International Meeting on Information Display 2005 IMID 2005 (International Meeting on Information Display) will be held from July 20 to 23 at the COEX in Samsung-dong Seoul Korea. This exhibition has been co-organized by KIDS (Korea Information Display Society), the Electronic Times, and two other organizations. As displays have become one of Korea's main export items, the scale and weight of the display industry is also rapidly growing. Accordingly, a display exhibition with internationally status is badly needed. In particular, Korea is the largest display producer in the world. Considering the status of the Korean display industry, the IMID 2005 should be developed as a top level specialized exhibitions. In case of Japan, as of 2005, three display-related academic conferences and exhibitions that will include the participation of Finetech and FPD International are being held. An Overview of IMID 2005 IMID is the only display exhibition in Korea. Meanwhile, the world's largest LCD and PDP manufacturers will participate in this exhibition, while exhibiting their products, parts and materials, and equipment. Compared with other kinds of exhibitions, the number of specialists among the visitors is higher than that of ordinary visitors. Until now, the number of booths and participants of IMID is relatively small compared with Japan and Taiwan. But as time goes on, the number of participating companies and visitors will steadily increase along with the exhibition's growing recognition worldwide. Profile of IMID 2005 Participating Companies l Total number of participating companies: 133 companies (16% increase over 2004 of 114 companies) l Total booths: 406 booths (50% increase over 2004 of 270 booths) l Participating overseas companies: 94 booths (84% increase over 2004 of 51 booths) l Classification of participating companies - Total 133 companies and 406 booths (Domestic companies: 95 companies/ 312 booths, overseas companies: 38 companies/ 94 booths) - Module producer: 5 companies including LG Electronics, LG Philips LCD, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and 58 booths - Parts and components producers: 34 companies including Samsung Corning, Dongwoo Fine-Chem, JSR, Nitto Denko and 96 booths - Equipment producer: 90 companies including SFA, Semes, Jusung Engineering, ADP Engineering and 228 booths - Others: 5 organizations including Next Generation Growth Engine Display Business Team and Display Asia and 24 booths - Overseas companies: total 7 countries, 38 companies, and 94 booths (Japan: 18 companies/54 booths, U.S.A: 9 companies/20 booths, Germany: 5 companies/12 booths, Taiwan 2 companies/3 booths, Hong Kong 1 company/2 booths, France and Swiss (1 company/1 booth each)