VISION
SIMTOS leads the advancement of global machine tool industry and the machine tool market of Korea.
- A number of participating companies have developed the new products of the machine tool companies in time for the SIMTOS exhibition, and approximately 40% of the annual PR budget for SIMTOS is invested.
- In the machine tool industry, SIMTOS is recognized as the optimal opportunity to discover the new customers.
SIMTOS is an exhibition for automobile, shipbuilding, semiconductor, metal molding industry and other machine tool industry.
- SIMTOS is the newest technology competition site that could see the newest production technology in meeting the flow of demand industry that changes for large and precision scale.
- Through the network with 100,000 members composed of machine tool industry and related parties thereto, SIMTOS undertakes the role of bridge for machine tool industry and demand industry.
SIMTOS is the representative exhibition of the capital asset industries of Korea.
- It has been selected for three consecutive times as the 'brand exhibition' by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. (2004, 2006 and 2008) It has been selected for two consecutive times as the 'growth-promising exhibition' by Gyeonggi-do. (2006 and 2008)
- Past SIMTOS 2008 had the scale of 433 companies in 3,784 booths (34,056㎡) (113.7% of the previous SIMTOS 200 of 3,323 booths) with the exhibition rate of 63.6% and it has grown into the representative machine industry exhibition possible to hold as the international exhibition level.
SIMTOS is the optimal business arena as the global machine tool celebration held in Korea.
- ID-6 months from hosting the exhibition, October 2007, the application for participation in SIMTOS 2008 was completed.
- SIMTOS has grown into the business specialized exhibition with higher participation rate with some 100 majority companies taking 2,520㎡ (280 booths).
- From the domestic machinery industrial exhibitions, most visitors (50 countries for 76,292 persons) came to visit.
- Some 2,500 overseas buyers with purchase power have visited SIMTOS and attended the export counseling session.
- During the exhibition period, there were 31,850 cases for US$ 940,000 for consulting and contracting outcomes.
| Classification | SIMTOS 2004 | SIMTOS 2006 | SIMTOS 2008 | Change('08/'06) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Seoul COEX | Goyang KINTEX | Goyang KINTEX | |
| Exhibition Area | 19,306㎡ | 53,541㎡ | 53,541㎡ | - |
| Participating countries | 22 countries | 30 countries | 24 countries | -20% |
| Exhibitors | 328 companies | 404 companies | 433 companies | 7.1% |
| Exhibit space(㎡) | 12,996 | 29,907 | 34,056 | 13.8%(4,149) |