospace sector.
EJOT SE & Co. KG
Specialist in connection technology for automotive, electrical and electronicals and construction industries with a wide range of innovative fasteners.
Mahr Metering Systems GmbH
Manufacturer of machines for a wide variety of applications such as converting industry, composites and lightweight building materials, food industry, pharmaceutical and chemical and paper industries.
Mehler Texnologies GmbH
Producer of technically coated textile usable for many different and innovative applications.
Weber Fibertech GmbH
Specializes in the development and production of long and continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic plastic parts in the flow-pressing and injection moulding process.
ZwickRoell GmbH & Co. KG
We are a global leader in materials testing solutions and your trusted partner for reliable test results.
YOUR TEAM OF EXPERTS
In Germany
SBS systems for business is an experienced consulting company specialized in the internationalization of companies. All offices of SBS are staffed with multilingual and professional employees experienced in dealing with intercultural work environments.
Since 1999, SBS has been successfully developing, planning, and implementing individual internationalization strategies for German SMEs and advising them on their global export activities.
SBS is also specialized in the Italian market as well as in the German-speaking market and supports small and medium-sized German as well as Italian companies in the distribution of their products and services in these markets.
Since 2006, SBS has also been implementing export promotion projects on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and since 2015 for the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and has already organized nearly 200 projects worldwide.
In Korea
Since its founding in 1981, AHK Korea has been a proven partner and service provider for German and Korean companies and actively promotes economic relations between Germany and the Republic of Korea.
With about 500 members, the AHK Korea is the second largest bilateral chamber of commerce in Korea.
AHK Korea, including its subsidiary KGCCI DEinternational, is particularly active in establishing German technologies and products on the Korean market as well as in the cooperation between German and Korean companies and institutions and is regarded as the first point of contact for both German and Korean companies and institutions regarding cooperation between Germany and Korea.
CONTACT & Registration
Ms Sun-Hwa Park
Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry – KGCCI DEInternational Ltd.
Telefon: +82-2-37804-642
E-Mail: shpark@kgcci.com
REGISTRATION
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DOWNLOAD
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