Gwangyang Free Economic Zone Authority Promotes Investment at Japanese International Exhibition

Showcasing New Technologies at '2025 Smart Energy Week'
Meetings with Promising Companies Leading Energy Innovation

The Gwangyang Bay Area Free Economic Zone Authority (Commissioner Koo Chung-gon, hereinafter referred to as GFEZ Authority) investment promotion team participated in the ‘Smart Energy Week 2025’ held in Tokyo for three days until the 21st, and held investment consultations with companies possessing new energy technologies.

Smart Energy Week is a specialized exhibition encompassing various energy sectors such as the Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo (H2&FC), batteries and secondary batteries, Smart Grid, photovoltaic (PV), wind power, biomass, and decarbonization. It is recognized as an international exhibition with more than 70,000 visitors.

The Gwangyang Free Economic Zone Authority investment attraction team participated in the '2025 Smart Energy Week' held in Tokyo from the 19th to the 21st for three days, conducting investment consultations with companies possessing new energy technologies. Photo by Gwangyang Free Economic Zone Authority

The GFEZ Authority held a meeting with participating companies at the exhibition to introduce the investment environment of GFEZ and discuss cooperation measures between Korea and Japan.

In addition, the team visited individual company booths at the exhibition to conduct one-on-one consultations regarding investment opportunities and incentives for overseas companies in the Gwangyang Bay Area, such as the region’s industrial infrastructure and plans to establish a secondary battery cluster. They also promoted visits to major companies in Japan.

The team visited the headquarters of Central Glass Co., Ltd., a secondary battery material manufacturing company, for individual consultations, and held meetings with promising companies in the logistics sector to explore logistics conditions at Gwangyang Port and discuss potential cooperation, maintaining a busy schedule.

A representative of the GFEZ Authority investment promotion team stated that this investment promotion activity in Japan is expected to serve as an important opportunity for the continued industrial development of the GFEZ Authority and for attracting global companies.

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