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.