Pohang City Hosts International Trade Consultation Inviting Overseas Buyers... Pioneering Overseas Market Expansion

10 Companies Achieve Success at CES, Sign 5 Agreements

Mayor Lee: "Actively Supporting Local Outstanding Companies to Grow Globally"

On the 1st, Pohang City hosted the 'Gyeongbuk·Pohang Startup Global Show' at Change Up Ground, showcasing outstanding products and technologies from 10 companies that participated in CES as part of the 6th Future New Industry International Trade Consultation Meeting.

On the 1st, Pohang City held the "Gyeongbuk·Pohang Startup Global Show" at Changeup Ground as part of the 6th Future New Industry International Trade Consultation, showcasing excellent products and technologies from 10 companies participating in CES.

This event was organized by Pohang City in collaboration with Gyeongbuk Province and the Gyeongbuk Economic Promotion Agency to support promising startups with excellent achievements at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in pioneering overseas markets.

The city comprehensively considered market demand, product competitiveness, and the potential for matching with buyers in advance, and selected 10 promising companies among the CES participants, including Midbar and Flow Studio, which won the 2024 Best Innovation Award, and Graphene Square, which won the 2023 Best Innovation Award.

The selected 10 companies held one-on-one export consultations with overseas buyers from the United States, Canada, Japan, India, and other countries from May 31, coinciding with the Pohang International Fireworks Festival. On-site on the 1st, a total of five agreements were signed, including a $1 million deal by Onesoftdigm and a 1 billion KRW investment attraction by ToN.

Mayor Lee Kangdeok said, "It was a great opportunity to showcase Pohang City's excellent ICT competitiveness to overseas cities participating in the Fireworks Festival," and added, "We will actively support outstanding local venture and startup companies with global growth potential to become world-class enterprises."

CES is the world's largest ICT convergence exhibition, held annually at the beginning of the year in Las Vegas, United States, and hosted by the Consumer Technology Association.

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