Chemical Industry
Chemical Industry
HD Hyundai Oilbank supplies bio VLSFO to Yangming
Dec 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung TNC mulls takeover of chemical affiliate’s specialty gas unit
Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, is considering taking over the specialty gas business of its chemical affiliate, news of whic...
Nov 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem strengthens automotive adhesives biz
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemical manufacturer, said on Wednesday it will expand into the automotive adhesives ma...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
HD Hyundai OCI supplies recycled tire materials to Hankook Tire
HD Hyundai OCI, the petrochemical affiliate of HD Hyundai Oilbank, said on Tuesday it started to supply Hankook Tire & Technology with recycled c...
Oct 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem opens Europe Innovation Center in Germany
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemicals manufacturer, said on Sunday the opening of its Europe Innovation Center in Fr...
Oct 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte to liquidate rubber JV in Malaysia, sell overseas assets for $1 bn
South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to liquidate its rubber joint venture in Malaysia to scale back its b...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem targets functional cosmetics market with bio-materials
LG Chem Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest chemicals manufacturer, is targeting the functional cosmetics market with bio-materials derived from v...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Fine Chemical, Colorcon sign $740 mn distribution agreement
Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Monday that it signed a global distribution agreement with the U...
Oct 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Doosan completes high-end copper foil plant in Gimje, Korea
South Korea's Doosan Corp. completed the construction of a high-end copper foil plant to produce materials widely used in automotive electronic compo...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
KCC develops automated painting robot
South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. said on Monday that it developed the country's first autonomous painting robot Smart Canvas.Thi...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
OCI supplies ultrapure phosphoric acid to SK Hynix
OCI Co. has won a contract from SK Hynix Inc. to supply it high-purity phosphoric acid, becoming the country’s first to provide the core chip-p...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Fine Chemical, JEFA to collaborate on clean ammonia value chain
Lotte Fine Chemical Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., said on Friday that it signed a Clean Ammonia Value Chain Agreement (JCA...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC to merge two biodegradable material subsidiaries
South Korea's SKC Ltd. said on Wednesday that it plans to merge its biodegradable material subsidiaries, SK Leaveo and SK Tbmgeostone with the merger...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Samhwa Paint launches anti-rust product Knok-Stop
South Korea's Samhwa Paint Industrial said on Wednesday that it has introduced a new water-based primer, Knok-Stop, designed to convert rust on metal...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem develops eco-friendly flame-retardant material
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. developed an eco-friendly, flame-retardant material.The company announced on Monday that its per- and polyfluoroalkyl subs...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon to invest $94 mn in industry film JV with SK Microworks
South Korea’s major chemical materials producer Kolon Industries Inc. is set to invest 129.6 billion won ($94.2 million) to establish an indust...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn
US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), inv...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
PE firms seek to buy Korean explosives maker for $218 mn
A private equity consortium seeks to buy a 100% stake in Koryo Nobel Explosives Co., South Korea’s No. 2 industrial explosives manufacturer, fo...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem emerges as global No. 4 chemicals maker: C&EN
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has emerged as the world’s fourth chemicals producer, the second Asian company to be among the five largest an...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung to sell its specialty gas unit for $943 mn to Korean PEs
South Korea’s Hyosung Group is poised to sell a 100% stake in its specialty and industrial gas unit to a consortium led by IMM Private Equity I...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem promises extra $14.4 million in aid over Indian gas leak
South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Wednesday it will offer an additional 1.2 billion Indian rupees ($14.4 million) in human...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical develops anti-thermal runaway material
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s second-largest petrochemicals company seeking to ramp up value-added advanced materials production, has dev...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Ineos, Hanwha mull joint US low-carbon ammonia project
Global chemical company Ineos Group Ltd. and South Korea’s Hanwha Group have teamed up to assess building a low-carbon ammonia facility in the ...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem, KCC partner to develop eco-friendly paint
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with KCC Corp. on May 23 to research and develop ec...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Japan’s Toray to spend $366 mn on Korean capacity expansion
Japan’s Toray Industries Inc., the leading global carbon textile manufacturer, plans to spend 500 billion won ($366.3 million) to expand eco-fr...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
SKC Ltd., a chemicals arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Sunday its biodegradable material unit has broken gro...
May 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem, Saudi’s Alkhorayef join hands for seawater project
LG Chem Ltd. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Alkhorayef Group to build a water treatment plant in the Middle Eastern natio...
May 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem to supply switchable glass films to Webasto
LG Chem Ltd. is venturing into the automotive smart glass film market as it has won an order to supply its switchable glazing films to German auto pa...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem, Ansan City to team up for waste vinyl recycling
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. has decided to recycle waste vinyl generated in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, into plastic raw materials. The company announce...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric, Youlchon Chemical to develop recyclable plastic
South Korea's SK Geo Centric Co. and Youlchon Chemical Co. announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop rec...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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