On October 20, 2025, the Korea Elevator Association (KEA) officially issued an official announcement, confirming that the 12th 2026 South Korea Seoul International Elevator Exhibition (ILEK 2026) will be held at the Seoul KINTEX Exhibition Center in South Korea from November 13 to 15, 2026. Founded in 2004 and held every two years, the exhibition is the largest and most professional exclusive exhibition for the elevator industry in South Korea, and is the core business platform for global elevator enterprises to enter the South Korean and Northeast Asian markets. The core planning of this exhibition includes: First, the total exhibition area is 15,000 square meters, and it is expected to attract 230 exhibitors from more than 18 countries around the world, with exhibits covering the whole industrial chain products and technologies such as complete elevator machines, escalators, moving walks, core components, intelligent control systems, maintenance equipment, green energy-saving technologies, and ultra-high-speed elevator technologies. Second, the Northeast Asia Elevator Industry Development Summit Forum will be held at the same time, inviting industry regulatory agencies, industry associations and technical experts from Northeast Asian and Southeast Asian countries such as South Korea, China, Japan and Singapore to conduct in-depth discussions on core topics such as mutual recognition of elevator standards in Northeast Asia, market access policies, development of intelligent elevator technology, and transformation of old elevators. Third, set up an innovative technology characteristic exhibition area, focusing on displaying cutting-edge products and solutions such as ultra-high-speed elevators, intelligent IoT elevators, energy-saving elevators, home elevators, barrier-free elevators, and fire elevators. Fourth, the Korea Elevator Maintenance Personnel Skills Competition and Elevator Design Innovation Competition will be held at the same time to promote the technological innovation and skill level improvement of Korea's elevator industry. Fifth, it is expected to attract more than 16,000 professional visitors from Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe and other regions, covering core procurement groups such as construction developers, elevator distributors, engineering contractors, property management companies, and government bidding and procurement departments.