Korean Printing Association to hold L.A. Conference in November

The Korean Printing & Publishing Industry Business Matching Conference, sponsored by the Korean Printers Association, will be held November 5 at the Omni Hotel, Los Angeles, CA.

Oct 4th, 2019

Business meetings with printing companies from the following industries:

Printing

Printing Service

Publishing

Paper manufacturing

Packaging

Labeling

Benefits to attending the conference include:

Free Entrance Fee

New partnership opportunities

Market expending

New Technologies

For more information, email Yuna Ko at koyuna0495@gmail.com

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