Hyundai Group chairwoman supports young experts in elevator industry

Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun speaks during a town hall meeting to celebrate the opening of the future talent academy at Hyundai Elevator's headquarters in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, Friday. Courtesy of Hyundai Elevator

By Park Jae-hyuk

Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun discussed cooperation with Korea National University of Transportation and Korea Lift College, donating money for scholarships and elevators for practical training, the company said Sunday.

The donation was made during a town hall meeting last Friday to celebrate the opening of the future talent academy at Hyundai Elevator's headquarters in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province.

At the event, Hyundai Elevator and its affiliates and subcontractors talked with the two schools about the roles of the academy, ways to nurture young talent in the elevator industry and plans to hire graduates in the future.

According to Hyundai Elevator, its academy will have three lecture rooms, two rooms to practice assembling components and four rooms to practice installation of elevators, to provide training on elevator manufacturing techniques and to teach its students about sales and purchase, quality controls and R&D.

“Hyundai Elevator seeks to put 'human' at the center of every value,” Hyun said. “Along with our employees, customers and shareholders, we will become a sustainable company.”

She also said the future talent academy will be the venue to “manage talent,” not just the place to scout for young talents.

After the town hall meeting, the chairwoman had lunch together with Hyundai Elevator employees and inspected the elevator maker's customer center, R&D facilities, test tower construction site, factories and dormitories.

“Our technical training center, which opened in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, in 2015, was transformed into the future talent academy, after its relocation to the Chungju smart campus,” Hyundai Elevator CEO Cho Jae-cheon said. “For the academy to become the cradle of Korean elevator talents, we will expand cooperation with colleges and local communities.”