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...

Samsung Biologics to double production by 2032; eyes ADCs, M&As

Samsung Biologics to double production by 2032; eyes ADCs, M&As

BOSTON – Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s No. 1 contract drugmaker, plans to more than double its total annual production capacity to ...

POSCO-GM JV to double cathode output, build precursor plant

POSCO-GM JV to double cathode output, build precursor plant

South Korean battery materials producer POSCO Future M Co. said on Friday it will inject 1 trillion won ($765 million) into its joint venture with G...

GC Biopharma wins contract to build blood products plant in Indonesia

GC Biopharma wins contract to build blood products plant in Indonesia

GC Biopharma Corp., a South Korean pharmaceutical company, announced on Thursday that it has received approval from the Indonesian Ministry of Healt...

LG Energy to expand smart factory systems to N.America JVs

LG Energy to expand smart factory systems to N.America JVs

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. will introduce smart manufacturing systems to all its joint venture battery plants under construction in...

HD Hyundai Oilbank to build eco-friendly power plants

HD Hyundai Oilbank to build eco-friendly power plants

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank is pursuing the construction of eco-friendly power plants powered by liquefied natural gas and blue hydrogen.The co...

LG Chem breaks ground on 4th cathode material plant in S.Korea

LG Chem breaks ground on 4th cathode material plant in S.Korea

LG Chem Ltd., the top chemicals company in South Korea, said on Wednesday it broke ground on the country’s largest plant to produce carbon nan...

POSCO Int'l secures graphite supply from Tanzania

POSCO Int'l secures graphite supply from Tanzania

South Korea's POSCO International has signed a deal on the supply of natural graphite to strengthen its battery raw materials unit.The company on ...

Korea’s first integrated car plant being transformed into Kia’s EV base

Korea’s first integrated car plant being transformed into Kia’s EV base

GWANGMYEONG, Gyeonggi Province -- Kia Corp.'s oldest integrated auto plant — which is also South Korea’s first of its kind — was c...

LG Energy's Ochang plant, Korea's EV cell mother factory

LG Energy's Ochang plant, Korea's EV cell mother factory

OCHANG, North Chungcheong Province -- LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, on Thursday for the ...

POSCO completes giga steel plant in China

POSCO completes giga steel plant in China

South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO announced on Thursday that it has completed a specialized integrated processing facility for giga ste...

Hanon to build $40 mn heat pump systems plant in US state of Georgia

Hanon to build $40 mn heat pump systems plant in US state of Georgia

Hanon Systems Corp., a South Korean thermal management systems provider for automakers, is set to inject $40 million to establish a plant in the US ...

Korea’s L&F to build $609 mn EV battery precursor plant

Korea’s L&F to build $609 mn EV battery precursor plant

L&F Co., a major South Korean electric vehicle battery material maker, is set to spend up to 800 billion won ($608.8 million) on a factory in ...

CJ CheilJedang builds world's biggest frozen pizza plant in US

CJ CheilJedang builds world's biggest frozen pizza plant in US

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. built the world's largest frozen pizza plant in the US to overtake Nestle on the related American marke...

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

Korea's SK E&S plans $14 bn joint investment in hydrogen biz

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is poised to spend 18.5 trillion won ($13.9 billion) with partners by 2025 to set up a hydrogen industry value ch...

Hansae to build eco-friendly clothing plant in Vietnam

Hansae to build eco-friendly clothing plant in Vietnam

South Korean textile and clothing maker Hansae on Friday announced plans to build a plant in Vietnam to expand production of eco-friendly clothing u...

Nexen Tire invests $1.3 bn to build US factory

Nexen Tire invests $1.3 bn to build US factory

South Korea's Nexen Tire Corp. plans to invest $1.3 billion (1.73 trillion won) to build its first-ever factory in the United States. Starting fro...

LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project

LG Chem secures exclusive deal for Israeli desalination project

South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. revealed on Thursday that it has been awarded the exclusive contract as the sole supplier of reverse osmosis (RO) membran...

Korea starts building Shin Hanul, reviving aim to be nuclear powerhouse

Korea starts building Shin Hanul, reviving aim to be nuclear powerhouse

South Korea has begun construction of the main parts of the Shin Hanul nuclear reactors No. 3 and No. 4, reviving its goal of becoming a global nucl...

Kolon Industries to expand high-value specialty petroleum products plant

Kolon Industries to expand high-value specialty petroleum products plant

Kolon Industries Inc., a leading industrial materials maker in South Korea, announced on Monday that it will invest 24 billion won ($17.94 million) ...

POSCO International to set up EV parts factory in Poland

POSCO International to set up EV parts factory in Poland

POSCO International, the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., plans to build an elect...

Hyundai Motor, Kia to receive 25% tax credit for EV plant spending

Hyundai Motor, Kia to receive 25% tax credit for EV plant spending

ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to receive a 25% tax credit for its planned investment in a...

S.Korean gov't proposes nuclear power plant cooperation to Hungary

S.Korean gov't proposes nuclear power plant cooperation to Hungary

South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang discussed ways to strengthen industrial and trade cooperation with Lászl&o...

SK Ecoplant to build waste EV battery recycling plant in China

SK Ecoplant to build waste EV battery recycling plant in China

South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. will build a recycling facility for electric vehicle (EV) waste batteries in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, ...

NuScale to build Korea’s first SMR in Uljin, home to native Korean reactors

NuScale to build Korea’s first SMR in Uljin, home to native Korean reactors

NuScale Power Corp. is expected to build its first small modular reactor (SMR) plant in South Korea in Uljin, already home to Korean native nuclear ...

S.Korea, US advised to cooperate in advanced nuclear power plant

S.Korea, US advised to cooperate in advanced nuclear power plant

Amid declining exports of nuclear power plants from major countries like South Korea and the US, Russia and China have captured about 80% of the glo...

POSCO, Huayou to expand ties for battery precursors

POSCO, Huayou to expand ties for battery precursors

POSCO Future M Co., formerly known as POSCO Chemical Co., on Wednesday signed a preliminary agreement with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. ...

Hyundai AutoEver, LS Electric adopt Ieum 5G for production lines

Hyundai AutoEver, LS Electric adopt Ieum 5G for production lines

South Korea's automotive internet sales company Hyundai AutoEver and electrical equipment and automation specialist LS Electric Co. have adopted Ieu...

Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea

Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea

Global pharmaceutical company Merck is considering a plan to establish a biopharmaceutical raw material production facility in Daejeon.South Korean ...

SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea

SK Geo Centric, Loop to set up plastic recycling plant in Korea

SK Geo Centric Co., a petrochemical unit within South Korean conglomerate SK Group, said on Wednesday it will set up a joint venture with a Nasdaq-l...

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