Ulsan Advanced Recycling Cluster
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Metaverse
SK Telecom steps up metaverse push with Morph Interactive purchase
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has made an equity investment in Morph Interactive Co., a local three-dimensional graphics c...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, Solvay show interest in Korea's PI Advanced
PI Advanced Materials Co., the world’s largest polyimide (PI) film manufacturer, has drawn about 10 preliminary bidders, including The Carlyle...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s battery trio cornered by Chinese rivals’ overseas advance
China’s leading battery makers are actively advancing into overseas markets with plans to build manufacturing factories close to their clients...
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
SK Innovation to list battery unit 2025 at earliest
South Korean SK Innovation Co. does not expect to list its battery subsidiary until at least 2025, the company’s chief executive said on Thurs...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Chemicals to invest $1.6 bn in green, biopharmaceutical sectors
South Korea’s SK Chemicals plans to invest more than 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in eco-friendly material and biopharmaceutical businesses.T...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Lotte to join used car market, seen as boost for small players
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the country’s No. 1 car rental firm Lotte Rental Co. are advancing into the domestic u...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy A series: Budget smartphone with advanced features
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled two new Galaxy A series models, targeting price-conscious customers looking for affordable smartphones packed w...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Geo Centric invests $55 mn in US plastic waste recycling firm
South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. invested $55 million in US plastic waste recycling company PureCycle Technologies Inc. in a move to transform...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
South Korea's contact lens exports surge in 2021
South Korea's contact lens brands accelerated their penetration into the global market estimated at $10 billion in 2021, thanks to the market's rebo...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
China’s Geely challenges Hyundai with entry to Korea’s e-truck market
China’s largest privately owned carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. is entering South Korea’s electric truck market to compete wit...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
US Novelis to build $53 mn aluminum recycle center in Korea
Novelis Inc., the world’s top aluminum recycler, is set to invest $53 million in another recycling and casting center in South Korea to meet t...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Ecoplant buys e-waste recycling firm for $1 bn
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. has acquired Singapore-based electronic waste (e-waste) disposal and recycling company TES Envirocorp Pte. Ltd for $1 ...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix develops memory chip with computing capabilities
SK Hynix Inc. has developed a next-generation memory chip with computing capabilities, which the company says will provide solutions for data conges...
Feb 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
PI Advanced up for sale in deal estimated at $1 bn
Seoul-based Glenwood Private Equity is putting a majority stake in South Korea's PI Advanced Materials Co., the world's largest polyimide (PI) film ...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung’s 2022: Year of war on uncertainty, shaky supply chain
Samsung Electronics Co.'s spectacular 2021 earnings report on Thursday was overshadowed by its murky business outlook, as the world’s top make...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi, other chip machine makers to benefit from TSMC capex hike
Hanmi Semiconductor Co., a chip equipment supplier to global foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has posted record profit ...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG welcomes Samsung’s likely re-entry into OLED TV market
Samsung Electronics Co.'s expected re-entry into the OLED TV market will further expand the growing segment, which is gaining popularity in the...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying advanced memory chips to an unidentified global automaker for use in its self-driving and infotainment systems....
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank to make building, paper materials with carbon
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. is set to produce eco-friendly materials for construction and paper with by-products of refining as it seek...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advanced materials
SK’s holding firm completes merger with materials arm
SK Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group, completed the merger with SK Materials Co. with aim to exp...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new auto chip mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying one of its latest advanced chips to Volkswagen AG for the German carmaker’s in-vehicle infotainment syste...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung orders US chips, with a side of geopolitics
Every country wants a cutting-edge semiconductor plant. Samsung Electronics’ plan to build one in the U.S. is taking advantage of th...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea copper foil makers on bull run amid demand hopes
South Korean stocks related to secondary batteries, especially shares in cathode and anode materials producers, have rallied on strong growth in the...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean retailers scale back on Southeast Asian operations
South Korea's top three retail groups -- Lotte, Shinsegae and GS -- are struggling with increased losses in the Southeast Asian market, once believe...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to make 2-nanometer GAA chips by 2025 to overtake TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday it will be able to commercialize a 2-nanometer transistor process technology by 2025 to take on bigger foun...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on $101 million battery recycling plant
South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO on Thursday broke ground on its 120 billion won ($101 million) plant to extract nickel, lithium and cobalt,...
Oct 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel, Samsung develop tech to recycle chip waste for steelmaking
Hyundai Steel Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday they have developed technology that can recycle the chipmaker’s wastewater sludge...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Recycled plastic in growing demand as Korean firms pursue ESG business
Plastic recyclers have known for years that there is money to be made in plastic waste. And the stakes are high these days as the prices of recycled...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
GS E&C to build EV battery recycling plant near POSCO
GS Engineering & Construction Co. (GS E&C) has launched the construction of its first lithium-ion battery recycling plant in a South Korean ...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung unveils new microSD cards for advanced storage demand
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chip maker, introduced new microSD cards with enhanced performance and stability on Sept. 8 to...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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