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![Participants of Merck Korea's opening ceremony of its SOD Application Center attend a tape-cutting event in Anseong, Gyeonggi on Thursday. Participants include Kai Beckmann, CEO of Merck Electronics, seventh from left, and Kim Dong-yeon, Gyeonggi governor, sixth from left. The SOD Application Center is dedicated to doing research and development of the 'Spin On Dielectric,' a core insulator required in both logic and memory processors. [MERCK KOREA]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10824881.jpg?imageId=10824881&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
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![From left, Professor Jeong Jae-kyeong, Merck Korea's head of display solutions business Yun Yong-kuk, and Professor Kwak Jeong-hun pose for the photo after the 20th Merck Award ceremony in Busan on Thursday. [MERCK KOREA]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11250485.jpg?imageId=11250485&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From left, Michael Heckmeier, executive vice president of Merck, Kang Suk-ju, professor of electric engineering at Sogang University, Noh Yong-young, professor of chemical engineering at Postech and Kim Woo-kyu, managing director of Merck Korea. [MERCK KOREA]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11029860.jpg?imageId=11029860&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
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![From left, Park Jin-seong, materials science and engineering professor at Hanyang University, Kim Woo-kyu, managing director of Merck Korea, and Park Tae-joo, materials science and chemical engineering at the university’s Erica campus, pose for a photo after the awarding of the Merck Special Award for contributions to the semiconductor and display industries. [MERCK KOREA]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10256007.jpg?imageId=10256007&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Merck Korea's Managing and Representative Director Glenn Young during an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily at the company's Seoul office in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on July 29. [PARK SANG-MOON]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11129135.jpg?imageId=11129135&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)