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Energy
Samsung Eng. wins ADNOC’s $80.7 mn joint project
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering Co. has won a $80.7 million joint project from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) for multi-billion-dollar g...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medytox to build plant for finished toxin products in Dubai
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. will build a plant for finished products containing botulinum toxin in the United Arab Emirates...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia to break ground on new Korean EV plant in March
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is set to break ground in March on a domestic factory to produce electric purpose-built vehicles (PB...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung CEO says construction of Taylor foundry on track
A US road in Taylor, Taxas, where global chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. is building a $17 billion fabrication plant on a scale of about 5 millio...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia's Carens selected as Car of Year in India
Kia Corp. won the "Car of the Year in India" for the first time in three years and five months after entering the Indian auto market.Kia said Sunday...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec's Tennessee plant named Lighthouse Factory by WEF
LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Honda to build $4.4 billion battery plant in Ohio
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Honda Motor Co. have launched their first US joint venture to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio, LG said o...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Chung Euisun named MotorTrend’s Person of the Year
Chung Euisun, chairman of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has been named Person of the Year by MotorTrend, topping the prestigious US autom...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV6 named SUV of the year in North America
The Kia EV6 is this year's North American Utility Vehicle of the Year of the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards (NACTO...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Powertrain maker Hyundai Transys set to post record-high 2022 revenue
Hyundai Transys Co., a Hyundai Motor Group unit that makes powertrains and seats, said on Wednesday that it is estimated to have achieved record-hig...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Dong Yang Steel Pipe signs contract with Japanese EPC company
DongYangSteelPipe, a steel pipe unit of KBI Group, said on Tuesday that it had signed on the previous day an agreement with a Japanese EPC (engineer...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
11 Hyundai Motor Group products receive US' Good Design Awards
Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday said 11 of its products won honors at this year's Good Design Awards of the US.The honors are jointly selected by t...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia post record sales in India; to build IONIQ 5 locally
South Korea’s two leading automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – are solidifying their presence in India, a fast-growing A...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia extends official sponsorship of Australian Open until 2028
Kia Corp. said that it would extend its sponsorship of the Australian Open, one of the world's four major tennis tournaments, until 2028. ...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Hyundai Eng. acquires certifications for nuclear power plant construction
Hyundai Engineering Co. said on Tuesday it has obtained both domestic and foreign quality certifications to start the nuclear power plant EPC (desig...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford in talks with LG Energy for Turkey EV battery plant
Ford Motor Co. is in talks with LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, to build a cell factory in...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy posts largest-ever profit led by US JV with GM
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. posted its largest-ever profit in 2022, driven by strong sales after its US joint venture with Ge...
Jan 09, 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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Energy
Seoul in talks to share nuclear plant export profits with Westinghouse
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. and its parent company Korea Electric Power Corp. are in discussion with Westinghouse Electric Corp. to share pr...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia beat Honda to rank 5th in US market
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. kept their fifth place in sales in the US market for the second consecutive year. Despite production setbacks due to...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy certified for CMSR power barge design
South Korea's main shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries said on Wednesday that it has completed the conceptual design for the compact molten salt re...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia aim to outpace industry growth in 2023
The Hyundai Motor Group is aiming to boost sales by 10% this year from 2022, above an estimated single-digit growth in the global automotive market....
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Applied Materials injects $40 mn in glass substrate maker Absolics
Applied Materials Inc., a global leading equipment and software supplier to semiconductor makers, has invested 51 billion won ($40.2 million) in Abs...
Jan 03, 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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Waste management
SuperBin completes plastic recycling factory in Seoul suburb
SuperBin, a South Korean startup reshaping the waste recycling ecosystem using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, on Thursday said it had co...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
KCC ramps up glass wool production capacity
KCC Corp., a global applied materials chemical company, is accelerating its foray into the inorganic insulation material-based glass wool market.The...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Doosan Corp. starts building flexible copper-clad layer plant
South Korea's Doosan Corp. is expanding its production line for flexible cooper-clad layers (FCCL) to boost competitiveness in electronic materials ...
Dec 29, 2022 (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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