School of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Biologics receives Terra Carta Seal
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Wednesday it was awarded the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ter...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical conducts product risk assessment first time in Korea
Lotte Chemical Corp. said on Tuesday that it is conducting a risk assessment for its products for the first time in the domestic chemical industry...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric signs MOU with Plastic Energy for plastic recycling plant
SK Geo Centric, a subsidiary of South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co., will join hands with a global company to build a super-large waste plas...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar
South Korea's Samsung Engineering Co. said on Jan. 9 it has signed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) contract to build the world's largest ethylene ...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE to develop large-capacity fuel cells with Europe's research center
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai Co., has decided to develop fuel cells for mar...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Samsung to launch its first robot to assist with elderly care
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to launch its first robot later this year to care for the elde...
Jan 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Lotte Chemical to take part in CES for first time
South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. for the first time will take part this month in CES, the world's largest information technology and home applianc...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Chemicals introduces Tiglutik, treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease
SK Chemicals said on Monday that it is strengthening its portfolio of neurological diseases by introducing Tiglutik (riluzole), Lou Gehrig's disease...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to consider EV assembly plant in Saudi Arabia
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, plans to consider building an assembly plant for electric vehicles and internal combustion e...
Jan 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hansol Chemical to enter bio industry with BiOCS acquisition
Hansol Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s paper-focused conglomerate Hansol Group, is expanding its business scope to biomaterials by acqui...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung starts building 4th semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek
The world's largest DRAM supplier Samsung Electronics Co. is accelerating its move to expand production capacities at its manufacturing complex in P...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group develops dual LNG-hydrogen engine
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group has developed South Korea's first hybrid engine that uses liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen.The group's ...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Lotte mulls building transit hubs in retail stores for air taxis, drones
South Korea’s Lotte Engineering & Construction Co. said on Dec. 22 it is considering building vertiports on the rooftops of its retail aff...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hyundai Heavy develops new chemical-resistant paint for PC carriers
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said Wednesday that it has developed a paint product for petrochemical product (PC) carriers with significantly impro...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor's compact SUV Kona gets bigger
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the new design of its compact SUV the new "all-new Kona."The all-new Kona is a second-generation model being i...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korean kids' future career choices are athletes, teachers, YouTubers
A survey revealed that the number of middle and high school students who opted for computer engineers and software developers as their future career...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
S.Korea's LS Mtron opens center to reinforce global logistics
LS Mtron, the heavy machinery and advanced parts-making unit of South Korea's LS Group, on Monday said it completed the LS Mtron Parts and Solution ...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Technocrats dominate major Korean companies’ leadership
Technocrats dominated the management of South Korea’s top 10 business groups, as technical specialists with deep understanding of business too...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KEXIM to provide $1.2 bn project financing for Indonesian refinery project
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Friday that it has signed a $1.2 billion project financing agreement with the Indonesian sta...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE joins race to buy marine engine maker STX Heavy Industries
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) has joined the race to acquire South Korean marine engine and equipment maker STX Heavy Ind...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Doosan Infracore to supply engines for K2 tanks bound for Poland
Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., a South Korean construction equipment company, said on Tuesday it has signed a 180 billion won ($138 million) contract...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, set up new research and development units at key affiliates to seek future growth engines...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Chemicals obtains highest ESG rating among listed companies
SK Chemicals obtained the highest grade in a recent ESG (environmental, social, and governance) rating evaluation of 1,033 listed companies, the com...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte Chem, Air Liquide Korea launch JV for hydrogen business
South Korea’s chemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp. and Air Liquide Korea, the Korean unit of the French company Air Liquide SA, announced on Tue...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
SK Discovery launches bio strategy, investment division
Korea's chemical company SK Discovery Co. on Tuesday said it launched a bio strategy and investment division headed by Kim Jung-hoon, director of SK...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT&G completes elementary school in Laos with employee donations
KT&G, South Korea's dominant tobacco company, announced on Monday that along with South Korea's non-profit organization Sharing Culture &a...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai Engineering completes Long Son plant project in Vietnam
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said Monday it has completed its co...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK picglobal builds DPG-only production facility
SK picglobal, a joint venture between SKC's chemical division and a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) named PIC, have built a pla...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hanwha, DL Chemical to split up two-decade-old YNCC joint venture
Yeochun NCC Co., a leading South Korean petrochemical producer, will split up after its two owners – Hanwha Group and DL Group – have ag...
Nov 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung Engineering wins Project of the Year awards from MEED
Samsung Engineering Co., the construction unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Thursday it has won three Project of t...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)