KIMES Offers Business Platform for Advanced Healthcare Technology
With the advent of an ageing population and the well-being trend, the global medical industry is one of the world's fastest growing industries. The demand for reliable and yet affordable medical technologies is rapidly growing. And with the advanced IT technology such as mobile solutions and next-generation digital medical equipment, it has been focusing on creating a people-oriented healthcare environment.
At this point of such dramatic changes, KIMES - representing the medical industry trends in Asia, beyond South Korea - will provide opportunities for visitors to see the future of the medical environment even more upgraded, as well as healthcare solutions to hospitals and to people¡¯s homes.
KIMES serves as an ideal platform to raise the standards of the medical and hospital industry both in Korea and internationally, raising itself as one of the world¡¯s leading specialized medical exhibitions. In Korea, medical professionals have particularly keener interests and show a higher level of research on new medical technology such as robotic surgery and the U-health care system based on perfect IT infrastructure. And the governmental investment and effort to boost the healthcare industry has been increasing as well, creating an increasingly growing local market. Global companies have been constantly making investments to gain a foothold in the dynamic Northeast Asian markets for exports and building R&D centers in Korea. Against this backdrop, Korea's representative medical equipment show, KIMES 2013 Fair will take place at COEX from March 21 through 24, attended by approximately 1,015 exhibitors from 37 countries and 60,000 visitors from 70 countries in a venue covering 36,007 square meters.
Reflecting its rising status on the global stage, the KIMES 2012 exhibition was attended by 458 local companies and 978 companies from foreign countries such as the USA, Germany, the UK, Japan, Italy, Taiwan and China, which introduced up to 30,000 or more items such as advanced medical equipment, hospital equipment, medical information and medical products.

KIMES, the Platform of Asian Network
In order to boost the domestic and overseas medical industry and maximize the effect of the exhibition, KIMES has been building a global network with America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Central and South, or the Middle East with overseas associations, relegated organization or KIMES¡¯ oversees agents. And it provides vast information on the Korean market to the delegations in charge of overseas purchasing and opens the field of network for the actual consultation of purchasing.
Top Quality Activities at KIMES More than 60 sessions of medical academic seminars, practical new products, workshops, medical policy seminars, and international marketing seminars will be held during the KIMES 2013 to convey the most up-to date information to visitors. KIMES provides the opportunity to meet active Korean buyers. From general hospitals to medical clinics, medical buyers with purchasing power at KIMES are the bridgehead to penetrate Korean medical market.
KIMES provides business matching system as a tool to connect active buyers to come to you during the exhibition and help you to fulfill your wants and expectations.

Scale of Korean Medical Device Market
- Scale of the Korean medical device market in 2010: 3.9 trillion won (7.1% increase from the previous year)
- Average annual growth rate between year 2005 and 2010: 9.0% (rapid growth of the Korean medical device industry)
- Medical Device production in 2010: 2.96 trillion won (7.2% increase from the previous year)
- Medical Device import in 2010: 2.6 trillion won (9.2% increase from the previous year)

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