KIMEX Korea International Machinery Expo: the trade show
The first Gyeongnam International Machinery Expo was opened at
Changwon exhibition hall of Dongnam Industrial Park in 1997 by the
Gyeongnam province governor's suggestion at the Assembly of North East
Asia Regional Governments in 1996. In 1999, it was renamed 'Korea
International Machinery Expo (KIMEX)'.
After a year, KIMEX's exhibition venue moved to Gyeongnam Stadium and had been held every 2 years from 2000 until 2004. As the first provincial exhibition in Korea, KIMEX needed to be held in a dedicated exhibition center and in September 2005, Changwon Convention Center (CECO) was opened. Therefore, KIMEX was newly held in CECO in 2006.