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Food & Beverage
Korea's CJ Freshway promotes waste cooking oil recycling
CJ Freshway, a South Korean food distributor and food service company, announced on Friday that it has partnered with S&D Company, the operator ...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW Driving Center for 9 consecutive years
Hankook Tire & Technology, a tire manufacturer based in South Korea, announced on Wednesday its exclusive partnership with BMW Driving Center's ...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Governor of Louisiana visits Kumho Tire HQ in Seoul
South Korea's leading tire manufacturer Kumho Tire Co., Inc. announced on Monday that Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards visited its headquarters i...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity
South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant targets European waste battery recycling market
SK Ecoplant Co., its Singaporean subsidiary TES-AMM, and domestic eco-friendly business and secondary battery materials leader Ecopro Co. are poised...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement
The head of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, was arrested on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, breach of tr...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's builders diversify biz portfolios to waste battery, other sectors
South Korea's construction companies are exploring other sectors to find new growth engines amid deteriorating profitability in the housing industry...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Incheon Petrochemical invests in domestic recycling waste tire startup
SK Incheon Petrochemical, a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., on Sunday said it made an equity investment in the eco-friendly sta...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
South Korean tire makers raise prices despite weak sales
South Korea’s three largest tire makers are raising product prices despite their weak sales in anticipation of an imminent market rebound amid...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire
South Korea's used car e-commerce platform Carmerce has raised 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in a Series A funding round led by Hankook Tire & ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Ecoplant launches 4th plant in US
South Korea's environment-focused energy company SK Ecoplant Co. on Thursday said it added a base for recycling electrical and electronic waste and ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Plastics to make eco-friendly products from marine waste
Kolon Plastics Inc. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Netspa, a South Korean recycling social venture, to jointly develop enginee...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK Ecoplant to establish virtuous cycle ecosystem for waste resources
SK Ecoplant Co., a subsidiary of South Korea's SK Group that focuses on recycling, construction and renewable energy, announced on Tuesday a busines...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship
Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday its title sponsorship of the Touring Car Championship (TCR), a global touring car competition, with the organizer...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire's Ventus S1 evo3 tops braking performance in Germany
Hankook Tire & Technology's high-performance tire, the Ventus S1 Evo3, claims the top spot in the braking distance category of the 2023 Summer T...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
S.Korea's HMM establishes system for recycling waste ropes
South Korea's HMM Co. announced on Tuesday that it had signed a business agreement with Foresys, a company specializing in marine waste management. ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Ecorbit to build smart safety solution at waste disposal site
LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean mobile telecom service carrier, announced on Monday that it is deploying a smart safety solution at waste disposal co...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Kumho Tire establishes ESG committee under its board of directors
Kumho Tire Co. is intensifying its sustainable management efforts by establishing an environmental, social and governance (ESG) committee directly u...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant enters bioenergy sector with waste-to-fuel tech
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. will supply fuel made from the conversion of food waste.The company on Thursday said it entered the bioenergy market a...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire to supply exclusive tires for Formula E in India
Hankook Tire & Technology said on Friday that it will serve as the exclusive supplier and official partner of Formula E's 2023 Greenco Hyderabad...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's waste recycler ReCo lands $11.8 million in investment
South Korea's startup ReCo, which runs the comprehensive waste collection and transportation service UpBox, on Wednesday said it attracted Series B ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem to recycle marine wastes to produce plastics
South Korea's largest chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a domestic resource circulation start-up Netspa...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire supplies tires to Nissan's new X-Trail SUV
Hankook Tire & Technology said on Tuesday it would supply its ultra-high-performance sports tire Ventus S1 evo3 SUV to Nissan's fourth-generatio...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hankook Tire ESG Report wins gold prize in LACP 2022 Spotlight Awards
The ESG Report of Hankook Tire & Technology won the gold prize in the 2022 Spotlight Awards hosted by the League of American Communications Prof...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Automobiles
Nexen Tire develops AI-based tech for road surface detection
Nexen Tire Corp. on Monday said it developed technology for road surface detection and analysis of tire braking distance using artificial intelligen...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hankook Tire ties up with Chaevi for EV charging service
Korea’s leading tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. and Daeyoung Chaevi, one-stop electric vehicle (EV) charging solution provider, s...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Nexen Tire and Design Council Busan join hands for futuristic models
Nexen Tire said on Thursday that it has developed three types of future concept tires, including "BTR," "Mearth," and "Nocturne," in collaboration...
Dec 01, 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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Mergers & Acquisitions
Keppel completes Korean waste treatment firm takeover for $530 mn
Singapore-based Keppel Infrastructure completed the acquisition of South Korea’s leading waste management company EMK Co. for 760 billion won ...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)