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According to Yonhap News,

(GWANGJU=Yonhap News) Photonics Korea 2018 ended with a result of USD 35.4 billion of export contracts.

Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on November 22 that 107 foreign buyers from 15 countries had business meetings worth KRW 211.7 billion during the Photonics Korea 2018.

LG Innotek and Alps Electric Korea presented future technologies to occupy the export market of the future products in conjunction with the photonics convergence industry, which is the key technology of the fourth industrial revolution.

As side events, the Forum for Response Strategies in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and a lecture by Song Gil-yeong, Vice President of Daum Soft on the big data and the future were organized.

"This year's event was meaningful since it offered a direction of photonics convergence industry in the fourth industrial revolution as well as the future direction of the industry," said a city official. "We will make efforts to provide more support to companies for pioneering new markets and global marketing opportunities."

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** This article was translated from Korean.

Source: Yonhap News (November 22, 2018)