JH Waterway strives to provide quality tap water
President and CEO Shim Hak-sub of JH Waterway poses in his factory and office in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, in this file photo. / Courtesy of JH WaterwayBy Kim Ji-sooAt 17, one rarely knows or has an inkling of what he or she might want to do in life. Shim Hak-sub, president and CEO of JH Waterway, agrees — people usually need a shocking event to be able to think that far ahead. For him, it was a family tragedy, the death of his mother, and the declining family fortune that prompted him to think deeply about what he has to do with his life. After several months of deep thinking, he decided he would be a businessman who would also benefit society. He also created a life plan that included starting his business and getting married at 30.So far, his life more or less has gone according to plan, and more than three decades later, Shim, 49, finds himself deeply immersed in the business of ensuring households have quality water. More specifically, he is using a physical ionizer, the Scale Buster, to rehabilitate water pipelines. Despite its adequate quality of water, South
Oct 12, 2016