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  • Petroleum refinery industry increasing investment, diversifying portfolio

    • December 25, 2017
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    Petroleum refinery industry increasing investment, diversifying portfolio South Korea's petroleum refinery industry is making large scale investments and diversifying their portfolios amid solid growth this year, market watchers said Monday. Observers said that the move comes as companies want to capitalize on recent gains and better insulate themselves from uncertainties going forward. S-Oil Corp., which
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  • SK completes acquisition of Dow Chemical packaging business

    • December 18, 2017
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    SK completes acquisition of Dow Chemical packaging business SK Global Chemical on Friday completed its acquisition of Dow Chemical’s packaging product business, the company said in a statement Monday. SK Global Chemical, the chemical unit of SK Innovation, signed a deal with Dow Chemical to acquire the US chemical firm’s polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) unit in
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  • Lotte Chemical to expand ethylene output capacity

    • December 13, 2017
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    Lotte Chemical to expand ethylene output capacity SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) — Lotte Chemical Co., a major chemicals firm here, said Monday that it plans to increase ethylene output capacity in South Korea to meet growing demand. Lotte Chemical plans to jack up the annual output capacity of its plant in Yeosu by 200,000 tons
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  • LG Chem promotes former SNU professor to executive VP

    • December 5, 2017
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    LG Chem promotes former SNU professor to executive VP LG Chem promoted Lee Jin-kyu, a former Seoul National University professor, to an executive vice president in its latest reshuffle, crediting him with contributing to the tech firm’s capabilities of developing inorganic materials technologies. Lee Jin-kyu, a new research chairman at LG Chem (LG Chem) Lee’s
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  • SK Chemicals to adopt holding company structure

    • November 30, 2017
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    SK Chemicals to adopt holding company structure SK Chemicals, the chemicals and biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea’s SK Group, will officially take on a holding company structure from Friday, marking the biggest structural change for the company since its foundation 48 years ago. SK Chemicals will be split into a holdings company and a business
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  • LG Chem aims to become global top five chemical firm

    • November 27, 2017
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    LG Chem aims to become global top five chemical firm LG Chem aims to join the ranks of the world's top-five chemical giants by 2025 with a focus on research and development to make its basic chemical and material businesses more advanced, the company said Thursday. Under the vision, the company raised its 2017 capital
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  • South Korea, Indonesia vow to boost economic, security ties

    • November 21, 2017
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    South Korea, Indonesia vow to boost economic, security ties By Kim Hyo-jin President Moon Jae-in and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo agreed to strengthen bilateral economic and security cooperation in their summit, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. They released a "joint vision" statement following the summit, in which they agreed to elevate relations to a
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  • SK-Sinopec joint venture to invest W740b to raise production capacity

    • November 15, 2017
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    SK-Sinopec joint venture to invest W740b to raise production capacity A joint venture between SK Innovation and Sinopec of China has decided to invest 740 billion won ($653.8 million) to expand its production capacity by some 36 percent, officials in Seoul said Tuesday. The Sinopec-SK Wuhan Petrochemical joint venture was established in 2013 with the
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  • Dongwha buys Finnish tegofilm manufacturer

    • November 9, 2017
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    SK Chemicals’ shingles vaccine wins regulatory approval in Korea By Park Jae-hyuk Dongwha Enterprise has bought Kotkamills Imprex for 34.5 billion won ($30.5 million), becoming the world's second-largest tegofilm producer, the company said Friday. Kotkamills Imprex is a subsidiary of the Finnish-based wood products company, Kotkamills Oy. Tegofilm, or phenolic surface paper, is an adhesive
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  • SK Chemicals’ shingles vaccine wins regulatory approval in Korea

    • October 26, 2017
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    SK Chemicals’ shingles vaccine wins regulatory approval in Korea South Korean drug regulators on Monday granted sales approval to SK Chemicals’ herpes zoster vaccine, marking the second ever approval by a country’s regulator of a new treatment targeting the viral disease. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved SK’s Sky Zoster vaccine for
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