Chemical and Advanced Materials Industry Governors
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Batteries
Samsung SDI relinquishes polarizer film unit for $834 mn
Samsung SDI Co., the South Korean battery maker with the world’s sixth-largest market share, has decided to sell its polarizer film business t...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy passes Int'l Risk Management Standard audit
Samsung Heavy Industries, a leading South Korean shipbuilder, announced on Thursday that it has become the first in the Korean shipbuilding industry...
Sep 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Samyang to cement lead in South Korean allulose market
Samyang Corp., a 100-year-old South Korean chemical and food ingredient-manufacturer, is poised to cement its leadership in the Korean allulose mark...
Sep 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Shinsung E&G to supply 12MW solar modules to Ssangyong E&C
South Korean company Shinsung E&G said on Monday that it signed a contract to supply Ssangyong E&C with 12MW of solar modules. This marks ...
Sep 03, 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-...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s 1st 10-nanometer DDR5, aims for top spot
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has emerged as the dominant player in the sought-aft...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
SGC E&C wins $366 mn chemical plant project in Saudi Arabia
SGC Engineering & Construction (E&C), a company specializing in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), said on Wednesday that it s...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis develops nickel-free inductor material
Hyundai Mobis Co. has developed the world's first nickel-free inductor material, which is expected to sharply cut the cost of manufacturing inductor...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea's Asicland establishes Taiwan subsidiary
Asicland Co., South Korea's only design house contracted by TSMC, said on Monday that it launched a local subsidiary in Hsinchu, Taiwan.The Taiwan...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea's Xingxing to merge Kickgoing
Pump Co., the operator of South Korea's personal mobility (PM) sharing service Xingxing, said on Monday that it will merge with Wololo, the company ...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mastern, Woods Capital team up for tech hub
Mastern Investment Management Co., South Korea's real estate investment firm, said on Monday that its US subsidiary Mastern America LLC signed a mem...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
POSCO to sell entire stake in P&O Chemical to OCI
POSCO Future M Co., a battery materials affiliate of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will sell its entire stake in P&O Chemical Co...
Aug 25, 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 (JC...
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 merge...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea's KEDI-based ETFs boom; net assets double in 2 months
South Korean exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking KEDI, an index set created by The Korea Economic Daily, are booming on growing investor demand fo...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro BM, GEM cement partnership for nickel, precursors
EcoPro BM Co., a South Korean cathode materials producer, said on Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GEM, a Chinese batt...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil industry’s highest-capacity eSSD in November
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil the industry’s highest-capacity enterprise solid-state dr...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display seeks to supply tandem OLED display to Bentley, Cadillac
LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, is seeking to supply next-generation tandem OLED displays for...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's top three tire makers sell 45 mn units in H1 2024
South Korean tire manufacturers have nearly reached sales of 45 million units in the global market during the first half of this year, the Korea Tir...
Aug 12, 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 sub...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
The new Kia K8: A high-tech, modern and innovative sedan
South Korea’s second-largest automaker Kia Corp. on Friday unveiled a new K8 large-size sedan, its first drastic facelift in three years.Kia, ...
Aug 09, 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 indus...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is strengthening efforts to enhance its presence in Europe’s heating, ventil...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung SDS gains AI management system certification
Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday that it has become the first company in South Korea's IT service industry to receive the ISO/IEC 42001 certifi...
Aug 08, 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), in...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
GS Caltex to capture and utilize carbon with own technology
South Korea's GS Caltex Corp. will launch a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in collaboration with South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City ...
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, f...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
South Korean beauty device makers bulk up through M&As
South Korean beauty device manufacturers are aggressively pursuing mergers and acquisitions both at home and abroad to expand their scale, diversify...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
EcoPro BM may cut battery materials capacity on EV slowdown
South Korea’s leading battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. is considering reducing cathode output capacity despite continuous investments in ...
Jul 31, 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 a...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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