Changwon City Holds 'CEO and Worker of the Year' Awards Ceremony

CEO Lee Sang-yeon of Kyunghan Korea Co., Ltd.
Top Labor Expert Park Tae-woo, Senior Engineer at Kia Motors Corporation

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, held an awards ceremony on the 21st, selecting CEO Lee Sang-yeon of Kyunghan Korea Co., Ltd. and Senior Engineer Park Tae-woo of Kia Motors Corporation as recipients of the 'CEO and Laborer of the Year Award' honoring those who have illuminated the Changwon economy.

The CEO and Laborer of the Year Award is given to encourage the contributions of local businesspeople and laborers and to foster pride.

The awardees are enshrined in the Corporate Hall of Fame, which was first established by a local government in September 2005, with a bronze relief of their upper body and related official materials dedicated for two years, after which the bronze relief is permanently preserved.

The CEO of the Year awardee, Lee Sang-yeon, leads Kyunghan Korea Co., Ltd., a company that manufactures automotive parts.

Starting with Kyunghan Precision in 1984, the company has invested generously in research and development and supplies major domestic and international automobile companies. Since 2016, it has established a smart factory for automotive parts and achieved a 32% increase in sales compared to the previous year.

Additionally, to improve employee welfare, the company constructed three dormitories, a cafeteria, and a fitness center, and contributed to forming a family-like exemplary organizational culture by providing long-term service awards and housing loan support.

Furthermore, for balanced social development, it has donated a total of 790 million KRW over three years to various underprivileged groups.

The Laborer of the Year awardee, Park Tae-woo, has worked for 28 years in the automotive maintenance and technology development field at Kia Motors Corporation, playing a leading role in developing automotive maintenance manuals and applying new technologies to new vehicles.

He has also won awards at national skills competitions and the Gyeongsangnam-do skills competition, and contributed significantly to industrial technology development through his activities as a technical advisory committee member for the provincial governor.

Through invited lectures at maintenance companies and schools, he serves as a role model as an excellent technician in the automotive maintenance field.

Mayor Heo Seong-mu expressed gratitude, stating, "We thank the businesspeople and laborers who have taken the lead in revitalizing the local economy and social contribution activities."

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