By Kim Bo-eun
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| LG Innotek CEO Jeong Cheol-dong / Courtesy of LG Innotek |
Jeong will receive the organization's 31st Haedong Technology Award on Friday, for his contributions in developing high-tech parts and heightening the competitiveness of Korea's high-tech materials and parts industry.
The Haedong Technology Award was created by the late Daeduk Electronics Chairman Kim Jeong-sik, who established the Haedong Science Culture Foundation. The late chairman wished to honor those who contributed to academic and technological developments in the field of electronic engineering.
Jeong has a 37-year career in the B2B business in the sectors of materials and parts at LG's key affiliates. He joined now-defunct LG Semiconductor in 1984, and worked at affiliates including LG Display, LG Chem and LG Innotek. He led the development of technology and products and the innovation of production processes, LG Innotek said.
At LG Display, Jeong was the hidden force in driving the initiative to produce key production equipment locally. At LG Chem, he had been involved in developing cutting-edge technology for chip packages used in automobiles and OLED TVs.
Since 2019, the year he joined the group's core parts affiliate, the company has been sharpening its technology related to optical solutions, substrate materials and auto parts.
Specifically, LG Innotek accelerated the development of ultra-precision, ultra-slim, high-performance camera and 3D sensing module products using advanced innovative technology, and solidified its position as the world's No. 1 producer of cameras and 3D sensing modules for smartphones. In the substrate material sector, the company boosted the competitiveness of the industry with its world's thinnest communication semiconductor substrate, as well as other globally No. 1 products, such as tape substrates and photomasks.
Jeong also led the development of core raw materials for substrate materials, chemicals for plating and pattern formation, and production facilities, which Korea formerly heavily relied on foreign imports for.
