LS Names New Bridge 'Deokbonggyo' After Chairman Koo Ja-yeol at Donghae Submarine Cable Factory

LS announced on the 4th that it held a naming ceremony for a newly constructed bridge within the LS Cable & System Donghae Plant located in Donghae City, Gangwon Province, naming it "Deokbong Bridge" after the pen name of Koo Ja-yeol, Chairman of the LS Board of Directors and Chairman of the Korea International Trade Association. ‘Deok’ means to bestow grace by realizing ethical ideals, and ‘Bong’ means peak, symbolizing the highest point.

(From the third person on the left) Gu Ja-yeol, Chairman of the LS Board of Directors, and Gu Bon-gyu, President of LS Cable, along with other guests attending the bridge naming ceremony, are unveiling the Deokbong (德峰) Bridge newly constructed at the subsea cable site in Donghae City, Gangwon Province.

The naming ceremony held on the 1st in front of Deokbong Bridge at the Donghae Plant was attended by about 20 people, including Koo Ja-yeol, Chairman of LS Corporation, Myung Noh-hyun, Vice Chairman, Ahn Won-hyung, President, and Koo Bon-gyu, President of LS Cable & System. In his commemorative speech, Chairman Koo said, “It feels like just yesterday when we broke ground on this barren land,” adding, “As the name Deokbong implies, I hope the Donghae Plant and the submarine cable business will rise like a peak to become the world’s best and a key hub for achieving carbon neutrality.”

During his tenure as Chairman of LS Cable & System in 2009, Chairman Koo led the way in responding to the carbon-zero era by proactively completing the country’s first submarine cable factory in Donghae City. Since then, LS Cable & System has expanded its factories in Donghae City from Buildings 2 to 4 in response to the surge in demand for submarine cables, and in May of this year, completed a 172-meter-tall ultra-high-rise production tower (VCV Tower: Vertical Continuous Vulcanization system).

Deokbong Bridge was newly constructed to facilitate smooth logistics flow within the plant due to the activation of the submarine cable business. Compared to the existing bridge with a 43-ton load capacity, it can safely transport cables weighing over 70 tons, greatly enhancing safety and logistics efficiency.

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