Finished Korea-US Business Forum successfully, $ 61.4 million Consultation Results

JFE, plan to make 30 stores in the Gangnam area by investment agreement for 30 million

2015-06-26

On June 18th, the Korea-US Business Forum and the one-on-one business meeting held jointly with the Federation of Korean Industries, the Houston Chamber of Commerce and the KOTRA were successfully concluded at the Hilton Post Oak Hotel in Houston on June 18th.

According to KOTRA, 38 consultations were conducted at the event, including a $ 9.4 million contract, including two R & D cooperation, and $ 61.4 million in counseling results. Yun Won-suk, head of KOTRA's General Affairs Division, said, "Export exports have been declining in recent years due to the sluggish economy in the world, and exports to the United States are playing a pivotal role." Through this meeting with global companies in the US, It is expected to be done. "

JFE, a representative Korean-American company in Houston, confirmed that it would invest a total of US $ 15 million to open 30 stores in the future, centering on Gangnam area in Seoul, and submitted an overseas investment agreement to Kotra.

Keyyang Precision Co., Ltd. signed a joint technology agreement with Texas A & M University

Keyyang Precision (CEO Chung Byungkee), the only company specializing in car turbochargers in Korea, signed an MOU with the A & M University of Texas under the auspices of the Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Yoon Sang-jik. Through this, Keyyang Precision secured a foothold to become a global R & D company in the turbocharger field.

Texas A & M University is the sixth largest public university in the United States and has a Rotational Technology and Turbomachinery Research Center under its umbrella. The research center is studying the dynamics of the rotor and vibrations of the gas bearings and turbomachines, and has core technologies for automobiles, power generation facilities, ports, and space industry. Keyyang Precision is a member of Texas A & M 'Technology and Turbomachinery Research Center' for the past three years and has been collaborating on the core technologies of air turbulence, air compression and rotation for automotive turbochargers.

Through this agreement, Keyyang Precision plans to dispatch three researchers to Texas A & M for the next five years from August this year.

Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization signed MOU with Texas Biological Society

On the same day, Yoon Sang-Jik, the Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (CEO, Green Cross Holdings) for the diversity of business cooperation between Korea and Texas to foster the biotechnology industry of the two countries. .

The agreement between the Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization and the Texas Biotechnology Association (THBI) concluded with this agreement will include: ▲ facilitating partnering and match-making of high-end biopharmaceutical companies in Korea and the United States; and : ▲ promoting match-making among advanced biotech companies, Technology and business information for mutual exchange between gene therapy products and cell therapy products); and backward support through a support center for advanced US and Korean bio companies.

Through this business agreement, the Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization will provide optimal partnership between Korean development companies and demand companies in the US through the location of ABICS (Advanced Biopharmaceutical Support Center), and will support joint research and commercialization of advanced biotechnology fields between Korea and US companies.

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