SK Materials
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ESG
SK Innovation steps up carbon offset, green investments
SK Innovation Co., the refinery and chemicals unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK, is poised to strengthen its eco-friendly b...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant changes North American corporation name
SK Ecoplant Co., a construction company of S.Korea's SK Group, said on Monday that it would change the name of its North American corporation BETEK,...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korea's high-tech firms flood to US with heavy spending plans
South Korea’s large business groups are flooding to the US, with their pledged investments there exceeding $100 billion for the next two years...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Ineos Chemical to expand vinyl acetate monomer plant
Lotte Ineos Chemical, South Korea's lone maker of acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), on Monday said it will expand its VAM output capacity...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Toray Korea to boost PPS resin production with expansion plan
Toray Advanced Materials Korea (TAK) has announced plans to increase its annual production capacity of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin by 5,000 to...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating
SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, announced it has received a BBB rating in its latest environmental, social, an...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Ecoplant passes industry-first carbon reduction target verification
South Korea's construction and engineering company SK Ecoplant Co. said on Thursday that it has passed the greenhouse gas reduction target verificat...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn
Croda International Plc., a British specialty chemicals company, is set to acquire South Korean bio materials producer Solus Biotech Co. for some 35...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
SK C&C joins hands with Microsoft for digital healthcare solutions
SK C&C, an IT services unit of SK Group, said on Thursday that it had signed an agreement with Microsoft Korea to advance into the global market...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience's SKYCellflu approved by Chilean health authority
SK Bioscience Co., a bio and pharmaceutical affiliate of South Korea's SK Group, announced on Thursday that its world-first cell culture-based quadr...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's Samkang M&T undergoes relaunch with new name SK oceanplant
South Korea's Samkang M&T Co., a specialist in offshore wind plants and shipbuilding, has been renamed SK oceanplant under a strategy to raise t...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chemical breaks ground on second anode material plant
POSCO Chemical Co., a battery material unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., on Jan. 31 broke ground on its second plant to p...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix to halve investment after posting first quarterly loss in decade
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly slash its investment for this year after p...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Geo Centric receives int'l recognition for eco-friendly polymers
SK Geo Centric Co., South Korea's chemical firm, has received the globally recognized "GRS" certification for its eco-friendly polymers, the company...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem, Samsung SDI ink $33 bn EV battery material deal
POSCO Chemical Co., a battery material unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., and Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 ele...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Four out of ten exporters expect raw material prices to rise again this year
A survey revealed that a large number of South Korea's major exporters expect troubles ahead for this year due to rising raw material prices and sup...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea’s SK E&S opens 1st US EV charging stations with Avis
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. opened its first electric vehicle charging station in the US in a partnership with Avis Budget Group, a major Ame...
Jan 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Aekyung Chemical develops first fertilizer coating resin with vegetable oil
Aekyung Chemical on Friday said it has developed South Korea's first eco-friendly fertilizer coating resin using vegetable oil.Aekyung Chemical, a s...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
SK Telecom, Doosan Robotics launch AI-powered barista
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and Doosan Robotics Inc. have jointly launched an artificial intelligence-powered barista, SK Group'...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s fastest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it has developed the world’s fastest mobile DRAM chip and ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Koh Young to showcase 3D inspection tech at IPC APEX EXPO
Koh Young Technology Inc., a leading 3D optical inspection devices maker in South Korea, is set to participate in IPC APEX EXPO 2023 in San Diego to...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea’s top probiotic drink maker hy to expand global biz
South Korea’s leading probiotic drink maker hy Co. is seeking to expand its health functional food business into the global market as demand f...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, graphite processor Urbix to jointly produce anode materials
South Korea's SK On Co. and US graphite processor Urbix Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop high-performance anode materials, Korea's l...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
CJ HDC Biosol completes plant for green biodegradable materials
South Korea's CJ HDC Biosol on Thursday said it held a completion ceremony for its biodegradable material compounding plant at Gwanghyewon Industria...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK E&S moves into EV charging market
South Korea's liquefied petroleum gas supplier SK E&S said on Wednesday that its subsidiary Parking Cloud will begin electric vehicle charging s...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Innovation-invested Amogy tests ammonia-powered heavy truck
Amogy Inc. has successfully tested its ammonia-hydrogen power system for large-size semi trucks – the first time that ammonia has been used as...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kolon, Hyosung to give up control over nylon material maker Capro
South Korea’s Hyosung Group and its longtime rival Kolon Group in the fiber, textile and petrochemical businesses are poised to give up their ...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix creates Master title, highest position among field hands
SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday that it has newly established a "master" position, which is the highest level among field workers who repair and mainta...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Chemicals launches uremia itching treatment tablet
SK Chemicals said on Monday that it has launched Remitch in orally disintegrating tablets, a treatment for intractable uremic pruritus (uremia itchi...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Chem CEO named to head industrial body of World Economic Forum
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Sunday said its CEO and Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol on Thursday will be named chair of the Chemical and Advanced Mate...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)