SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. on Friday said its second-quarter operating profit decreased 12 percent on-year amid rampant inflation that hurt consumer demand for TVs and other home appliances. Its operating income came in at 792 billion won (US$609 million) for the April-June quarter, falling short of analysts’ expectations surveyed by [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. said Friday it posted record high operating income and sales in the second quarter, driven by strong sales of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Operating income reached 429 billion won (US$330.4 million) in the April-June period, up 45.3 percent from a year earlier, the company said in [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co. said Friday its second-quarter profit more than quadrupled from a year earlier, boosted by robust sales of petroleum products amid higher oil prices. Its battery unit, SK On Co., however, suffered an extended loss. Despite this, the refiner maintained its forecast that the loss-making battery unit [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported its second-quarter net profit of 11.09 trillion won (US$8.5 billion), up 15.2 percent from a year earlier, on the back of robust demand for server chips. Operating profit for the April-June period rose 12.2 percent on-year to 14.09 trillion won, the company said [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Chem Ltd. said Wednesday its second-quarter net income shrank 54.1 percent from a year earlier, dented by higher oil prices, global inflation and China’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Net income came to 718.3 billion won (US$547 million) in the April-June period, compared with 1.56 trillion won the previous year, the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES) said Wednesday it aims to boost annual sales by more than threefold and achieve double-digit operating profit margins in the next five years through active foreign expansion and by securing stable supply. Unveiling the mid-to long-term strategies, the South Korean battery maker said it [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Wednesday it logged record quarterly sales and the best second-quarter operating profits in four years, driven by the sales of NAND flash and positive currency effects. The world’s second-largest memory chip maker reported its second-quarter net income of 2.87 trillion won (US$2.2 billion), up 44.7 [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. recorded robust on-year sales growth in Vietnam and Indonesia in the first half of 2022, delivering strong performances in the markets traditionally dominated by Japanese automakers, local industry associations’ data showed Sunday. The combined sales of Hyundai Thanh Cong Manufacturing Vietnam [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Friday its second-quarter net profit jumped 40 percent from a year earlier on an improved product mix and a weak won. Net profit for the three months ended in June rose to 1.88 trillion won (US$1.43 billion) from 1.34 trillion won in [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s top steelmaker, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit almost stayed flat from a year earlier amid soaring material prices and robust performance at its non-steelmaking affiliates. Its net profit stood at 1.8 trillion won (US$1.38 billion) on a consolidated basis [...]