Jeon Young-hyun, President of Samsung SDI, "Let's Secure 'Super-gap Technology' for a 100-Year Company"

2020 50th Anniversary New Year's Address

President Younghyun Jeon of Samsung SDI

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Samsung SDI President Jeon Young-hyun emphasized securing a super-gap technology to become a leading advanced materials and energy company.

In his New Year's address on the 2nd, President Jeon said, "This year marks the 50th anniversary of our founding, and we stand at the starting line of new challenges and innovations toward becoming a 100-year company," adding, "Beyond the glory of dominating the display industry for the past 50 years, let's aim to lead the advanced materials and energy sectors."

He highlighted securing super-gap technology and building a challenging organizational culture as key execution tasks. President Jeon stated, "We must further strengthen Samsung SDI's core competencies in high-capacity, high-output material technology and lead the market with next-generation new products applying these technologies to become the 'game changer' in the battery industry."

He called for strengthening the acquisition of new growth engines through high value-added items in the electronic materials business. He urged that to lead the rapidly growing electric vehicle, wearable, and advanced materials markets, the industry must possess technologies that competitors cannot surpass to reach the top.

President Jeon presented quality and safety technology as Samsung SDI's differentiation points. He said, "To create a challenging organizational culture based on autonomy and creativity, it is essential to have field-oriented management and strong execution capabilities," adding, "Let us become a respected company by fulfilling our social responsibilities through higher ethical awareness and compliance."

Samsung SDI produced a commemorative emblem to mark its 50th anniversary this year. The emblem symbolizes the number '50' with the connection between 5 and 0 shaped as an infinity symbol, expressing Samsung SDI's infinite growth potential, and was selected through employee voting. Meanwhile, about 300 employees attended the New Year's ceremony held at the Giheung plant on the same day.

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