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Starting new millennium with opening ceremony
2001-01-14
With CEO, CFO, Chairman of Labor Union, and others participated, LG. Philips LCD held an opening ceremony of the year in Kumi factory. The occasion, which was held at a main hall of a newly renovated 2 factory, emitted a different atmosphere from the previous years. The difference was made by the strong wills of all the staffs to leap into a new millennium era, all of which were encouraged by two successes of 1999: independently launching LG LCD and than establishing a joint corporate with the word company Philips as LG. Philips LCD. In the opening ceremony, which began with the mutual greeting of the executives and staffs, CEO Koo Bon-joon himself gave his New Year’s speech, which was well agreed to the ceremony to open the gate of new millennium.
In the opening ceremony, he declared that the year 2000 should be the very year to leap into “World No. 1 Company.” He also emphasized 1) securing competitiveness for World No.1 Company, 2) setting up the 3rd factory earlier, 3) accelerating innovative activities, and 4) creating a new model of labor-management. He reemphasized the necessity of “Being No. 1” to survive in the new millennium, which features digitalization, knowledge management, and limitless competition. The occasion that held in a very special way was closed with the unison of the catchphrase “Being No. 1” as a token of the resolution to become World No.1 LCD C