SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Geocentric Co., a chemical affiliate of South Korea’s energy giant SK Innovation Co., announced Wednesday the commercial release of a biodegradable plastic that was developed jointly with Kolon Industries Inc., a textile and chemical materials maker. The two parties have been developing poly butylene adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT) since last [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kolon Industries Inc., South Korea’s top textile and chemical materials maker, said Thursday it will invest some 240 billion won (US$212 million) to double the capacity of its domestic aramid factory. The company said it plans to increase the annual capacity of the plant in Gumi, about 260 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kolon Industries Inc., a textile and chemical materials maker, announced on Wednesday that it had applied for a patent for an eco-friendly adhesive resin developed using wood byproducts, a first in South Korea. The company developed the eco-friendly lignin resin using a high molecular chemical compound lignin that is [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean industrial materials company, said Wednesday that it had succeeded in developing and commercializing post-consumer recycled (PCR) PET films. Kolon Industries, in collaboration with major cosmetics and household goods maker LG Household & Health Care Ltd. and a packaging material firm Lotte Aluminum Co., [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Kolon Industries, a South Korean industrial materials company, said Tuesday it will expand its tire cord plant in Vietnam to increase exports of the product from the Southeast Asian country. Kolon Industries will invest 68 billion won (US$62 million) in its wholly owned Kolon Industries Binh Duong Company Ltd. [...]