The late Chairman Chun-Ho Shin urges executives and employees to “Quality First and Global Competitiveness”
“You can’t just sell things, but you can’t stop”
According to Nongshim on the 28th, the founder of Nongshim, Chairman Shin Chun-ho, left a message to the executives and staff members when he last went to work a few months before his death, saying, “Grow Nongshim in the world with the best quality without falsehood.” Photo = News 1
Nongshim was called the’king of ramen’(281,000 -0.53%) Before founder Chairman Shin Chun-ho entered Yeong-myeon on the 27th, the last message was’Quality First’. Chairman Shin, who founded Nongshim with a capital of 5 million won, and raised it as a company representing K Food with sales of 2.6 trillion won, urged executives and employees to develop Nongshim’s global competitiveness based on the best quality.
According to Nongshim on the 28th, Chairman Shin left a message to the executives and employees when he last went to work a few months ago, saying, “Grow Nongshim in the world with the best quality without lies.”
Chairman Shin has been emphasizing quality first and competitiveness in the global market. Chairman Shin, who once again emphasized the importance of quality, which has been emphasizing over 50 years as his last work order, said, “We must not just sell products, but have a systematic strategy and speed up our global market penetration.”
Chairman Shin, who was called the’King of Ramen’, passed away at the age of 92 on the 27th. Photo = Yonhap News
Chairman Shin established a research center from the beginning of the foundation of Nongshim in 1965 with the philosophy of’you can go far by yourself’, focusing on technology development and quality management. He called himself a’ramen man’ and’snack man’ and ordered the craftsmanship from the staff as well.
Chairman Shin also requested that the company and its products expand into the global market with pride.
Chairman Shin said, “We need to be competitive in the global market and prepare for the future.” I have to do it,” he stressed.
Based on Chairman Shin’s philosophy, Nongshim has been the first Korean food company to enter overseas and invest in exports. In particular, Shin Ramyun, the masterpiece of Chairman Shin, is currently exported to more than 100 countries around the world, leading the K Ramyun craze. Nongshim’s ramen sales exceeded 2 trillion won (2.86 trillion won) last year, and exports of Shin Ramyun reached 440 billion won.
According to Nongshim, Shin Ramyun Black ranked first in the article’The best instant noodles’ reported by Wire Cutter last year. Photo = provided by Nongshim
An official from Nongshim said, “Chairman Shin had a great attachment to the company until recently, carefully taking care of major management issues such as the launch of new products,” he said. “Until the last time, he left a request for the future of the company.”
In addition, to his family, President Shin left a request to “have friendship among families.”
Chairman Shin also donated 1 billion won to express his gratitude to Seoul National University Hospital, who had been in charge of treatment for a long time before his death.
Meanwhile, Chairman Shin passed away at the age of 92 at 3:38 am on the 27th. In honor of the deceased, the founder, Nongshim holds a funeral as the head of the Nongshim Group for 4 days. The origin is at 5 a.m. on the 30th. Jangji is Sunyeong, Miryang, Gyeongnam.
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