Jongpil Kim, Executive Vice President of LG Electronics, Receives the Bronze Tower Industrial Medal on 'Product Safety Day'

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Kim Jong-pil, Executive Vice President and Head of Quality Management Center at LG Electronics, received the Bronze Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit at the '2023 Product Safety Day' awards ceremony held on the 9th.

Product Safety Day is an event that recognizes and rewards individuals and organizations who have contributed to public safety through exemplary product safety activities throughout the entire process of production, distribution, and use of products. It is hosted by the National Institute of Technology and Standards and organized by the Korea Product Safety Management Institute. This year marks the 16th anniversary, and the event was attended by Jang Young-jin, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Jin Jong-wook, Director of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, and Lee Jae-man, President of the Korea Product Safety Management Institute.

Jongpil Kim, Executive Vice President, Quality Management Center, LG Electronics / [Photo by LG Electronics]

Executive Vice President Kim Jong-pil joined Geumseongsa (now LG Electronics) in 1990 and has been an expert in product development and quality for over 33 years. As the Chief Quality Officer at LG Electronics, he led the advancement of quality policies based on customer value innovation, enhancing product safety and increasing national competitiveness in the global market, earning recognition for his contributions.

Kim has led the advancement of quality policies to ensure sustainable product safety. He established safety design standards that are stricter than global safety regulations, ensuring that internal development departments and business units comply with them. He has worked to secure world-class safety not only for hardware such as components and finished products but also for software embedded in electronic components and robots.

Meanwhile, LG Electronics maintains its number one position in quality competitiveness in the home appliance industry in the National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) survey conducted by the Korea Productivity Center, based on its differentiated quality management system and advanced technology. This year, LG Electronics ranked first in 15 out of 18 product categories, excluding mobile devices, achieving the highest number of first-place product categories for eight consecutive years. In particular, drum washing machines and air conditioners have held the number one spot for 18 consecutive years.