SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK Ecoplant Co. said Thursday it has secured an additional electronic waste and waste battery recycling base in the North American market through its overseas subsidiary. TES Envirocorp, a Singapore-based electronic waste management solution provider acquired by SK ecoplant last year, completed and started operating an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Thursday it has invested US$50 million in Ascend Elements, a U.S.-based lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, as part of efforts to gain a stronger foothold in the waste battery market. The investment is a part of Ascend Elements’ Series C [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Wednesday it had signed a stock purchase agreement with DY Polymer and DY Indus, both specialized in the recycling of plastic waste, and completed the acquisition procedures. DY Polymer has been engaged in the production of pellets, the nation’s first recycled material [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. plans to develop a technology to directly produce hydrogen from organic waste resources under an industry, academia and research institute collaboration system. The company said Wednesday it will jointly carry out the state project “Future Hydrogen Original Technology Development” launched by the National [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Thursday it was launching a drive to recycle waste incineration ash as a construction material. The company joined hands with CMD Group, a specialist in the manufacturing of eco-friendly construction materials, to promote technological cooperation and to produce block aggregates made of [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. has formulated a blueprint aimed at developing and applying digital solutions and platforms for its environment business to upgrade it into a new energy business. The company recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with Amazon Web Service (AWS) Korea, the local cloud-computing service [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with local social venture NETSPA and non-governmental organization SEAM Center to support and cooperate for the recycling of discarded fishing nets. The company plans to provide financial support to NETSPA every year to support the latter’s [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. and battery maker SK On Co. said Tuesday they have established the nation’s first energy storage system (ESS) power supply facility at a construction site. The facility is located at an apartment construction site in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. The two companies plan to [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. announced that it had joined hands with state-utility firm Korea East-West Power Co. to explore overseas green hydrogen bases using solar power generation. The two parties recently signed signed a memorandum of understandin to develop solar power projects overseas and use the electricity [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. plans to produce a steel bar alternative using waste PET bottles as a raw material. The company announced on Wednesday that it will make a joint investment to establish a production line for the glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bar “KEco-bar” in collaboration [...]