The <1st Furniture Skills Competition>, organized by premium power tool company Festool Korea, will be held over two days from August 6 to 7 at Hall 7 of KINTEX Building 2 in Ilsan.
The <1st Furniture Skills Competition> is an event where you can fully demonstrate your woodworking skills together with the premium power tool brand Festool. Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis, with a total of 40 teams each made up of 3 members, and there are no restrictions on who may enter. However, medalists (gold, silver, and bronze) of the National Skills Competition hosted by the Minister of Employment and Labor are excluded from participation.
The competition task is furniture production, which will be announced one month in advance, and the work is to be produced using the shared Festool equipment provided at the venue as well as hand tools brought by the individual participants. More detailed information can be found on the website of the International Skills Athletes Association (http://www.world-skills.kr).
In addition to the competition, the <1st Furniture Skills Competition> will feature exhibits of various woodworking machines and other products and attractions, which is expected to help answer visitors' everyday questions about woodworking machinery. By visiting the corporate website of premium power tool company Festool Korea (www.festool.co.kr) or by searching for 'Festool' on KakaoTalk Plus Friend and adding it as a friend, you can receive news of the various events run by Festool Korea, as well as company information.
Meanwhile, Festool, founded in 1925 in Neitlingen in southern Germany, is a family-run company with a 90-year tradition that leads the premium power tool market through uncompromising, superior quality and differentiated customer service. Festool Korea began supplying products and providing services in November 2017, and offers premium service to Korean customers through its own directly operated service center and its Service All-Inclusive (SAI) system.