SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – As a gray haze caused by fine dust continues to blanket South Korea, home appliance companies are enjoying booming sales with some companies running additional production lines over the weekend. Growing public concern over the health effects of fine dust and air pollution in the country are turning air [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The air purifier market in South Korea is expanding rapidly, largely due to surging demand as consumers are becoming more concerned about fine dust, industry data showed Wednesday. The market size of air purifiers reached 1 trillion won (US$888.4 million) at the end of 2016, soaring from 300 billion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – China has banned imports of South Korean air purifiers, industry sources said Friday, amid growing concerns Beijing is retaliating against Seoul’s move to install an advanced U.S. missile defense system. Air purifiers made by LG Electronics Inc., Shinil Co. and two other South Korean firms were listed as disqualified [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – With several high profile controversies over toxic chemical content and high electromagnetic wave emissions in Korean products, domestic consumers are flocking to European options instead, in search of safer goods. Italian home appliance brand Imetec saw sales rise by 629 percent in September compared to September 2015, mainly driven [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Ministry of Environment confirmed on July 20 that Octylisothiazolinone (OIT) – a toxic substance that instigated the Oxy humidifier sterilizer scandal in Korea several months ago – was found in 58 models of air purifiers and three vehicle air conditioner filters currently being sold locally, and advised manufacturers to [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Oxy toxic humidifier sterilizer scandal has made Korean consumers highly alert to potential toxic substances included in other daily products. These concerns expanded to odor eliminators, and now to air purifiers. As part of steps being taken to address rising concerns, air purifier manufacturers are offering free filter [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – With the airborne concentration of yellow dust and other particulate matter worsening every year, Koreans are increasingly willing to open their wallets to get their hands on fresh oxygen. According to online shopping site Gmarket, sales of oxygen-related products from January to April 28 increased by a factor of [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – With an increasing number of Koreans suffering from respiratory ailments due to yellow dust from China, a local team of scientists has developed an air-cleaning technology that uses water and static electricity instead of a filter. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials announced on April 28 that the Environmental [...]
SEJONG, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Exports of South Korean-made air purifiers topped the US$100 million mark for the first time in 2014, pushed by demand from China, customs data showed Wednesday. Records from the Korea Customs Service (KCS) showed outbound shipments reaching $119.1 million for all of last year, up a sharp 33.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics announced on September 24 that it launched a new air purifier targeting the Chinese consumers. The round-shaped product was previously rolled out in the domestic market in March, gaining huge popularity from Korean consumers. The world leading electronics company refurbished its air purifier to make it more [...]