Chemical Industry
Chemical Industry
Unid expands potassium hydroxide plant in Ulsan
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical launches eco-friendly material brand Ecoseed
South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. has launched its eco-friendly material brand, "Ecoseed." The company announced on Tuesday that it unveiled the Eco...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Chemicals, Lovere to recycle waste plastic in China
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lovere, a leading recycling business ...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Taekyung Group to recycle brine water in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's Taekyung Group on Monday said it formed a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia's government-run Saline Water Conversion Corp. (SWCC)...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem opens European CS Center in Germany
South Korea's top chemical company LG Chem Ltd. announced the opening of its European Customer Solution Center (CS Center) in Frankfurt on Wednesday,...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove CEO sees future of lubricants in electric cars
South Korea’s lubricating oil maker SK Enmove Co. is setting its sights on electric vehicle lubricants and liquid coolants for thermal manageme...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals wins APR certification for five recyclable materials
South Korea's SK Chemicals announced on Tuesday that five of its recyclable materials, which are used for packaging in the cosmetic, food, and bevera...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Korean LG Chem to spend $95 mn to double water treatment biz
South Korea’s top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. plans to spend 124.6 billion won ($94.5 million) on increasing its water treatment material outp...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove partners with Dell, GRC for data center coolant business
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with US computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. and data center cooling system provider ...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance
China-Korea Petrochemical, a joint venture (JV) between South Korea’s SK Geo Centric and the Chinese public oil company Sinopec, celebrates its...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Toray Advanced Materials reviews film line expansion in S.Korea
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. (TAK) is reviewing its film line expansion in South Korea as part of its 300 billion won ($229 million) capital e...
Aug 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material
South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. is expanding its production lines for the semiconductor-sealing material epoxy molding compound ...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is seeking to sell its fine ceramic business for an estimated 400 billion won ($307 million) as the unit of...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Noroo Paint unveils biodegradable plastic container
South Korea’s Noroo Paint on Wednesday said it developed an eco-friendly plastic container capable of oxidative biodegradation for its main pro...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Daesang to produce new eco-friendly material Cadaverine
Daesang Corp., South Korean manufacturer of food and pharmaceutical ingredients, announced on Wednesday that it has developed a new eco-friendly mate...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung Chemical’s credit rating downgraded one notch
Korea Investors Service downgraded the unsecured bond credit rating of Hyosung Chemical on Thursday from A to A-, saying that its profit-generating a...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Investment in battery raw materials raises sodium hydroxide prices
The price of sodium hydroxide or caustic soda, an essential component in the smelting of raw materials for producing batteries, is rising because Sou...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Toray to move into battery separator business
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc., a South Korea-based producer of chemical materials and technology products, is entering the battery separator fi...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
OCI to jointly produce polysilicon for chips with Japanese company
OCI Co., a leading South Korean chemical and green energy company, will team up with chemical giant Tokuyama Corp. of Japan to open a joint venture f...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea's top tech school uses salmon DNA to block art counterfeiting
The screen of the latest Samsung Electronics smartphone series Galaxy 23 released this year has a fingerprint recognition window on the display that...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is embarking on the development of biodegradable plastics using food waste....
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyosung Chemical makes emergency investment in crisis-hit Vietnamese subsidiary
Hyosung Chemical announced on Monday that it will invest $120 million in its Vietnamese subsidiary, Hyosung Vina Chemicals Co.Hyosung Vina Chemicals ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has been awarded the exclusive contract as the sole supplier of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Electronics enters antibacterial glass powder sector
LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday said it will promote as one of its new growth engines antibacterial glass powder, or fine particles made with crush...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals to show eco-friendly cosmetic containers in China
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. will participate in the China Beauty Expo 2023, hold in Shanghai, China, from May 12 for three days. This event is th...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Industries to increase aramid pulp production for EVs
Kolon Industries Inc., a leading industrial materials maker in South Korea, said on Wednesday it will inject 22 billion won ($16.6 million) to expand...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
CJ CheilJedang gets FDA approval for biodegradable packaging material
South Korea's largest food and bio company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that its biodegradable material polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) has ...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK, Lotte participate in Asia's largest plastic exhibition
Major chemical companies in South Korea, such as SK Geo Centric (formerly SK Global Chemical), Lotte Chemical Corp. and Lotte Fine Chemical, are part...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Chem teams up with US company to expand bioplastic global business
LG Chem Ltd. has partnered with a US-based biofuel company Gevo to expand its bio-material-based plastic business.The company announced on Thursday t...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's D-Rex Polymer starts making green adhesive
South Korean petrochemical company DL Chemical on Thursday said its subsidiary D-Rex Polymer on April 1 began production of an eco-friendly adhesive ...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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