What is the KOTRA Seal of Excellence?

The KOTRA Seal of Excellence represents quality, trustworthiness and reliability. The KOTRA Seal of Excellence is given to a select group of Korean companies that meet the highest standards of business. KOTRA proudly recommends the awarded Korean companies and their products to you on the basis of their professionalism.
Companies that have been awarded the KOTRA Seal of Excellence were subjected to a rigorous evaluation process to receive the Seal. Whenever you see the KOTRA Seal of Excellence, you can be sure you are dealing with one of Korea¡¯s highly qualified companies.
Up until now, about 429 companies have been granted the KOTRA Seal of Excellence. KOTRA will continue to evaluate and add new companies in new industries to the list.
In addition, KOTRA is pleased to introduce the new Seal of Excellence-Green in support of companies that demonstrate eco-friendliness which is part of the KOTRA Seal of Excellence family. It is the next step in the development of the system that recommends quality products and sound business. The Seal of Excellence-Green is awarded to the companies which emphasize eco-friendliness while simultaneously fulfilling the other KOTRA Seal of Excellence criteria.


Who is awarded the Seal?

The recipients of the KOTRA Seal of Excellence have been selected through comprehensively examining their financial soundness, high quality, advanced technology and market appeal.
Before being awarded the KOTRA Seal, companies must submit to having their products thoroughly evaluated by a judging panel comprised of specialist organizations including KOTRA, the Korea Agency for Technology and Standards, Industrial Bank of Korea, Korea Enterprise Data, the Korea Export Insurance Corporation and the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Samwon Tech is one of the largest manufacturers of hydraulic fittings and parts in Korea. Based on its more than 30 years experience in the field, the company¡¯s provides various high quality products conforming to global standards such as DynamicBSP, JIS, SAE, DIN, JIC, etc.

Available to be used in hotels, coffee shops, kitchens, restaurants, bars, saunas, etc., Vending Korea¡¯s Icevan, a dispenser-type ice-making machine, has many benefits such as following.

Dotech has produced a wide range of superior quality valves since its establishment in 1999, meeting global standards such as API, BS, NACE, ASME, etc.

Dongwon Corp. is a specialized manufacturer of high-quality automotive engine sealing parts, including engine gasket kits, cylinder head gaskets, exhaust manifold gaskets, intake manifold gaskets, overhaul gaskets, rubber gaskets, valve cover gaskets, gasket rocker covers, gasket sets and various automotive parts.

Dongyang Heavy Industries has developed and manufactured various types of standard and customized hydraulic breakers as well as demolition attachments including quick couplers, hydraulic compacters, crushers, grapples and rippers.

By using a high-performance Charge Coupled Device camera, Daewon GSI¡¯s grain color-sorter sorts and removes a variety of foreign substances as well as defective grains, tea leaves, nuts and so forth. The color sorter has been designated as a World-Class Product of Korea, which is awarded by the Korean government only to products whose market share is placed within the top-five in the world.

For asphalt paving of roads and runways, Daewoo Industrial¡¯s asphalt mixing plant mixes heated aggregates with hot bitumen after batch-weighing of raw materials. The company provides stationary and mobile plants, which have acquired patents at home and abroad, with various capacities from 40 to 400T/H.

Rope Gripper?? is an elevator safety device preventing accidents by gripping the main rope of the system to stop the car if the elevator car moves excessively fast and/or with the doors opened. Invented by Hollister-Whitney, a U.S.-based elevator parts manufacturer who obtained the patent in more than 10 countries worldwide, the safety system has been successfully localized by Gumyoung General of Korea in 2002 and supplied to other Asian countries including Japan, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and many others countries.

Since its establishment in 1993, GS ACE Industry has grown into one of the leading companies in Korea specializing in the production of pipe rack systems.

Sunin Unitech has steadily grown into one of the leading manufacturers in Korea in the field of manufacturing of cameras, such as CCTV cameras, IP cameras, DVR cameras and related parts since its foundation in 2004.