OREANDA-NEWS.  October 03, 2012. At the ``2012 Korea International Steel & Nonferrous Metal Industry Expo,`` POSCO exhibited its growth as a global leading company and showed its entrance into the future industry through energy and the POSCO Family`s new business. CEO Chung Joonyang attended the opening event held on September 19th at Kintext in Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do, joining 24 industry leaders including Kim Jae-hong, head of the Growth Engine Department at the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, and the Korea Metal Industry Cooperative, touring the POSCO hall and other major exhibits, reported the press-centre of POSCO.

At the expo, held until September 22nd, POSCO hosted its exhibit under the theme of ``Comprehensive material maker communicating with limitless potential, open future`` and featured seven themes of # Vision 2020 # Together with POSCO # Global POSCO # Comprehensive Material Maker # Eco-Friendly # Synergy of POSCO Family, and an experience hall.

To help the understanding of visitors, POSCO emphasized visual effects and displayed the newest steel product information and actual samples, and operated an experience hall where visitors could experience the actual steelmaking process. The social contribution hall, Eco-Friendly hall, and shared growth hall introduced POSCO`s disaster aid vehicle support, FINEX technology, and the Clean & Green Steelworks, as well as POSCO`s program supporting small and medium companies.

Meanwhile, the Comprehensive Material Hall, which included non-ferrous products such as magnesium, titanium, lithium, and other non-steel products, and the Industry Hall, featuring high functional steel products used in various industries such as energy, shipbuilding/maritime, automobile, and construction, gathered the attention of visitors, while the Global POSCO Hall offered status information of manufacturing subsidiaries and processing centers in each country.

During the event, operation officers answered questions of clients directly on-site regarding technology, quality, and marketing.

At the exhibit, in addition to POSCO, 20 POSCO Family companies operating independent exhibits including POSCO E&C, POSCO Energy, and Daewoo International offered related products and services, gaining recognition of the POSCO Family.

The 2012 Korea International Steel & Nonferrous Metal Industry Expo was combined with the Korea International Construction Equipment Industry Expo and the Korea International Construction Industry Expo, as the Korea National Fundamental Industry Expo, with 140 companies from 12 countries participating. On the 21st, various events to promote steel and non-ferrous products were hosted by POSCO, including the 70th Steel Technology Symposium, export purchase consulting, stainless steel seminar, and the steel photo contest.