Gwangyang City, Jeollanam-do Province, selected the largest 9 promising small and medium-sized companies in the province.

Gwangyang City was selected as the "promising small and medium-sized enterprises in Jeollanam-do in 2021," with the largest number of companies in the province.

Promising small and medium-sized companies will be selected by Jeollanam-do Province through comprehensive evaluation based on financial status evaluation, technology evaluation, and job creation efforts among small and medium-sized companies in the province over the past three years.

This year, a total of 56 companies were selected in Jeollanam-do, and in the case of Gwangyang City, all nine companies recommended to Jeollanam-do were selected as promising small and medium-sized companies.

Promising small and medium-sized enterprises in Gwangyang are ▲ Samwoo Eco (CEO Kim, Yoon-ja) ▲ PD Tech (CEO Park, Jin-wan) ▲ Seo Ho Sanjeon (CEO Kim, Seung-ho) ▲ Seongwon (CEO Oh, Kwon-seok) ▲ Hyo-seok (CEO Kim, Hyo-soo) ▲ Shinyoung Engineering (CEO Kim, Bok-sik) ▲ Gwangyang Co., (CEO Kim, Young-hoon) ▲ Cheonghae Materials (CEO Oh, Soo-hyun) and ▲ Jaeil System (CEO Kim, Choong-gun). The city has 31 promising small and medium-sized companies in Jeollanam-do, including 9 in 2019 and 13 in 2020.

According to Jeollanam-do's growth stage strategy, the selected companies will receive various preferential benefits such as raising the loan limit for small and medium-sized enterprises, preferential loan interest support, and additional points when participating in market and export projects.

The city provides selected companies with various preferential treatment, such as raising the interest support rate for small and medium-sized enterprises' loans, awarding CEOs, and granting additional points when participating in industrial property certification support projects.

We would like to thank companies that have been recognized for their technology and competitiveness through constant R&D despite the sluggish domestic and foreign economy due to COVID-19, said Lee, Hwa-yeop, head of the Gwangyang City Regional Economy Division.