Lotte Aluminum signs $795 mn contract for cathode foil raw materials

Lotte Aluminum, a manufacturer of cathode foils for secondary batteries in South Korea, announced on Monday that it has signed a long-term purchase ...

S.Korean battery sector scrambles for talented manpower

South Korea’s battery industry has suffered from a talent shortage, especially in the research and development, design as well as process sect...

BGF EcoMaterials to partner with Hwaseung Material for composite materials

BGF EcoMaterials, a materials unit of the BGF Group, said on Friday that it has signed an agreement with Hwaseung Material, a fine chemical company,...

Baring PEA breaks $1 bn PI Advanced Materials buyout deal

Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has broken a deal to buy a majority stake in the world’s largest polyimide film manufacturer PI Adv...

S.Korea develops carbon composite materials as its 2nd steel industry

The South Korean government will invest 185 billion won ($139.6 million) by 2030 in the development of technology for carbon composite materials, wh...

POSCO wins $689 mn battery material deal with GM-LG joint venture

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Dec. 5 that it has signed a $688.6 million deal to provide a key...

Biden hails SK Siltron’s investment in Michigan as 'game changer'

BAY CITY, Michigan – For the first time since taking office, United States President Joe Biden toured a US subsidiary of South Korean conglome...

Orion to enter dental disease treatment sector

Orion Corp., the Korean company, best known for its signature product choco pie, is entering drug development. Instead of indirectly running a joint...

MBK to buy Medit at lower price than Carlyle-GS bid

MBK Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, is set to buy Medit Corp. at a lower price than a bid from the US PE giant The Carlyle Group-led ...

Hyundai Mobis to use self-running robots at Ulsan plant

Hyundai Mobis on Sunday said it will develop mobile robots usable at manufacturing sites and logistics hubs as well as a related logistics system ...

SK On, EcoPro, China’s GEM to build battery materials plant in Indonesia

SK On Co., a South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, has joined forces with two energy materials companies to build a nickel intermediate ...

Korea's SK Inc. revs up power semiconductor value chains via M&As

SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is ramping up its value chain of third-generation semicondu...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Postech to develop materials, parts talent

Samsung Electro-Mechanics on Sunday said it has teamed up with Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) to develop outstanding human re...

Eugene Group, Stonebridge Capital mull logistics firm Mesh acquisition

South Korean conglomerate Eugene Group, one of the largest construction materials suppliers in the country, is planning to acquire local logistics c...

Korea's Lotte Chem likely to raise $745 mn via rights offering

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is poised to decide to raise more than 1 trillion won ($745.4 million) of capital at its board meeting this...

Sale of Korean dental scanner maker Medit fails

The sale of South Korea's dental scanner manufacturer Medit will undergo a reset as the preferred bidder, a consortium led by GS Holdings and the US...

CJ CheilJedang builds up future food materials business

CJ CheilJedang, following an organizational reshuffle, will focus on the development of future food such as food ingredients and alternative protein...

POSCO Chemical completes world's largest cathode materials plant

POSCO Chemical will soon launch operations at its newly completed factory for cathode materials, the biggest of its kind in the world with an annual...

SK On to buy battery material lithium hydroxide from Chile's SQM

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, said on Sunday it signed a deal on Nov. 4 to purchase lithium hydroxide, a key ba...

Korea's SK Chemicals to make chemically recycled food containers

South Korea's SK Chemicals on Tuesday said it has joined forces with Poolinglim P&P to make the nation's first food containers using chemically ...

Making the safest bio-based personal care material

BJ Biochem Inc. is a startup that develops various differentiated materials in the preservatives, disinfectants and surface active agent (surfactant...

EcoPro BM to build battery materials plant in Canada

EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s leading battery material producer, is set to build a plant in Canada with a $704 million investment in a partners...

Carlyle, GS Group to buy Korean dental scanner maker

US private equity giant The Carlyle Group and South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group will acquire Medit Corp., the world’s third-...

POSCO Chemical posts record third-quarter sales, operating profit

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., on Monday posted record revenue and operating profit in the third...

LG Energy set to ink graphite deal with Australia’s Syrah Resources

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement to explore graphite procurement from Australia&rsquo...

Carlyle, KKR again compete for Korean dental scanner maker

US private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) are again competing to acquire the world’s third-larges...

POSCO Chemical may clinch megadeal to supply cathode to Ford Motor

POSCO Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is looking to forge a long-term contract to supply cathode, a key...

Korea's Lotte Chem seeks more M&As for battery materials, CEO says

South Korea’s petrochemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp., which signed a 2.7 trillion won ($1.9 billion) deal to acquire the world’s fourth...

S.Korea, Chile to jointly develop key EV battery materials

South Korea has joined hands with Chile in a move to cope with the US’ Inflation Reduction Act, as well as strengthen the two countries' ties ...

SK On in 10-year lithium deal with Australia’s Lake Resources

SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Wednesday it has signed a long-term contract to procure lithium, a key battery material, fr...