Kim Yun-se and Kim Jin-seong Selected as 'Proud Small Business Owners' for Q4 This Year

Yoonse Kim, CEO of Insanga

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] In the fourth quarter of this year, Kim Yun-se, CEO of Insanga, and Kim Jin-seong, CEO of HRAS, were selected as the 'Proud Small and Medium Business Owners.'

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Korea Federation of SMEs announced on the 25th that they had selected these individuals as the Proud Small and Medium Business Owners for the fourth quarter of 2022.

CEO Kim Yun-se received the first domestic license for bamboo salt manufacturing in 1987 and led the industrialization of bamboo salt. Through research and development, he grew Insanga into the top company in the bamboo salt manufacturing industry.

He contributed to the development of the related industry by obtaining HACCP certification for bamboo salt manufacturing, leading the first KOSDAQ listing in the bamboo salt industry, and spearheading the establishment of the Bamboo Salt Industrial Cooperative. He is also pioneering overseas export routes by targeting markets such as the United States, China, and Japan, the world's largest salt import markets.

Jinsung Kim, CEO of HRS

HRAS is a company that has been manufacturing silicone rubber-related products since 1981. CEO Kim Jin-seong has been with the company since 2007 and took on the role of CEO in 2017, enhancing corporate competitiveness through efforts to improve quality and develop technology in line with recent trends.

Through improvements in the manufacturing process, the company has steadily increased employment, sales, exports, and operating profit over the past three years. In particular, operating profit, which was only 1.4 billion KRW in 2019, rose to 18.3 billion KRW last year, achieving growth of over 1200%.

CEO Kim Jin-seong is contributing to national economic development by creating import substitution effects, such as domestic production of silicone rubber raw materials used inside electric vehicle battery packs and silicone oil for cosmetics.

Meanwhile, the Proud Small and Medium Business Owner award is a system that discovers and rewards outstanding entrepreneurs who have contributed to the development of national industries through management rationalization, export increase, and technology development.

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