'15th Display Day'... Kim Won-nam, Chairman of Top Engineering, Awarded Silver Tower Industrial Medal

Ministry of Industry Awards Government Commendations to 18 People Including the Silver Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit

The government held the 15th Display Day ceremony and awarded government commendations, including the Silver Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit, to 18 contributors to the development of the display industry, including Kim Won-nam, chairman of Top Engineering.

A Samsung Display employee is examining a stretchable display that transforms from a flat surface into a three-dimensional shape of Jeju Island.
[Photo by Samsung Display]

On the 26th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the 15th Display Day ceremony at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Contributors to the display industry and representatives and executives from the industry attended.

The Ministry awarded government commendations, including the Silver Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit, to 18 contributors to the development of the display industry.

The Silver Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit was awarded to Kim Won-nam, chairman of Top Engineering, who developed the world's first non-contact micro light-emitting diode (LED) inspection equipment.

The Ministry explained, "The development of micro LED inspection equipment is expected to contribute to productivity improvement in the future," and added, "He was recognized for various achievements in strengthening competitiveness in materials, parts, and equipment, including developing bonding equipment in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) field."

The Presidential Citation was awarded to Baek Ji-ho, executive director of LG Display, who significantly improved the performance of OLED panels in terms of image quality and luminance. The Prime Minister's Citation was awarded to Ryu Je-gil, project leader at Samsung Display, who enhanced the quality of foldable displays. Yang Ho-geun, CEO of KC Tech, who contributed to the development of OLED process equipment such as cleaning devices, also received the Prime Minister's Citation.

The Ministry stated, "To achieve an OLED super-gap that competitors cannot catch up with, we plan to further strengthen research and development (R&D) investment next year," and added, "We will also steadily support next-generation technologies, including investing 484 billion KRW over eight years in the inorganic light-emitting display field."

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