Daegun Tech and SeAH Changwon Specialty Steel Receive Preferential Support for Changwon Policy Projects

CEO and Worker Awards, Industrial Peace Award Honors

Choi Yong-hoon, Chairman of the SeAH Changwon Special Steel Labor Union (from the left), Shin Ki-soo, CEO of Daegun Tech, Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, Kim Moon-hong, Senior Executive of SeAH Changwon Special Steel, and Sung Ji-kyung, Factory Manager who accepted the award on behalf of CEO Lee Sang-eun, are holding the award and posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] On the 15th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam awarded citizens who have brightened Changwon's economy and led labor-management harmony at the reception room.

The city selected citizens corresponding to the 'Best CEO,' 'Best Worker,' and 'Industrial Peace Award' and celebrated them on this day.

According to the city, the Best CEO and Worker Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have greatly contributed to the development of local industries and workers who have strived to improve industrial competitiveness through quality enhancement, while the Industrial Peace Award is given to CEOs and workers who have achieved industrial peace through long-term labor-management harmony without disputes.

Shin Gisu, CEO of Daegun Tech, who received the Best CEO Award, was recognized for his continuous research and development since the company's establishment, successfully developing the world's first magnesium material 3D printer, and for implementing a high-skilled technician training project linked to employment for local high school students.

Kim Munhong, Senior Manager of SeAH Changwon Special Steel, received the Best Worker Award, and CEO Lee Sang-eun and Labor Union Chairman Choi Yonghun were honored with the Industrial Peace Award, respectively.

Senior Manager Kim, who joined in 2002, improved product productivity based on accumulated experience and technology while working in the rolling equipment field for 20 years.

CEO Lee, based on the management philosophy of 'field-centered, people-centered,' has continuously communicated with workers since taking office and distributed 10% of the annual operating profit as performance bonuses to all employees every year.

Chairman Choi, since being elected in 2020, led labor-management meetings to reach an agreement to extend the retirement age from 60 to 61 and differentiated uniform break times within the steelmaking plant by process.

Both companies were selected as preferential companies under the 'Changwon City Ordinance on Corporate Love and Promotion of Corporate Activities' and will receive preferential support for various policy projects promoted by the city.

Mayor Hong Nampyo said, "I express my gratitude to the entrepreneurs and workers who achieved outstanding results even during difficult times of high inflation, high interest rates, and high exchange rates," and added, "As Changwon's main industry, manufacturing, is losing growth momentum, we will do our best to develop support policies that are practical and direct to help create more companies that generate high added value through structural advancement centered on the 4th Industrial Revolution."

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