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ESG
Kumho Tire receives silver medal from EcoVadis
Kumho Tire Co. announced on Tuesday that it received a silver medal from EcoVadis, a global ESG (environmental, social, and governance) evaluation a...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochemical to recycle plastic waste with French partner
Kumho Petrochemical on Tuesday said it has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board
South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
DL Chemical’s Cariflex to build $384 million latex plant in Singapore
South Korea’s DL Chemical Co., a unit of the petrochemical-to-construction conglomerate DL Group, said on Thursday it is spending 500 billion ...
Jul 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kumho Tire, labor union in tug of war over international plants
Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, struggled to agree with its unionized workers on more overseas plants although the company des...
Apr 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korean tire makers to raise prices on higher costs
South Korea’s three leading tire makers joined the global industry’s plans to raise product prices to maintain profitability amid higher...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Contrarian leader's bets drive Kumho Petrochem's record profits
At the end of last year, executives of Kumho Petrochemical Co. were in a heated debate on whether or not to expand the capacity of nitrile butadiene...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader
POHANG, South Korea - When POSCO Chemical Co., better known as a refractory brick manufacturer until the early 1990s, announced its entry into the a...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Oilbank to develop eco-friendly e-fuels with Danish firm
Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to develop eco-friendly electrofuels, or e-fuels, jointly with Denmark's Haldor Topsoe as the South Korean oil refiner has...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Kumho Asiana assures 30-year profits to Gate Gourmet in catering deal
Kumho Asiana Group’s management assured net profits for 30 years to Gate Gourmet when the South Korean conglomerate signed a deal for Asiana A...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Rubber gloves make Korean petrochemical firms’ Q2 profit soar
South Korea’s leading petrochemical makers report their second-quarter sales and operating profit soared, boosted by strong sales of rubber gl...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem challenges top latex player Kumho with aggressive expansion
South Korea’s top chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. has vowed to leapfrog crosstown rival Kumho Petrochemical Co. to become the world’s top la...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
US anti-dumping duties add to Korean tire makers' woes
The US trade body’s approval of anti-dumping tariffs on tire imports from South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand is adding to the woes of Korea&rsqu...
Jun 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s major tire makers to raise prices as rubber supply tightens
South Korea’s three leading tire makers are set to raise prices of commercial and passenger vehicle tires on growing demand from automakers an...
May 31, 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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Industrial adhesives
U-One R2M: S.Korea’s pioneer of rubber-to-metal adhesive
An engine mount is the part of a vehicle that holds the engine in place while at the same time reducing engine vibration. So-called “anti-vibr...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Chem ready to bid for JSR’s synthetic rubber business
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has completed due diligence on the synthetic rubber operation of JSR Corp., put up for sale by the Japanese...
Jan 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rubber business disposal
Japan’s JSR reaches out to Lotte, LG for sale of synthetic rubber business
Japan’s JSR Corp. is reaching out to Korean chemical companies to dispose of its synthetic rubber business and focus instead on semiconductor ...
Jan 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biomaterials
LG Chem, Neste join forces to make bio-based synthetic resins
LG Chem Ltd. plans to produce synthetic resins such as polyolefin, polycarbonate and polyvinyl chloride, using biomaterials from Finland's diesel prod...
Nov 05, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Restructuring
Kumho Asiana Group eyes sale of affiliate golf course and resort
Kumho Asiana Group, the parent company of cash-strapped Asiana Airlines Inc., plans to put up affiliate Kumho Resort for sale as part of self-rescue m...
Sep 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)