Gwangyang Steelworks Unveils 'New Equipment Person's Tower' to Celebrate 40th Anniversary

Engraving the Attitude of Equipment Professionals and the Names of All Employees

Commemorating 40 Years of Passion by Equipment Professionals

POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks (Director Lee Jin-su) celebrated the 40th anniversary of the opening of Gwangyang Steelworks (1983) by constructing a new Equipment Workers' Tower embodying the determination and passion of the equipment personnel and held an unveiling ceremony.

The unveiling ceremony was attended by Lee Jin-su, Director of Gwangyang Steelworks, Son Seong-guk, Labor Union Delegate, Park Won-jun, Worker Representative of the Equipment Division from the Steelworks Council, and about 60 employees.

At the unveiling ceremony of the New Equipment Person's Tower held at Gwangyang Steelworks, Lee Jin-su, head of Gwangyang Steelworks (third from the left), and representatives of the equipment department employees are unveiling the New Equipment Person's Tower. [Photo by Gwangyang Steelworks]

Gwangyang Steelworks, wishing for prosperity and harmony, built the "New Equipment Workers' Tower" with a diameter of 1.5 meters and a height of 4 meters to the right of the original Equipment Workers' Tower, which was erected 30 years ago in front of the Equipment Management Center, reflecting the pride of maintenance workers.

The new Equipment Workers' Tower retains the original tower's design but adds lighting at the top to illuminate the future of the equipment division. On the front of the tower, the core values of the equipment division and the attitude of equipment workers, selected through a contest, are inscribed, while the back features the affiliations and names of all 1,831 employees in the equipment division at Gwangyang Steelworks, embodying the aspirations of the staff.

The diamond-shaped top of the tower is modeled after Athena's shield from Greco-Roman mythology, symbolizing Safety All, and the top and bottom of the tower are connected by bolt shapes that bind all elements of equipment together, symbolically representing the unity and harmony of the equipment division employees.

Notably, the new Equipment Workers' Tower attracted attention as all processes?from drafting the design, tower fabrication, civil engineering work, to lighting installation?were directly produced using the in-house technical capabilities of the Gwangyang Steelworks equipment division.

Lee Jin-su, Director of Gwangyang Steelworks, said, “I thank all the equipment division employees who have robustly managed the equipment of Gwangyang Steelworks over the past 40 years and supported the competitiveness of the steelworks,” adding, “Let us move forward vigorously together toward the next 40 years.”

An employee from the equipment division who attended the unveiling ceremony said, “I will always keep the attitude of equipment workers engraved on the tower in mind and work with pride,” and added, “I want to care for my colleagues like family, ensure safety, and grow into a respected equipment worker in my duties.”

Meanwhile, following the unveiling ceremony, a time capsule sealing ceremony was held. Maintenance workers’ equipment inspection items such as tool bags, work uniforms, photos from the G League, an in-house sports competition at Gwangyang Steelworks, and the Equipment Technology Department’s Love Sharing Hof Day were placed in the time capsule and buried behind the new Equipment Workers' Tower. The time capsule sealed that day is scheduled to be opened in 2043, 20 years later.

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