[Prime Economy] The Busan Small and Medium Business Administration (Director Kim Jin-hyung) decided to join forces with small and medium-sized business support organizations to resolve the grievances of small and medium-sized businesses in the Busan region.
We decided to share the big and small difficulties of small and medium-sized businesses with practitioners from support organizations such as the Small and Medium Business Corporation, Small Business Market Promotion Corporation, universities, and research institutes, and prepare ways to solve them.
In particular, the grievances of companies in the region and ways to solve problems, focusing on cases, were enough to attract the attention of many people.
Park Soo-heum, assistant manager of the Small and Medium Business Corporation, talked about his experience in concluding a $150,000 export contract by actively helping Taeil Industrial Company (CEO Gil-rae Cho), which had no export performance for 20 years, achieve its long-standing export dream by securing export competitiveness and finding buyers. did.
In addition, Park Seong-jin, director of the Small Business Market Promotion Corporation, shared an example of providing small business-specific funds to Gayeon Woori Clothing Co., Ltd., a small clothing manufacturer, in a situation where it urgently needed to secure new customers and operating funds due to the bankruptcy of a major customer.
Baeksan Propella, which was requested to develop a new product by an overseas company but was experiencing difficulties due to a lack of equipment and professional manpower required for design and testing, was helped by Kim Heon-woo, director of the Small and Medium Shipbuilding Research Institute, in the design and reliability tests required for new product development, as well as participation in overseas exhibitions.
Regarding this, Lee Jeong-woo, CEO of Baeksan Propella, said, “Through joint technology development, we have improved our technology and not only concluded an export contract, but also hired 12 additional production workers. We expect that sales and exports will increase with this success.” I said hello.
The Busan Design Center, which operates a specialized support center for small businesses in the clothing field, supported the development of new products by clothing manufacturers and special sales events linked to department stores, and the Dongmyeong University Joint Equipment Utilization Center provided expensive research equipment needed for design and inspection to railway vehicle parts manufacturers. There were also stories of helping develop successful products through support.
Jinhyeong Kim, Commissioner of the Busan Small and Medium Business Administration, said, “There is a saying that it takes a whole village to raise a child, and for small and medium-sized businesses to grow, they need various small and medium-sized business support organizations such as funds, R&D, and sales channels.” He added, “Support for small and medium-sized enterprises, small industrial companies, universities, and research institutes. “Let’s work together to support small and medium-sized businesses in Busan to overcome difficulties and grow,” he said.
Meanwhile, small and medium-sized businesses that wish to make suggestions or receive support for management difficulties can use the policy information call center (1357) or the corporate forum to easily receive guidance on small and medium-sized business policies as well as resolve difficulties faced by individual businesses.
Reporter Seo Kyung-soo sks@newsprime.co.kr
