Hanwha vice chairman
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha, KAIST to co-launch space research center
Hanwha Group will launch space technology research and commercial projects together with South Korea’s top science and engineering university,...
May 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hanwha Group secures $4.4 bn from KDB to finance ESG business
South Korea’s Hanwha Group has clinched a 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) commitment from the state-run Korea Development Bank over the next fiv...
May 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hanwha Total becomes S.Korea’s largest polypropylene maker
Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co., a 50:50 joint venture between Hanwha Group and the French oil giant Total SE, has become the company with the larges...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Urban air mobility
Korean Air joins race for flying car business to rival Hyundai, Hanwha
Korean Air Lines Co. is entering into the business of urban air mobility (UAM), which is emerging as one of the most futuristic modes of transportat...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kumho Petrochem posts strong Q1, chairman resigns to end family feud
Kumho Petrochemical Co. has again stunned the market by reporting its highest-ever quarterly revenue and profit figures in the first quarter of this...
May 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Hyundai Motor chairman visits US, seeks business opportunities
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is visiting the United States seeking business opportunities in one of the South Korean automotive group&r...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Defense readies full-scale USV development
Hanwha Defense Co., a wholly owned defense solutions subsidiary of Hanwha Aerospace Co., got the go-ahead from South Korea’s defense procureme...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix co-vice chairman hints at expanding foundry business
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, may expand its foundry business as a growing number of industries are suffering fr...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hanwha challenges monopoly in S.Korea’s nitric acid sector
South Korea’s industrial nitric acid sector, currently led by Hu-Chems Co. with around a 90% market share, will see a change in the competitiv...
Apr 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
Hanwha Solutions to raise 1 billion yuan in ESG bonds
South Korea’s leading renewable energy company Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1 billion Chinese yuan ($153 million) this month in green...
Apr 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign currency bonds
Hanwha Solutions eyes $300 mn green dim sum bond issue
Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean petrochemical and renewable energy company, plans to raise 2 billion yuan ($300 million) in a green bond issu...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hanwha seeks to acquire Overair; invest in satellite, drone companies
Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and information technology service unit of Hanwha Group, is seeking to purchase the entire stake of US air taxi star...
Mar 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha Group
Hanwha launches group-wide task force to bolster space business
Hanwha Group has created an internal task force headed by the group's heir apparent to strengthen its presence in the fast-growing global space sect...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn returns to management
Hanwha Group leader Kim Seung-youn is returning to management seven years after he was banned from business activities following his conviction for ...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Hanwha Solutions to sell $1.3 bn new shares in clean energy push
Hanwha Solutions Corp. plans to raise 1.41 trillion won ($1.3 billion) in a rights offering next month following more than a five-fold jump in its s...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LS Group chairman touted as new KITA head
The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) is expected to begin the appointment process for its new chair this week. South Korean conglomerate...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG, SK, Hanwha accelerate shift to renewable energy with push for RE100
Following in the footsteps of SK Group, which last year declared that it will switch to renewable energy for plant operations, a number of South Kor...
Feb 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Hanwha Aerospace certified to verify Rolls-Royce aircraft engine parts
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, has been certified to conduct the quality checks on aircraft engine parts it...
Jan 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Total, Hanwha to set up JV for $1.8 bn US solar expansion
French refiner Total SE and South Korea’s Hanwha Energy Corp. have agreed to set up a joint venture to build solar power plants and storage ce...
Jan 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha to buy controlling stake in Korean satellite maker
Hanwha Aerospace Co., an aircraft engine components maker, will acquire a 30% stake in a South Korean Earth observation satellite maker for 109 bill...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Solutions acquires US hydrogen tank maker Cimarron, to invest $100 mn
Hanwha Solutions Corp. has acquired a 100% stake in Cimarron Composites LLC, a US hydrogen storage tank manufacturer, as the South Korean energy sol...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Satellite communications
Hanwha Systems to invest $30 mn in US communications firm Kymeta
Hanwha Systems Co., the defense industry arm of Hanwha Group, has decided to invest 33.2 billion won ($30 million) in Kymeta Corp., a US satellite c...
Dec 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha looks to buy US hydrogen storage tank maker
Hanwha Solutions Corp. is seeking to acquire 100% of a US hydrogen storage tank manufacturer worth tens of millions of dollars, a local newspaper re...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Hanwha Life to further tap into interest rate derivatives
Hanwha Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s No. 2 life insurer, will make active use of derivatives and structured products to hedge against inte...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions to raise $1 bn to boost eco-friendly energy businesses
Hanwha Solutions Corp. is preparing to raise 1.2 trillion won ($1.1 billion) through rights issues to shore up new growth drivers, particularly it...
Dec 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Achievements
Hanjin chairman receives honorary gold medal from France
Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae has been awarded an honorary medal from the French government for the company’s diplomatic contribution, a...
Dec 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Hyundai Motor Chairman's inner circle promoted to key leadership
Hyundai Motor Group has carried out a massive reshuffling among its key affiliates, with members of Chairman Chung Euisun's inner circle promoted ...
Dec 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hanwha Systems unveils Butterfly, personal air vehicle mockup
Hanwha Systems Co., a defense and information technology service unit of Hanwha Group, on Wednesday unveiled the mockup of its personal air vehicle (P...
Nov 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung chairman, who led tech giant’s leapfrog to global brand, dies, aged 78
Lee Kun-hee, chairman of the world’s top smartphone and TV manufacturer Samsung Group, passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 78, the South Kore...
Oct 25, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership change
New Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Euisun sets sights on future mobility
Chung Euisun, executive vice chairman of Hyundai Motor Co., has assumed the chairmanship of Hyundai Motor Group, officially confirming his ascension t...
Oct 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)