Seoyon E-Hwa Wins Gold and Silver Presid…
From
August 26 to 30, 2024, Seoyon
E-Hwa participated in the ‘50th National Quality Innovation Competition,’ held
at the Suwon Convention Center. The event was co-hosted by the Ministry of
Trade, Industry and Energy's Korean Agency for Technology and Standards,
Gyeonggi Province, and Suwon City, with the Korea Standards Association serving
as the organizer.
The
opening ceremony featured several high-profile attendees, including Jin Jong-wook,
Director of the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards; Kim Seong-jung,
vice governor of Gyeonggi Province for Administrative Affairs; Lee Jae-jun,
Mayor of Suwon; and Kang Myung-soo,
Chairman of the Korea Standards Association. Over 700 quality management
professionals from various industries were present.
The
competition highlighted achievements in 18 categories, including carbon
neutrality, ESG, smart factories, safety quality, equipment (PTM), maintenance
management (EAM), Six Sigma, process improvement, indirect services, research
results, service, win-win cooperation, learning organizations (CoP), case
suggestions, free form (manufacturing), free form (service), big data/AI, and
new product development (NPD). Representatives from 298 quality control teams
from 189 public and private companies, involving 2,800 participants, came
together to share their knowledge and compete.
Seoyon
E-Hwa's Team Armor won the Gold Presidential Award in the research category for
their project on "Research into Plastic Glazing Technology as a Substitute
for Reinforced Automotive Glass." Meanwhile, in the win-win cooperation
category, Seoyon
E-Hwa's Symmetric team and its partner Beomyang's
Sinabro
team jointly received the Silver Presidential Award for their project to reduce
the defect rate in the door trim center panel process. Since first
participating in 1996, Seoyon
E-Hwa has consistently earned Presidential Awards, solidifying its leadership
in quality innovation within the automotive interior and exterior components
industry.
A Seoyon
E-Hwa spokesperson stated, “We will continue to actively discover and support
voluntary small-scale innovation activities within the company, in line with
our ongoing E-novation idea contest. This will further our efforts to address
on-site issues and enhance product quality.”
2024-10-11
