Dong-A Pharmaceutical Wins Presidential Award at National Quality Innovation Competition for Second Consecutive Year

Dong-A Pharmaceutical announced on the 20th that it received the Presidential Gold and Silver Awards at the 51st National Quality Innovation Competition awards ceremony, which was held on the 19th at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

The National Quality Innovation Competition is an event where workers participating in quality innovation activities in the industrial field present outstanding improvement cases. It is hosted by the National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and organized by the Korean Standards Association.

At the awards ceremony of the 51st National Quality Innovation Competition held on the 19th at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, the winners are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Dong-A Pharmaceutical

Since 1975, the government has been holding this competition to encourage companies' quality improvement activities through quality circle activities and to secure the competitiveness of the industry in terms of quality. Quality circles are small groups that voluntarily carry out improvement activities in the industrial field, aiming to address on-site issues, reduce costs, enhance quality and productivity, and increase customer satisfaction.

This year marks the 51st edition of the competition, which was held over five days from August 25 to 29 at the Jeju International Convention Center. Approximately 7,000 participants from 320 teams, who passed the preliminaries in 17 cities and provinces nationwide, took part. The awards for the winning teams were presented at the 51st National Quality Innovation Competition.

Dong-A Pharmaceutical participated with three teams: the Quality Management Office ChaoReum Quality Circle, the Cheonan Plant Impact Quality Circle, and the Icheon Plant Challenge Quality Circle. The Quality Management Office ChaoReum Quality Circle won the Presidential Gold Award in the research achievement category by successfully presenting their research on "Improvement Study to Enhance Consumer Utility of Panpyrin Q Liquid." The Cheonan Plant Impact Quality Circle and the Icheon Plant Challenge Quality Circle each won the Presidential Silver Award in the field improvement category for their presentations on "Reducing the Defective Product Rate by Improving the Panpyrin Filling Process" and "Reducing Equipment Downtime by Improving the Ointment Manufacturing Process," respectively.

All quality circles from Dong-A Pharmaceutical that participated this year received awards, once again demonstrating the company's quality competitiveness. In particular, the company achieved the distinction of winning both the Presidential Gold and Silver Awards for two consecutive years.

A representative from Dong-A Pharmaceutical stated, "We will continue to do our utmost to improve quality in order to produce products that safeguard the healthy lives of consumers," adding, "Through ongoing quality innovation, we aim to contribute to the advancement of the domestic pharmaceutical industry and to enhancing national quality competitiveness."

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