SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top chemical firm, LG Chem Ltd., said Thursday it will take over LG Electronics Inc.’s battery separator business at 525 billion won (US$458.5 million) to expand its battery material portfolio. LG Chem, the parent of battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., said it decided to acquire LG [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical firm, said Wednesday it will invest 10 trillion won (US$8.7 billion) by 2025 to expand its battery material, renewable and bio businesses. The chemical unit under LG Group said it will speed up its transition to an eco-friendly business portfolio by expanding [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the expansion of metaverses, three-dimensional virtual worlds, the landscape is changing for new company recruits in training programs. LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical firm, used an online virtual platform to carry out training programs for new recruits in its petrochemical division for four days starting on [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading car battery maker, said Sunday it will invest 40 billion won (US$35 million) in a Chinese copper foil company for a stable supply of the core battery material. LG Chem will make the investment in a stake of Jiujiang DeFu Technology, China’s third-largest [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical firm, said Wednesday its first-quarter net profit rose to the highest level ever on strong electric vehicle (EV) battery sales, vowing to step up investment in the battery and related materials to further propel growth. LG Chem’s net profit came to 1.4 [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd. will sternly handle the legal dispute with SK Innovation Co. to receive “reasonable” and “proportionate” compensation for the damage caused by the local rival’s trade secret misappropriation of its battery technology, its CEO said Thursday. Shin Hak-cheol, CEO of LG Chem, which wholly owns the battery [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical company, said Tuesday that it will create a business model centered on environmental, social and governance (ESG) that will encompass the full process of producing, collecting, and recycling plastic waste. The company joined hands with local startup Innerbottle Co. to set up [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical firm, said Wednesday it posted a record revenue in 2020 on strong battery sales, vowing to expand its battery unit’s production capacity to meet growing demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Its annual sales rose 9.9 percent to 30.6 trillion won (US$278.6 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd.’s battery business officially launched its standalone company Tuesday to take a bigger chunk of the growing battery market, but a bumpy road lies ahead to stay on top of the highly competitive industry. Kim Jong-hyun, who served as president of LG Chem’s battery unit, takes the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — General Motors Co. said Saturday it has decided to recall electric vehicles equipped with batteries made by South Korean producer LG Chem Ltd. due to safety concerns. The recall covers the Bolt EV produced from 2017 to 2019, installed with LG Chem’s batteries made from Ochang, 120 kilometers south [...]