Sam Dong is this month’s Business Highlight! This company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of magnet wire for the electrical coil winding industry and was founded in South Korea in 1977. In addition to their Delaware location in Ohio, the company also has locations in Tennessee, Poland, Malaysia and South Korea. Sam Dong Ohio opened its doors at 801 Pittsburgh Drive in 2009 and just celebrated their 10-yr anniversary! Delaware’s plant specializes in producing copper casting and rolling facility producing oxygen-free rod and strip products. The industries they serve are telecommunications, locomotive and power distribution.

One hundred ten people proudly call Sam Dong their employer in Delaware; the average tenure for the company is 17 years. The local team is known to keep up a family culture with lots of employee recognition and appreciation gestures such as giving employees a paid day off for their birthday, an employee newsletter, awards for going above and beyond in a job as well as regular cornhole and Yardzee (giant Yahtzee) tournaments during work hours. They also host an annual employee appreciation event where they invite family and friends of employees to get together and celebrate a great year as a team and company. Sam Dong also volunteers staff time for their Community Connection program where the team builds bikes for children and adults with adaptive needs.

If you are interested in joining the Sam Dong team, email your resume to HR Manager Tracy Pabst, for information on any openings at tpabst@samdongohio.com. Below are some testimonials from current employees about their experience working on the team.

Joe - Production Employee - 2 years- "Sam Dong is truly a great place to have a career. One thing that really makes them stand out is they listen to employees on how to improve work environment and manufacturing processes. They have taken great strides to make the work atmosphere feel like family. If you need help with anything just ask and they do everything in their power to help out. I'm proud to be part of the Sam Dong family!"

Doris - 37 years Production Associate- "The people are like family, supportive management, dependable job, fun environment, flexible and have always stood by me!"

Dan - 19 years Production Associate- "I love being a part of a team-based culture with frequent team-building activities. I enjoy working as a Team Ambassador to improve work and productivity between teams and departments to reach common goals and make a positive impact for the company."

Kenny - 14 months Production Associate- "It’s a family atmosphere. If another company offered me more money per hour, I wouldn't take it. This is the best job I've ever had! It's more about family here, like a "mom/pop" business."