[Chungnam Ilbo, Reporter Song Nak-in] On the 12th, Mayor Lee Wan-seop of Seosan City, Chungcheongnam-do, visited Hongil Industry located in Unsan-myeon, taking time to encourage the company's growth and discuss measures for its stable establishment.
According to the city, each company is an innovative enterprise run by a young CEO in their 40s, and this visit was arranged to foster and support startup companies and to share opinions with company representatives on youth entrepreneurship.
Mayor Lee listened to the growth process and vision of each company, while also touring the production sites in person to check the companies' technological capabilities and the operation of their innovative systems.
In addition, he took time to discuss solutions with each company's representatives regarding difficulties raised on site.
Hongil Industry, which Mayor Lee visited that day, is a small and medium-sized enterprise that, under the leadership of its young CEO, has secured differentiated industrial property rights for products such as copper wire hoses, transparent spiral hoses, and spring-braided hoses, and has continuously researched and developed various types of hoses.
Since its establishment in 2006, the company has received the 3 Million Dollar Export Tower Award and been certified by Korea Enterprise Data as a company with excellent technological capabilities, making it a promising enterprise rapidly growing into a leading domestic hose specialist company.
Mayor Lee Wan-seop said, "The passion and innovative ideas of young entrepreneurs make Seosan's future look bright," adding, "We will spare no administrative and financial support so that the company can become even more firmly established in Seosan."
Source: Chungnam Ilbo (http://www.chungnamilbo.co.kr)