Daegu City 'Small and Medium Enterprise Award' Honors Global K-Food Company 'Youngpoong'

The Grand Prize goes to Solarlight and DK, Excellence Awards to Computermate, Toptech, and Apam

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 6th that Agricultural Corporation Yeongpung Co., Ltd. (CEO Jo Jae-gon) was finally selected as the winner of the '2020 Small and Medium Business Awards,' which led the growth of the local economy and fulfilled social responsibility.

At the judging committee held on the 2nd, two companies, Solarite Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Wol-young) and DK Co., Ltd. (CEO Lee Sang-won), were awarded the Grand Prize, and six companies, including Computer Mate Co., Ltd. (CEOs Seo Sang-in and Kim Sung-ho), Toptech Co., Ltd. (CEO Jeon Gyu-tae), and A-Palm Co., Ltd. (CEO Heo Kyung), were selected for the Excellence Award.

Daegu City received recommendations for applicant companies from small and medium business-related organizations and groups located in the region at the end of August, followed by financial evaluations and on-site investigations.

The grand prize winner, Agricultural Corporation Yeongpung Co., Ltd., is a global K-FOOD company that exports to more than 70 countries worldwide by utilizing core technologies such as tteokbokki and buchimgae to create convenient food products.

Solarite Co., Ltd., which received the Grand Prize, is a comprehensive energy solution company, particularly possessing outstanding technology in the maintenance of ESS (Energy Storage Systems). DK Co., Ltd. is a specialized manufacturer of solar power generation devices that has achieved increased solar power generation efficiency through securing specialized technical personnel and bold investment in research and development in the related field.

Computer Mate Co., Ltd., awarded the Excellence Award, is a specialized IT company supplying smart factory solutions, and Toptech Co., Ltd. is an automobile parts manufacturer mainly producing vehicle transmission parts (Hybrid DCT FORK). Additionally, A-Palm Co., Ltd. is a basic cosmetics specialized manufacturer that secures the safety and efficacy of natural materials and utilizes them in cosmetics development.

The small and medium business award-winning companies will be given opportunities to participate preferentially in various policy projects such as preferential interest rate support for small business startup and competitiveness enhancement funds for two years, preferential interest subsidy for small business management stabilization funds, dispatch of overseas market development teams, and participation in overseas exhibitions and fairs. They will also be exempted from local tax audits for three years.

Choi Woon-baek, Director of the Economic Bureau of Daegu City, said, "I sincerely congratulate the excellent small and medium businesses that have fulfilled social responsibility in the local community despite domestic and international economic uncertainties," and added, "We will spare no support so that the award-winning companies can grow into representative companies of the region."

Meanwhile, since the first award ceremony in 1996, 150 companies have been honored with the Daegu Small and Medium Business Awards. This year's award ceremony will be held at the 'Daegu Small and Medium Business Conference' at Hotel Inter-Burgo on December 2.

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