Ilhwa signs sponsorship contract with Gyeongnam FC for the 2021 season
Nashanghoon Ilhwa, Head of Food Business Division (left), and Jinkwan Park, CEO of FC Gyeongnam, are signing a sponsorship contract and taking a commemorative photo. (Photo by Ilhwa)
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Food and beverage health company Ilhwa announced on the 22nd that it has signed an official sponsorship contract with Gyeongnam FC.
The signing ceremony held at the Gyeongnam FC Secretariat was attended by Ilhwa's Food Business Division Head Sanghoon Na, Auditor Hyungjoong Kwon, Gyeongnam FC CEO Jinkwan Park, and Manager Kihyun Seol.
Ilhwa, which signed the sponsorship contract to promote the revitalization of the domestic sports industry and the development of the K-League, will support Gyeongnam FC with its beverages and red ginseng products worth approximately 20 million KRW in the second half of this year. Gyeongnam FC plans to mutually cooperate by displaying Ilhwa advertisements on LED billboards and L-boards during home games.
Ilhwa, the first domestic producer and seller of barley carbonated drink Maekcol, Chojung sparkling water, Jinwells, and other food, beverages, ginseng, and pharmaceuticals, spares no effort in various sponsorships to foster and develop the domestic sports industry. Recently, it signed an agreement with the Korea Elementary School Badminton Federation to support promising players, and on the 2nd, successfully hosted the ‘Maekcol·Monapark Open with SBS Golf’.
Jinkwan Park, CEO of Gyeongnam FC, said, “The sponsorship agreement between Gyeongnam FC and Ilhwa will greatly help the operation of the FC club,” adding, “We will do our best in every way so that our club and Ilhwa can coexist and grow together.”
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Sanghoon Na, Head of Ilhwa’s Food Business Division, said, “As COVID-19 has lasted for a long time, the entire nation is exhausted and struggling, and we deeply sympathize with the difficulties faced by the sports world,” and added, “We hope this agreement will be an opportunity for Gyeongnam FC and the sports community to develop further.”
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