As the most professional and fast growing surface finishing exhibition in China, SF EXPO is the ONLY global surface engineering expo approved by UFI. It makes great contributions to the technology exchange and international trade for surface finishing industry every year. In order to better serve the southwest market, SF EXPO organizing committee made strategic expansion in 2013 by holding the exhibition in Guangzhou and Chongqing every other year. At present, SF EXPO has been successfully held 13 times in Guangzhou, three times in Chongqing, which has been deeply recognized by the industry.

In order to adapt to the booming development of southwest manufacturing industry, at the last SF EXPO in Chongqing, various manufacturers that own the latest surface treatment technology, equipment and raw materials launched core frontier products and technologies without reservation, competed to display the most advanced technology, equipment and solutions to meet the needs of southwest manufacturing industry. In the three-day exhibition, there were total 318 overseas and domestic companies from 16 countries and regions, such as CONVENTYA, EAC, HUACHUANG, Lidao, PAT, Xingyi, CLP II, SPE, Jidao, Chengao, Jianzheng Electroplating, Juke, Wagner, Gema, Yudong, Xinliguang, Landtech, JOIHEY, Mingyi Coating, SQROBOT, Haosheng Coating, CNISOO. The exhibition area reached 11,500sqm, increased 53.33% compared with the previous SF EXPO in Chongqing. It attracted 11,343 visitors with 8.67% overseas visitors. Most of the visitors are from famous domestic enterprises like Foxconn, XJ GROUP, Acer, FAW GROUP, JOMOO, Hefei Medea, Suzhou SAMSUNG, Bosch China, OILES China, Changan Industrial, Changan Automotive, Changan Ford, SGM, SAIC IVICO, CHONGQING TIEMA INDUSTRIES, CHONGQING WEICHAI, Honda Motor, HUAWEI GROUP, AVIC, CLP44, LONCIN, Genhis Khan Airlines, CCDC PETROLEUM, WANGJIANG INDUSTRY, CASC 16, AUX, XINGFA ALUMINIUM, AMER and so on. There were 19 visitors groups from Changan Industrial, Dajiang Industrial, Changan Automobile, JIANSHE INDUSTRY, SPACE TECHNOLOGY, HONGYU PRECISION INDUSTRY, 2018 China (Chongqing) Automotive Surface Engineering and Anti-corrosion Technology Seminar. 

The concurrent events, 2018 China (Chongqing) International Surface Engineering Technology Forum, 2018 China (Chongqing) Automotive Surface Engineering and Anti-corrosion Technology Seminar, 2018 China (Chongqing) Environmental Protection Technology Seminar on Electroplating and Coating, The 4th Sichuan-Chongqing Surface Engineering Technology Exchange Meeting, Symposium on comprehensive management of industrial volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 2018 Promotion Conference of Surface Finishing new environmental protection products and technologies, Investigation Mission to Southwest China Surface Finishing Market, not only complemented the exhibition, but also benefited the exhibitors and visitors.