POSCO took part in the China International Auto Products Expo (CIAPE), which was held at the National Exhibition and Conference Center in Shanghai from September 21st to the 23rd.
CIAPE is the largest automotive parts expo in China, and has been sponsored by China’s Ministry of Commerce since 2008. As many as 200,000 people participate in the event, including over 2100 companies around the world to exhibit various automotive products. On display this year were various electric vehicles, components, electronics and automotive parts and manufacturing facilities.
POSCO actively promoted POSCO GIGA STEEL at its exhibition booth where visitors browsed various automotive parts made of GIGA STEEL. Visitors were especially impressed with POSCO GIGA STEEL’s lightweight, cost-efficient and high-performance qualities, as well as POSCO’s production technologies.
Throughout the expo, POSCO introduced practical applications of its products including wire rods for automobiles, electrical steel sheets, stainless steel for various uses as well. Various automakers and parts makers could also experience POSCO’s steel mills and production processes through VR technology.
A total of 1,583 people visited POSCO’s booth over the 3-day period to browse the electrical sheets, wire rods and stainless steel products as well as automotive steel plates. In particular, as many as 1,020 people flocked to the GIGA STEEL Experience Zone where they could compare the hardness, weight and thickness of aluminum and GIGA STEEL.
POSCO also held 71 meetings with 188 potential customers from various sectors, including automakers and parts makers in China and promoted its GIGA STEEL and automotive World Premium Products (WPP) to potential business partners.
One of the visitors was Lee Jeong-hae, CEO of Sungwoo Hitech Yancheng. He said, “I was able to learn that GIGA STEEL is more effective in reducing weight than aluminum. I am truly looking forward to seeing more automakers use GIGA STEEL instead of aluminum.”
This was the first time POSCO attended the event, and hopes to use it to create momentum for increasing the sales of its World Premium steel products and automotive materials, and to expand its network of partners in China.
Cover photo courtesy of CME Shanghai.
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