OLED materials
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Corporate strategy
LG Group accelerates shift toward AI, bio and clean tech
Artificial intelligence, bio and clean tech are in their early stages of development for LG Group, but they should lead the South Korean conglomerat...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG aims to capture 50% of global luxury car display market by 2026
LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Wednesday it aims to more t...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
DK&D to develop green artificial leather with Chinese partner
DK&D Co., a South Korean maker of synthetic leather, on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese eco-friendly non-woven...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG Electronics top 2 global TV makers in H1
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., two South Korean tech giants, respectively achieved the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the global TV set ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MXene: Korean investors’ next target after superconductor craze fizzles
Speculative investors in South Korea have started to amass shares related to Mxene, touted as a next-generation material, after dumping a large numb...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
LX Pantos, POSCO Flow to cooperate in global logistics
South Korea’s LX Pantos Logistics and POSCO Flow, formerly POSCO Terminal, will strengthen their cooperation in logistics for secondary batter...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M to produce nickel for cathodes in the Philippines
South Korean battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. is set to produce nickel in the Philippines to boost its cathodes supplies and improve profi...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro BM, SK On, Ford to invest $886 mn to build cathode plant in Canada
EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, will invest $886 million jointly with SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. to build a ...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain
LG Electronics Inc. has slashed raw material and transportation costs by 2.12 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in the first half thanks to a stable sup...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Falling mineral prices to hit Korean battery materials makers
South Korean battery materials makers are likely to report worsened profitability in the third quarter of this year as prices of lithium hydroxide a...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung materials suppliers Soulbrain, DNF to merge in $87 mn deal
Soulbrain Holdings Co., a South Korean high-tech materials supplier to Samsung Electronics Co., is in final talks to buy a controlling stake in anot...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Lotte Chemical posts fifth straight quarterly operating loss in Q2
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has posted an operating loss for a fifth straight quarter due to sluggish petrochemical demand.The co...
Aug 09, 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 ...
Aug 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Energy Solution converts 56% of electricity into renewable energy
South Korea’s lithium-ion battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Monday released a report containing the company’s environmental, soci...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SKC, Toyota Tsusho tie up for N.America battery materials
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, has joined hands with the trading unit of Japanese top automaker Toyota Group for the electric vehicle bat...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Doosan secures $392 mn in cumulative PFC orders
South Korea's Doosan Corp. announced on Monday that it has accumulated 500 billion won ($392 million) in orders for its patterned flat cable (PFC), ...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Doosan to enter EV sector with battery recycling business
South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. plans to set up a battery recycling subsidiary, targeting the sector expecting r...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
OCI makes foray into battery materials market
South Korea's chemical and green energy company OCI has entered the battery materials market by landing a supply contract for key raw materials for ...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
ISTE to develop eco-friendly hydrogen with British company
An innovative South Korean small business has secured technology to simultaneously produce eco-friendly hydrogen and cathode materials for secondary...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace to develop fighter jet engine materials
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. is set to develop fighter jet engine materials able to resist flames of more than 1,500 degrees Celsius, wh...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new gaming monitor gets rave reviews overseas
Samsung Electronics Co.'s new premium gaming monitor "Odyssey OLED G9" has recently received consecutive praise from major global tech media outlets...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax extracts raw materials from indigenous plants in Indonesia
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, announced on Monday that it will unveil a cosmetics raw material b...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LS Materials embarks on IPO process to go public in 2023
Global top ultracapacitor player LS Materials Co. is expected to go public in South Korea this year, which would mark the first LS Group company IPO...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EcoPro, Hanwha Ocean, JYP among top MSCI inclusion candidates
EcoPro Co., Hanwha Ocean Co., JYP Entertainment Corp. and Kumyang Co. are the top candidates for inclusion in the MSCI Korea Index when the global s...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Materials invests in French silicon cathode materials startup
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., formerly Iljin Materials and now a copper foil manufacturing subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., on Sund...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Ildong Bioscience gets US FDA OK for probiotic raw materials
South Korea's Ildong Bioscience on Thursday said two of its probiotic raw materials received the certification generally recognized as safe (GRAS) f...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG releases world's first connection cable-free OLED TV
LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday announced its release of the world's first wireless OLED TV, LG Signature OLED M.As the world's first OLED TV to hav...
Jul 13, 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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Electronics
Samsung ties up with LG Display for 83-inch OLED TV in US
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top TV maker, has joined hands with its South Korean rival LG Display Co. for the large organic light-emi...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. on Tuesday sharply revised up its sales targets for rechargeable battery materials as it is aiming to join t...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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