This year’s competition featured 320 quality circles representing 208 workplaces nationwide that advanced to the final round. Participants competed across 18 categories, including Carbon Neutrality, ESG, Smart Factory, Safety & Quality, Equipment (PTM), Engineering Asset Management (EAM), Six Sigma, On-site Improvement, Office Innovation, Research Performance, Service, Shared-Growth Collaboration, Learning Organization (CoP), Proposal Case Studies, Free-Style (Manufacturing), Free-Style (Service), Big Data & AI, and New Product Development (NPD).

The Firefly team received the Presidential Gold Award in the Safety & Quality category for its project, “Reducing Risk Levels by Improving Hazard Factors in Door Trim Manufacturing Processes.” With continued wins since first entering the competition in 1996, Seoyon E-Hwa has reinforced its standing as a leader in quality innovation within the automotive interior and exterior parts industry.

A Seoyon E-Hwa representative stated, “We will continue to identify and support voluntary small-scale innovation activities within the company, in connection with our ongoing E-novation Idea Contest. Our goal is to further enhance problem-solving at the production site and contribute to improving product quality.”