Samyang Group 99th Anniversary... Chairman Kim Yoon "Leap to a Global Specialty Company"

Commemorative Speech on the Anniversary of the Founding

Samyang Group, celebrating its 99th anniversary, has expressed its determination to leap forward as a ‘global specialty company’ through change and innovation.

Yoon Kim, Chairman of Samyang Holdings

On the 1st, the founding anniversary, Samyang Group announced on the 4th that it shared Chairman Kim Yoon’s commemorative speech with employees through the company’s internal network.

Chairman Kim Yoon stated, “Since its establishment in 1924, Samyang Group has faithfully fulfilled its role as a national company by contributing to solving the people’s basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter and to the development of the national economy over the past 99 years. While the 99 years of history are invaluable, to endure for over 100 years, we must embrace a new paradigm of change and innovation.”

He continued, “If we have enriched and made life more convenient by providing what humanity needs so far, from now on, we must become a company that can provide solutions that change and advance human life. We will continuously expand and nurture the group’s core specialty businesses such as semiconductors, secondary batteries, personal care materials, next-generation alternative sweeteners, and biodegradable sutures, and advance our business portfolio to focus on specialty and global markets.”

Chairman Kim also emphasized change and innovation in the way employees work and their mindset. He said, “We must have the spirit of challenge that does not fear failure and an organizational culture that can respond quickly and agilely to change, combined with expertise to solve challenges. Rather than seeking answers in familiar past experiences, I urge you to awaken the infinite internal potential with open minds and new perspectives to find new paths.”

Finally, he said, “Future growth necessarily involves change and innovation, and all employees must participate. Let us create a Samyang corporate culture that fiercely contemplates and challenges while supporting and encouraging each other.”

Meanwhile, to celebrate its 99th anniversary, Samyang Group plans to hold a ‘Heritage Walking Event’ on the 13th. On this day, employees will participate together to visit the birthplace of the founder, Sudang Kim Yeon-su, in Gochang, Jeonbuk, and walk along the Haeri Salt Farm Road, constructed through reclamation projects in the 1940s, to directly experience the founder’s spirit of challenge and pioneering.

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