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Samyang Corp. launches sale of Il Nobile, an Italian olive oil

Samyang Co.(Chairman Kim Yoon) has launched the sale of its new olive oil brand named, "Il Nobile,"a premium extra virgin olive oil recently.
The company said the new olive oil is made with olives without seeds to give out a special taste and fragrance and it gives a smooth feeling in the mouth after eating the foods mixed with the oil, company officials said.
Il Nobile has a natural anti-acid element said to be good for slowing down aging process for humans, making it a superb well-being product for customers concerned with health and tastes and it goes well with salad, pasta, source and other foods that help to preserve tastes of olive and its fragrance, they said.
The olive oil comes in luxury gold-label bottle design, which make them a good gift item, especially those bottled in the thick brown-colored bottles because the color helps preserve the taste and fragrance of the oil last long.
The oil will be available at major department stores around the country and during the Chusok holiday this fall, the company will put on the market a gift set of two olive oil bottles packaged in expensive wooden boxes dubbed "Il Nobile Gift Set."The gift sets come in two kinds, IL and 500L
The Italian olive oil with a 113-year history is being exported to over 40 countries including the United States, Japan, and Europe. Samyang has been selling a number of Italian olive oil products in the country, including "Extra Virgin Olive Oil," "Mild Olive Oil"and others.
Samyang Corp., which founded the country's first private scholarship foundation, "Yang Yong Society"in 1939, leading the corporate world in social contribution, has been holding voluntary social service activities including "Help Your Poor Neighbor"campaign so that the new employees would know by experience what corporate social contribution means.
Samyang held "Beautiful Store Voluntary Service Activities"and "The Night for New Employees for Helping Your Poor Neighbors"events on Aug.1 at the Beautiful Store East Gate in Shinsol-dong, Seoul, and Samyang's head office in Yonji-dong, Seoul.
The new employees'social service activities took place at the East Gate Beautiful Store from 9 a.m. to 15:30 in the afternoon. The store opened in 2003 with the contribution made by Samyang Corp. and the store sells recycled goods contributed by donors and help the poor neighbors with the funds accumulated from the sale of those contributed goods.
The new employees learned the importance of social service, the sale of those goods, and marketing activities as angels of activities during the six hours they spent in the day
Goods came from the donations made by officers and staff of Samyang, including clothes, small home appliances, and books, among others, about 400 items altogether, along with natural and pollution-free sugar bubble set and 1,150 samples of the company's products, leaflets totaling 1,500 sheets and 1,000 shopping bags, all donated free of charge.
The new employees held "The Night for New Employees to Help Poor Neighbors"from 6:30 p.m to 9 p.m. at the Yonji-dong Head Office of Samyang. They sold goods donated by officers and staff of Samyang and staged other events such as skids including dance performances, scenes from the musical Cats and Singing, among others. The event was also a place of meeting for the new employees to exchange greetings with their senior employees and officers for their harmonious future together working for Samyang.
Chairman Kim also participated in the event, along with some 300 officers and employees of the company. Chairman Kim led the toast for the great success of the company at the event.
Chairman Kim, in a speech at the event, thanked the new employees for their efforts in preparing the event, along with putting in some words for stressing how important it is for a company to make social contributions and social responsibilities. He called on the new employees to do their best to successfully settle down with their jobs for the company and work hard to the best of their abilities. nw

A model displays Il Nobile, an Italian olive oil, recently put on the market by Samyang Co.