S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites

S.Korea’s power transformer exports soar as global supply shortage bites

South Korean power equipment makers are riding a wave of export growth, with their transformers in high demand amid a global rush to reinforce power...

European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

European student housing is top of the class: Savills IM

The appeal of European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) to real estate investors is growing rapidly. In the recent 2025 INREV Investor Int...

Hyosung to double transformer output to conquer US market

Hyosung to double transformer output to conquer US market

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- South Korea’s major power system and machinery conglomerate Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp. plans to nearly double its annual...

HS Hyosung Advanced Materials seeks to sell tire steel cord business

HS Hyosung Advanced Materials seeks to sell tire steel cord business

South Korea’s HS Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. is seeking to sell its tire steel cord business to secure funds for its new growth ventures ...

Hyosung TNC acquires Hyosung Chemical’s specialty gas unit for $642 mn

Hyosung TNC acquires Hyosung Chemical’s specialty gas unit for $642 mn

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn maker, said on Thursday it will acquire the specialty gas division of Hyosung Chemical Corp. for ...

Noul's miLab registered FDA's Class I

Noul's miLab registered FDA's Class I

South Korea's Noul Co., an in-vitro diagnostics maker and artificial intelligence (AI)-based blood and cancer diagnostic platforms company, said on ...

Hyosung TNC mulls takeover of chemical affiliate’s specialty gas unit

Hyosung TNC mulls takeover of chemical affiliate’s specialty gas unit

Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, is considering taking over the specialty gas business of its chemical affiliate, news of whi...

Hyosung Chemical scraps specialty gas unit sale to IMM, STIC

Hyosung Chemical scraps specialty gas unit sale to IMM, STIC

Hyosung Chemical Corp. has failed to reach an agreement with a consortium of IMM Private Equity and STIC Investments Inc. to sell its specialty gas ...

Hanwha Ocean obtains AIP for liquefied hydrogen carrier

Hanwha Ocean obtains AIP for liquefied hydrogen carrier

South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. said on Thursday that it obtained approval in principle (AIP) for an 80,000 cubic meter-class electric-propulsion liq...

Hyosung, Kolon’s tire cord plants running near 100% on insatiable demand

Hyosung, Kolon’s tire cord plants running near 100% on insatiable demand

The business outlook is bright for Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc., the world’s top two tire cord producers based i...

Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class

Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class

South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it will exclusively supply high-performance tires for the Renault high-performance car one-mak...

Hyosung to sell its specialty gas unit for $943 mn to Korean PEs

Hyosung to sell its specialty gas unit for $943 mn to Korean PEs

South Korea’s Hyosung Group is poised to sell a 100% stake in its specialty and industrial gas unit to a consortium led by IMM Private Equity ...

Hyosung Chemical receives negative credit rating outlook

Hyosung Chemical receives negative credit rating outlook

South Korean credit rating agency NICE Investors Service Co. (NICE) downgraded Hyosung Chemical's credit rating outlook from stable to negative on W...

Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda

Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda

South Korea will put the adoption of poison pills and dual-class shares on the new policy agenda at a meeting with business leaders this month, wher...

Shinhan Bank, Hyosung TNS, LG CNS to co-work for AI banking

Shinhan Bank, Hyosung TNS, LG CNS to co-work for AI banking

South Korea's Shinhan Bank announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyosung TNS and LG CNS to implement future banking...

Hyosung TNC to invest $1 bn in new bio-fiber plants in Vietnam

Hyosung TNC to invest $1 bn in new bio-fiber plants in Vietnam

Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, plans to invest $1 billion in new bio-textile materials plants in Vietnam to accelerate its ...

NPS to veto adding Hyosung chair, vice chair to board

NPS to veto adding Hyosung chair, vice chair to board

The National Pension Service (NPS) will veto the appointment of the chairman and vice chairman of Hyosung Corp. as inside board members of the de fa...

S.Korea commercializes recycled materials EV tire

S.Korea commercializes recycled materials EV tire

South Korea's Hyosung Advanced Materials, SK Chemicals Co., and Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Mar. 6. that they commercialized a dedica...

Hyosung Advanced Materials' operating profit down 45% in 2023

Hyosung Advanced Materials' operating profit down 45% in 2023

Hyosung Advanced Materials announced on Monday that its operating profit for last year on a consolidated basis was 172.4 billion won ($129 million),...

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea

Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...

S.Korea’s Hyosung to expand tire cord business to India

S.Korea’s Hyosung to expand tire cord business to India

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Hyosung Group, a South Korean textile-to-chemicals conglomerate, plans to expand its tire cord business to India, the world's ...

Naver Whalebook supply volume triples in 2023

Naver Whalebook supply volume triples in 2023

South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Friday that the distribution volume of Whalebook has tripled compa...

Grandeur regains Korean sedan crown after two-year hiatus

Grandeur regains Korean sedan crown after two-year hiatus

Hyundai Motor Co.'s Grandeur mid-to-large-sized sedan is poised to reclaim its crown as the best-selling Korean car in the domestic passenger car se...

Hyosung Advanced Materials’ credit outlook lowered to Stable

Hyosung Advanced Materials’ credit outlook lowered to Stable

The credit rating outlook on Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. has been lowered one notch to Stable by South Korea’s two major credit rating ag...

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz

As with the launch of every new E-Class, the flagship model of luxury German car brand Mercedes-Benz, the phrase “evolution, not revolution&rd...

'World-class bispecific antibody technology of ABL Bio'

'World-class bispecific antibody technology of ABL Bio'

MADRID - "The clinical Phase 1 results of the immune-oncology candidate ABL111, developed in collaboration with ABL Bio, have been selected as the b...

Soju no longer working-class liquor

Soju no longer working-class liquor

HiteJinro Co., South Korea’s largest soju maker, will raise the price of its soju and beer products by about 7% next month to reflect higher c...

KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023

KAI participates in International Astronautical Congress 2023

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, participated in the 74th International Astronautical Congr...

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market

German carmaker BMW Group on Thursday premiered its latest 5 Series premium sedan in South Korea, an indication of the growing importance of the Asi...

New Mercedes E-Class, world’s first to use LG’s SPM display  

New Mercedes E-Class, world’s first to use LG’s SPM display  

LG Display Co., the world’s leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker seeking to cement its market leadership, is supplying its ...

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