The International LED & OLED EXPO 2014 was held for four days from June 25 to 28 at KINTEX, an exhibition hall in Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province).

At the expo, a total of 260 companies from 15 countries introduced 1,000 products, ranging from LED chips, LEDs and OLED lamps to lighting equipment, marking the exposition's 12th year. About 20,000 people, including international and domestic buyers, visited the expo venue.



At this year’s expo, five Korean firms received prizes from the Korean government for developing new, advanced technologies. Among them is Yuyang DNU, which received a presidential prize for its Visible Light Communication (VLC) lighting module and receiver which use Li-Fi technology. Li-Fi technology, standing for "light fidelity," uses visible light from a bulb and can transmit information wirelessly using that visible light, as opposed to using radio frequency waves. This technology is 250 times faster than Wi-Fi and 40 times faster than LTE-A technology, which mobile communication operators currently provide. .


At state-funded promotional booths, a total of nine Korean organizations, including universities and LED-related research institutes, presented their LED technology research results that have been supported by the Korean government. One of the participants was the Department of Food Science and Industry at Jungwon University. It showcased its new LED crop cultivation technology. Jungwon University Professor Min Young Sil said, “Compared with crops that grow under natural light, crops under certain LED lights show up to 15 to 30 percent better conditions at cultivation. The development of LEDs and biotechnology will contribute to cultivating and preserving crops.”


During the expo, export consultations worth some USD 615 million took place and the total estimated amount of export contracts will reach USD 40 million, said the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.



By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
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