KOPEC Eyes World-Class
Engineering Services
CEO Lim pledges to make its corporate vision come true

Lim Sung-choon, president of Korea Power Engineering Co. (KOPEC), said his company will redouble efforts to realize its corporate vision of emerging as one of the world's best engineering services companies.
In his New Year's message, KOPEC President-CEO Lim said. "Last year, which witnessed the Korean economy suffering from such woes as economic slump and record-setting oil price hikes, was a time when it has awakened the importance of having a stable supply of energy to the economy, and during 2006, all people, including those in the power industry have to rack their brains to tide over pending difficulties."KOPEC will set its sights on ensuring an affordable, quality electricity supply by concentrating its focus on designing excellent power plants, thus contributing to the stability of the economy. The company will be out to explore overseas markets to publicize Korea's expertise in power generation while making efforts to revitalize the economy, CEO Lim said.
KOPEC will spare no efforts to make changes and innovations with a new pledge and determination and strive for evolving the company into one of the world's best engineering services companies, he said.

Honored with National Environment Management Prize

Lim received the Presidential Citation, the coveted individual contribution category of the 2005 National Environment Management Grand Prize, in recognition of his contribution to the design of environmentally friendly plants and self-sufficiency of new environment technologies.
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Lee Hee-beom gave the citation to KOPEC President Lim during a ceremony for awarding the 2005 National Environment Management Grand Prize, organized by the ministry on June 10.
In particular, KOPEC has been credited with having developed the de-NOX system, KoNOx. The de-NOx catalyst, patented in the United States and China is one example of the achievements KOPEC have made as part of its efforts to expand the environmental business.The National Environment Management Grand Prize, established last year, is divided into two categories - individual and company recognized for contributing to a environmentally-friendly cause. The individual and company categories of the 2005 National Environment Management Grand Prize went to KOPEC President and Samsung Electronics, respectively.
KOPEC's is being awarded with the presidential citation thanks to the company's continuous efforts to focus on investment and research in the environment sector. Environmental issues have been a global pressing question in the wake of Kyoto Protocol on climate change, but in reality few pay attention on a continuous basis to the issue.
With the achievement, KOPEC plans to expand the environmental business sector. The company also plans to make efforts to expand the KoNOx catalyst and KEPAR flue gas desulfulization process markets in Korea and abroad. KOPEC will wok on the application of the secured technologies to the industrial sector and environment equipment for removing pollutants discharged by mobile pollutants like automobiles. The company is striving to become a world-class environmental friendly company with the pursuit of public interests. KOPEC has been recognized as the best engineering service companies in Korea, designing nuclear power plants and fossil power plants as an architect engineer. It performs a technical, central role in the power industry by producing all the necessary information on engineering, procurement, construction management and start-up.
Founded in 1975, KOPEC has established its firm position in the domestic power industry with world-class technologies and capable human resources. It not only leads with technology associated with standard 500MW fossil-fired plants, 800MW class coal-fired plants and combined cycle plants, but also ranks with technically developed countries such as the United States, France, and Canada in the international market of nuclear plants by developing its own model of Korean Standard Nuclear Plant.
KOPEC is now focusing on doing away with the barriers in its way to the international market by endeavoring to localize the design programs and to develop design optimization technology with a goal of enhancing design technology.
In parallel with above activity, KOPEC is promoting to expand its project scope to the environmental and general construction activities based upon its power plant construction technology. KOPEC is securing the base to step in the new market at home and abroad by developing original technology of business diversification.
Above all KOPEC is striving for a positive encounter with the environmental changes and for enhancement of financial and technical competitiveness. KOPEC has set its premier goal of impressing the clients by having the best engineering technology. nw