Singapore includes KS Standards in construction guidelines

Singapore includes KS Standards in construction guidelines

KS standards have been included in Singapore's Class 1 Building and Construction guidelines (BC1). As a result, it is expected that steel exports to...

S.Korea's ToolGen develops gene-edited cow for artificial blood

S.Korea's ToolGen develops gene-edited cow for artificial blood

South Korean genome editing developer ToolGen Inc. has teamed up with Lartbio Technology, a Seoul-based transgenic animal development company, to de...

Battery materials firms revive Korean cities with new plants

Battery materials firms revive Korean cities with new plants

As South Korean battery materials companies such as LG Chem Ltd., POSCO Future M Co. and EcoPro Co. aggressively step up facility investment, they a...

Korean cosmetics maker Able C&C rejuvenated by sales in Japan, US

Korean cosmetics maker Able C&C rejuvenated by sales in Japan, US

Able C&C, the parent of South Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics brand Missha, has swung to the black after years of net losses...

LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up

LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is speeding up restructuring efforts to sell or downsize uncompetitive businesses, with an aim to focus on three gr...

SK Chemicals, AZ mark first commercial production of diabetes drugs

SK Chemicals, AZ mark first commercial production of diabetes drugs

South Korea's SK Chemicals has joined forces with global pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca to initiate commercial production of a chemical drug for di...

S.Korea's Daesang acquires US food company Lucky Foods

S.Korea's Daesang acquires US food company Lucky Foods

Daesang Corporation, a South Korean manufacturer of food and pharmaceutical ingredients, announced on Monday that it has acquired the US food compan...

Samsung launches collaborative product with illustrator Max Dalton

Samsung launches collaborative product with illustrator Max Dalton

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it has unveiled a special edition of Bespoke Jet Bot AI, collaborative with illustrator Max Dalton,...

POSCO to raise steel plant safety with robots

POSCO to raise steel plant safety with robots

POSCO Research Institute, a think tank under South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Group, on Sunday said it signed an agreement with Withrobot an...

Celltrion puts Takeda’s assets up for sale after 3 years

Celltrion puts Takeda’s assets up for sale after 3 years

South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. has put its Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s primary care assets acquired in 2020 on sale as the biosimilar g...

POSCO-led consortium wins $6.7 bn green hydrogen deal from Oman

POSCO-led consortium wins $6.7 bn green hydrogen deal from Oman

A consortium led by South Korean steelmaker POSCO Group won a $6.7 billion deal to build the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in Duqm, a p...

Sumit

Sumit

Key facts Industry Product design, engineering Mainstay products/services Product development consulting, researching, design, prototypi...

Tierone Corp.

Tierone Corp.

Key facts Industry Injection molding & product development consultancy Mainstay products/services Injection molding with QDM, family...

RheeTech Co.

RheeTech Co.

Key facts Industry Mold design and production, injection molding Mainstay products/services Mass-production molds for PTFE and PEEK mate...

S.Korea’s Enchem to build lithium salt plant in Saemangeum

S.Korea’s Enchem to build lithium salt plant in Saemangeum

Enchem Co., South Korea’s top electrolyte manufacturer, on Thursday announced the investment of 600.5 billion won ($473.5 million) to build ...

S.Korea's Seegene to share tech with Spanish diagnostics company

S.Korea's Seegene to share tech with Spanish diagnostics company

South Korea's in vitro diagnostic product maker Seegene Inc. on Wednesday said it signed a technology-sharing agreement with the Barcelona, Spain-ba...

Chip prices likely to rise in H2: KB Securities

Chip prices likely to rise in H2: KB Securities

KB Securities predicted on Thursday that semiconductor prices are likely to rise in the second half of the year due to the decrease in production ca...

Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Samyang Holdings Corp., the world’s top biodegradable suture yarn manufacturer, completed the construction of a 28 billion won ($21.9 million)...

Hyundai Rotem reveals actual product of hydrogen-powered train

Hyundai Rotem reveals actual product of hydrogen-powered train

Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, participated in the largest domestic railway exhibition to showcase ad...

SKIET bets big on Europe's battery separator market

SKIET bets big on Europe's battery separator market

DABROWA GORNICZA, Poland – The production line of lithium-ion battery separators in SK IE Technology Co.’s (SKIET) factory in Dąbrowa G&...

STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company

STX to promote lithium business with Chinese company

South Korea's general trading company STX announced on Wednesday its plans to accelerate its lithium business with a leading Chinese lithium produce...

Samsung SDI, GM to build JV plant for EV batteries in Indiana

Samsung SDI, GM to build JV plant for EV batteries in Indiana

South Korea's major secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. and General Motors (GM) of the US will set up a joint venture (JV) plant for electric ve...

S.Korea launches its first offshore wind installation vessel

S.Korea launches its first offshore wind installation vessel

Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries launched South Korea's premier offshore wind installation vessel, the Hyundai Frontier, on Tuesday. This ...

POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea

POSCO breaks ground on lithium hydroxide plant in S.Korea

POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker,held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday to mark the commen...

Enemies at the door: Copycat Samsung plant in China

Enemies at the door: Copycat Samsung plant in China

As Samsung Electronics Co. endeavors to cement its leadership in the semiconductor market, so its competitors are pulling out all the stops to toppl...

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, is set to sell a subsidiary to Glenwood Private Equity in a deal estimated at 500 billion won ($3...

Celltrion to expand biosimilar portfolio to 11 by 2025

Celltrion to expand biosimilar portfolio to 11 by 2025

South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Tuesday that it plans to beef up its portfolio by applying for regulatory approv...

Samsung Heavy to establish R&D center in Busan

Samsung Heavy to establish R&D center in Busan

Samsung Heavy Industries is pushing forward with the establishment of a research and development (R&D) center in Busan. This move is part of the...

US emerges key to Korea’s nuclear power plants exports to Saudi Arabia

US emerges key to Korea’s nuclear power plants exports to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, which is seeking to build two 1.4 gigawatts (GW) nuclear power plants, is demanding that the US allow uranium enrichment, according to...

Hyundai, SK battery JV may receive up to $700 mn in US grants

Hyundai, SK battery JV may receive up to $700 mn in US grants

Hyundai Motor Co. and SK On Co. could receive up to $700 million in US tax breaks and grants for their electric vehicle battery plant under construc...

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