Comprehensive Coverage of Current and Future Secondary Batteries... First 'Ulsan K-Battery Show' Held

Ulsan Economic Promotion Agency, Keynote Speech and Thematic Presentation

Exhibition of Local Leading Companies' Materials and Components

The Ulsan Free Economic Zone Authority will hold the '2023 Ulsan K-battery Show,' which comprehensively covers secondary battery information, at 11 a.m. on the 7th in the convention hall of the Ulsan Exhibition & Convention Center (UECO).

This event, held for the first time this year, is organized as a 'secondary battery industry fair' where attendees can get an overview of the present and future of the secondary battery industry, in connection with Ulsan's designation as a national advanced strategic industry secondary battery specialized complex (July 20, 2023).

Ulsan City plans to expand the event annually to strengthen the software power of the secondary battery industry.

On the day of the event, about 500 people, including Ulsan Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom, secondary battery-related companies, research institutions, students, and citizens, will participate. The event will be divided into Part 1: opening ceremony and keynote speeches, and Part 2: thematic presentations.

In Part 1 keynote speeches, representatives from leading companies in secondary battery manufacturing and application fields will speak, including Kim Chang-hwan, Executive Director of Hyundai Motor Company Battery Development Center; Ko Ju-young, Vice President of Samsung SDI Medium and Large Business Division Marketing Team; and Park Sung-bin, Technical Strategy Officer of LG Energy Solution.

Part 2 thematic presentations will focus on the development plans for Ulsan's secondary battery industry, technology trends of core materials, next-generation batteries, and recycling technologies.

Presenters include Professor Kwak Won-jin from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Director Kim Il-hwan of Ulsan Technopark, Research Director Kim Seung-hyun of Korea Zinc, Manager Jeong Hyun-sik of LS MnM, CEO Jo Jae-pil of SM Lab, Research Director Kwon Ui-hyuk of Cosmo Chemical, and CEO Kim Hak-su of Inchems.

Leading secondary battery companies in Ulsan such as LS MnM, Cosmo Chemical, Eco Chemical, and Isu Specialty Chemical, along with Hyundai Motor Company for batteries, and Samsung SDI and LG Energy Solution operating exhibition booths, will provide opportunities to experience and deepen understanding of secondary batteries.

Ulsan Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom said, “I hope this event will create a groundbreaking acceleration engine for secondary battery material technology and new industry development,” adding, “We will actively pursue corporate support policies to establish the secondary battery industry as one of Ulsan City's five major core industries.”

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