Pukyong National University

Professor who made 30 billion sales company.
"Hope to be a little help to thankworthy school" 200 million won donation
Lee Dong-hoon, Founder Professor No.1 of Pukyong National University, the couple CEO of Sunje Hi-Tech Co.,Ltd.

△ CEO Lee Dong-hoon and CEO Lee Young-soon

Lee Dong-hoon, CEO of Sunje Hi-tech (Ilkwang-myeon, Gijang-gun, Busan) who is the founder professor No.1 of Pukyong National University, and CEO Lee Young-soon, the couple CEO, made pledge a university development fund of 200 million won to Pukyong National University.

Mr.Lee is a professor of safety engineering at Pukyong National University. He founded Sunje Hi-Tech Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of static eliminators, with five employees in 2000 based on his major knowledge (electrical safety). Today, the company has grown to become a hidden champion enterprise with annual sales of 30 billion won to 110 employees in 18 years.

Professor Lee decided to retire at the end of this month, leaving a year and a half of his retirement to concentrate on business management. He donated 100 million won to school development with appreciation to Pukyong National University, an alma mater (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, enrolled 1971) and 33 years of office. Lee's wife, Lee Young-soon, CEO of Centum Electronics Co., Ltd. (Mora-ro, Sasang-gu, Busan) also paid 100 million won.

Professor Lee's founding is an example of how precious the original patent technology of the university is. In 1996, he published an SCI-level paper titled 'Development of static electricity elimination device using soft X-rays' in an international journal, and announced that it was the first in Korea and the second in the world. This device, which prevents product defects caused by static electricity, is essential for flat display (FPD) and semiconductor ultra precision production processes such as Samsung and LG.

Thus, Professor Lee succeeded in substituting imports by completely subduing Japanese products that had been monopolizing the market. Currently, Sunjae Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. has grown into the world's top 3 company in static eliminator and 90% of domestic market share. Last year, it was listed as a $ 10 million export company, and last month it received the grand prize of Busan Small and Medium Business. The company received the Grand Prize in Management of Engineers and the Grand Prize in Patent Management.

Professor Lee said, “The background of 'Pukyong National University' has been a big boost to R&D, start-ups, and companies. I am especially grateful to Professor Lee Hyung-gi and Ahn Young-ju, professor of Control and Instumentation Engineering, Kang Chang-ryong, Metallurgical engineering, and Choi Jae-wook, professor of Fire protection engineering. I wanted to give a small reward to such a thankful university."

Lee said, “There are a lot of professors at Pukyong National University who have excellent research results. If you have a chance to get a technical evaluation of the Korea Technology Finance Coporation(KIBO), you should try to start a small business.” He also said, “Pukyong National University is a university with many competitive disciplines such as safety, firefighting, painting, printing, molds and welding. I hope students will study hard in this field and challenge their startups.”

"In addition to electrostatic eliminators, we will develop ultra-precise X-ray generators in the future and challenge the medical industry to grow the wire rod high-tech into a future technology innovation company." <Pukyong Today>


△ △ Professor Lee Dong-hoon (fourth on the left) delivers the fund to President Kim Young-seup and takes pictures. ⓒ Photo Lee Sung-jae (PR)