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Court Recognizes Responsibility of SK Chemical and Aekyung Industrial in Harmful Humidifier Disinfectant Case

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant court ruling, former executives of SK Chemical and Aekyung Industrial were found guilty on January 11 for their involvement in selling harmful humidifier disinfectants. This judgment effectively acknowledges the causal link between all humidifier disinfectant ingredients and lung diseases. The Seoul High Court sentenced former SK Chemical [...]

SK Chemicals to Churn Out Eco-friendly Material via Chemical Recycling of Waste Plastics

SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday that it will market a new packaging material that was developed using chemical recycling technology, by the end of this year. For the chemical industry, the waste plastic recycling is classified into two types – mechanical recycling and chemical recycling. Unlike mechanical recycling, [...]

SK Chemical, Two Others Fined for Misleading Info over Humidifier Sterilizer

SEJONG, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Chemical Co. and two other firms were fined for providing insufficient and misleading information on its humidifier sterilizer products, the country’s corporate watchdog said Monday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it has decided to levy a total of 134 million won (US$124,000) in fines on SK Chemical, [...]

SK Plasma to Produce 600,000 Liters of Blood Products from 2018

SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Plasma, a blood product subsidiary of SK Chemical, has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a blood product plant at the Gyeongbuk Bio Industry Complex in Andong, according to a company statement on May 7. The 100 billion won (US$ 91.4 million) plant will be built on a 31,585㎡ [...]