‘JEC KOREA 2021 & 15th International Carbon Festival (ICF)’ Opens on the 3rd

Exhibitions by Over 60 Companies, B2B Meetings, and Various Competitions Held Over 3 Days Until the 5th

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] The largest carbon composite exhibition event in Asia, ‘JEC KOREA & International Carbon Festival,’ was held on the 3rd.

According to Jeonbuk Province, the ‘JEC KOREA & 15th International Carbon Festival (ICF)’ held its opening ceremony at COEX in Seoul on the same day and began a three-day schedule.

The opening ceremony gained additional significance as it was held in conjunction with ‘Carbon Korea 2021,’ the first carbon industry event hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

After the opening ceremony, the ICF Conference, themed ‘The Future of New Energy and Carbon Composites,’ followed.

The ICF Conference was divided into two sessions focusing on the ‘New Energy’ sector, which is the largest demand industry for carbon materials and a strong industry in Jeonbuk, and the carbon composite sector.

The first session, ‘New Energy,’ mainly covered technologies and market trends of carbon composite-applied hydrogen storage tanks, fuel cells, and secondary batteries. Lectures were delivered by top domestic and international experts from leading companies such as Professor Ha Sung-kyu of Hanyang University, Iljin Highsolus, Korea Fiber, Florian Lenz, Director of CEVOTEC in Germany, and Jeremy Viale, Engineer at CETIM in France.

In the second session, focusing on the ‘Carbon Composite’ field, Professor Park Young-bin of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) served as the chair. Participants included Sven Blanck, Vice Chairman of MAI Carbon, Germany’s largest carbon composite cluster organization, and Markus Brzeski, CEO of A+ Composite, a German composite company, who presented the latest global technology trends in the carbon composite field.

Besides these, ‘JEC KOREA & International Carbon Festival’ will continue to hold substantial events such as various exhibitions and competitions until the 5th.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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