WCA March 2020

Industry news

Korea Metal Week was held at Kintex, Seoul, South Korea, and staged 14 types of exhibits on show, namely, fastener and wire, foundry and die casting, automobile and machine parts, press and forging, tube and pipe, metal surface treatment and painting, 3D technology, aluminium, laser and welding, fundamental manufacturing industry, pump technology industry, tools, composite, control, measurement and automation. Exhibitors were mainly from Korea, mainland China, Japan, Germany, Italy and Malaysia. Chinese exhibitors included Zhejiang GEM-Year Industrial Co Ltd, Shanghai BSC Corporation Ltd, Hebei Fuao Fastener Manufacturing Co Ltd, Zhejiang Huantai Precision Machinery Co Ltd, and Dong Tai City Huawei Standard Component Co Ltd. Korea Metal Week review

❍ Korea Metal Week seminar

❍ Exhibition floor

16 per cent to 30 per cent. The aim is to make Korean exports rank fourth in the world – at present, Korean exports rank sixth. Korea Metal Week 2020 will run from 17 to 20 June 2020. Korea Metal Week is a professional industry exhibition that deals with all aspects of production in industries of automobiles, shipbuilding, machinery and construction. KMW 2020 will showcase thousands of new technology items for the metal industry in Korea, offering the best platform for metal manufacturing companies and buyers. Korea Metal Week www.korea-metal.com

Manufacturing is a pillar of Korean economy. In order to maintain competitiveness in the face of fierce international competition, the Korean government announced in June that it will strive to increase the additional value of manufacturing from 25 per cent to 30 per cent, and increase the proportion of new industries and new projects from ❍ 14 types of exhibits will be showing at Korea Metal Week in 2020

Taiwan Fastener Trading Association (TFTA) held a directors and super- visors assembly at Queena Plaza Hotel in Tainan City, Taiwan. The assembly coincided with a special ceremony where the incumbent chairman presented an award to each respected former founder of the association. Taiwan Fastener Trading Association www.tftatw.org TFTA holds directors and supervisors assembly

❍ Members of the Taiwan Fastener Trading Association at the assembly in Tainan

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