Life Summary
Oh Heung-shig is the Chairman and CEO of LOT Vacuum.

He founded LOT Vacuum, the only dry vacuum pump manufacturer in South Korea.

Oh Heung-shig was born on April 7, 1962, in Sokcho, Gangwon Province.

He attended Sokcho High School and graduated from the Department of Electronic Devices at Kyunggi Technical College, followed by a degree in Chemical Engineering from Suwon University.

After working for the German vacuum pump company Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Korea, he founded LOT Vacuum and acquired the dry vacuum pump business unit when the company decided to withdraw from that market.

He then focused on technological development, achieving the first domestically produced dry vacuum pump in South Korea.

As of 2024, LOT Vacuum is still recognized as the only South Korean company that competes in the dry vacuum pump market, where foreign companies dominate, based on its technological capabilities.

In February 2023, Oh Heung-shig was appointed as the Chairman of the KOSDAQ Association for a two-year term.

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