SKC’s US affiliate Absolics receives $100 million in US R&D grants

SKC’s US affiliate Absolics receives $100 million in US R&D grants

Absolics Inc., the US glass substrate affiliate of South Korean chemical materials company SKC Ltd., has been selected to receive up to $100 million...

SKC to merge two biodegradable material subsidiaries

SKC to merge two biodegradable material subsidiaries

South Korea's SKC Ltd. said on Wednesday that it plans to merge its biodegradable material subsidiaries, SK Leaveo and SK Tbmgeostone with the merge...

SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam

SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam

SKC Ltd., a chemicals arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Sunday its biodegradable material unit has broken g...

SKC to develop biodegradable eco-friendly paint containers

SKC to develop biodegradable eco-friendly paint containers

SK TBMGeoStone, a subsidiary of South Korea's SKC Ltd. for the investment of biodegradable material, plans to enter the eco-friendly container marke...

S.Korea's SKC to sell fine ceramic business for $270 mn

S.Korea's SKC to sell fine ceramic business for $270 mn

South Korea's SKC Ltd. announced on Tuesday it will sell the fine ceramics business of its subsidiary SK enpulse, a semiconductor materials investme...

SK Group to step up renewable energy push in Vietnam

SK Group to step up renewable energy push in Vietnam

SK Group will strengthen its partnership with the Vietnamese government to boost eco-friendly business in areas ranging from carbon capture to waste...

S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn

S.Korea's SKC to sell polyurethane raw material unit for $304 mn

South Korean chemical material company SKC Ltd. is selling its unit for raw materials of polyurethane (PU), a chemical substance.The company’s...

Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio

Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is set to invest as much as $70 million in Halio Inc., a US smart glass technology company, to expand the ...

SKC plans world’s largest biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam

SKC plans world’s largest biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam

South Korea’s SKC Ltd., secured an investment registration certificate (IRC) to establish the world’s largest biodegradable plastics m...

SKC to acquire 12% stake in US chip packaging startup Chipletz

SKC to acquire 12% stake in US chip packaging startup Chipletz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, said on Monday it will take part in a series B round of investment in Chipletz, a US fabless su...

SKC, Toyota Tsusho tie up for N.America battery materials

SKC, Toyota Tsusho tie up for N.America battery materials

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, has joined hands with the trading unit of Japanese top automaker Toyota Group for the electric vehicle bat...

S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

S.Korea’s SKC seeks to sell fine ceramic business for $307 mn

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is seeking to sell its fine ceramic business for an estimated 400 billion won ($307 million) as the unit o...

SKC acquires 45% stake in chip test firm ISC for $400 million

SKC acquires 45% stake in chip test firm ISC for $400 million

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, said on Friday it has acquired a 45% stake in semiconductor test equipment maker ISC Co., for 5...

SKC to invest $3.8 bn in secondary battery materials by 2025

SKC to invest $3.8 bn in secondary battery materials by 2025

South Korea's chemical material maker SKC will invest over 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) in three sectors -- secondary batteries, semiconductors and...

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC to sell unit to Glenwood PE at $390 mn for future biz

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, is set to sell a subsidiary to Glenwood Private Equity in a deal estimated at 500 billion won ($3...

SKC mulls investment in materials in Haiphong, Vietnam

SKC mulls investment in materials in Haiphong, Vietnam

South Korea's SKC has teamed up with Haiphong, a key industrial city in northeastern Vietnam, to reinforce the company's basis for global expansion ...

POSCO Group, SKC to jointly develop lithium metal cathode material

POSCO Group, SKC to jointly develop lithium metal cathode material

South Korea’s POSCO Group and SKC will jointly develop a dream lithium metal cathode material for commercialization by 2026 under a strategy t...

SKC to buy controlling stake in chip test maker ISC for about $300 mn

SKC to buy controlling stake in chip test maker ISC for about $300 mn

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials company, is slated to buy a controlling stake in semiconductor chip test maker ISC Co., in a deal estima...

SKC earns ISO 37001 certification for anti-corruption management

SKC earns ISO 37001 certification for anti-corruption management

SKC, the chemical materials unit of South Korea's second-largest conglomerate, announced on Thursday that it has received the ISO 37001 certificatio...

SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials

SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials

SKC Inc., a South Korean chemical materials company under SK Group, is seeking to buy semiconductor and rechargeable battery materials companies in ...

S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse

S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse

South Korea's SKC Solmics, a wholly owned fine ceramics subsidiary of SKC, on Sunday said it changed its name to SK Enpulse.With 100% investment fro...

SKC's film business units change their names, start anew

SKC's film business units change their names, start anew

SKC Future Materials and SKC Hi-Tech & Marketing, which had newly been established through the spin-off of SKC's industrial materials division (...

Applied Materials injects $40 mn in glass substrate maker Absolics

Applied Materials injects $40 mn in glass substrate maker Absolics

Applied Materials Inc., a global leading equipment and software supplier to semiconductor makers, has invested 51 billion won ($40.2 million) in Abs...

SKC to showcase innovative chip, battery materials at CES 2023

SKC to showcase innovative chip, battery materials at CES 2023

SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemical materials maker, will showcase innovative materials for rechargeable batteries and semiconductors at CES 2023, the...

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C to automate production process of SKC's US subsidiary

SK C&C announced on Wednesday that it will start a project to install a full-process automation system based on its smart factory platform I-FAC...

Hahn & Co. completes SKC's industrial film unit takeover for $1.2 bn

Hahn & Co. completes SKC's industrial film unit takeover for $1.2 bn

South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. has completed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) deal to wholly acquire the industrial film business ...

SK Telesys merges with SK Solmics, both wholly owned subsidiaries of SKC

SK Telesys merges with SK Solmics, both wholly owned subsidiaries of SKC

SK Solmics Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of SKC Inc., is poised to merge with SK Telesys Co. on February 1 of next year, according to regulatory fi...

SKC breaks ground on Europe’s largest copper foil plant in Poland

SKC breaks ground on Europe’s largest copper foil plant in Poland

SKC Ltd., the chemical materials unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, said on Friday it has begun construction of a 900 billion ...

SKC to sell plastic film business to Hahn & Co. for $1.3 billion

SKC to sell plastic film business to Hahn & Co. for $1.3 billion

SKC Ltd., the chemical materials unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is selling its plastic film business to private equity firm Hahn & Co. fo...

SK set to buy stake in Bill Gates' TerraPower

SK set to buy stake in Bill Gates' TerraPower

SK Innovation Co., South Korea's leading petrochemical company, is planning to buy a stake in TerraPower, a US nuclear power venture founded by Bill...

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