Kumho Group http://www.kumho.co.kr/eng/
The establishment of Gwangju Taxi in April, 1948 was the starting point for the late chairman Park, In-Chun's vision for the Kumho Group. Gwangju Highway Lines the predecessor of the present Kumho Express Service Company, became the foundation for the Kumho Group.
Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. http://www.kkpc.com/eng/index.asp
produces various synthetic rubbers starting from general-use rubbers to special-use rubbers. We also produce Latex, Thermoplastic elastomer, Butadiene, PAG, Photoresist etc..
Ulsan
Item Product Productive Capacity
Composition Rubber SBR
NBR
HSR
180,000 MT
20,000 MT
10,000 MT
Latex PCL
MPL
60,000 MT
15,000 MT
Butadiene 60,000 MT
Yosu
Item Product Productive Capacity
Composition Rubber HBR
SBS/SSBR
LBR
85,000 MT
60,000 MT
33,000 MT
Butadiene 120,000 MT
Kumho Polychem Co., Ltd. http://www.polychem.co.kr/eng/index.htm
Jun 1985 Established KUMHO E.P.Rubber Co.,LTD.(KEPR) by joint venture of KUMHO Petrochemical & Japan Synthetic Rubber(JSR).
Jan 1988 Production start-up of EPM/EPDM at 13,000 MT/Y at Yocheon plant..
Apr 1988 Technical assistance and license agreement between KUMHO Petrochemical and Exxon Chemical.
(KUMHO:JSR:EXXON=50:35:15)
Jun 1989 Capacity expansion(13,000 MT/Y to 20,000 MT/Y).
May 1997 Changed company name to KUMHO POLYCHEM Co.,LTD.(KP)
Jun 1997 KP-II plant start-upProducts & Capacity.
EP Rubber: 50,000MT/Y
Kumho P&B Chemical,Inc http://www.kpb.co.kr/eng/
Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc.(KPB), the former Kumho Shell Chemical Co., Ltd. which was a joint venture company owned equally by Kumho Group in Korea and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, has been producing Phenol and its derivatives and is the only manufacturer of those products in Korea since 1976. In July 2000, Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc. made a new contract with Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd. under a joint venture of 51:49 between Kumho Group and Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
With the newest technology introduced by the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and the construction of a new factory to produce Bisphenol-A, MIBK and Epoxy resin, the supply of new products, such as Bisphenol-A and MIBK, in Korea has become possible. Additionally, through the expansion of phenol/acetone with advanced UOP technology, high purity phenol and acetone and the export of the same products from Korea has been made possible.
In November 2000, Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc. made an agreement with Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd which is the BPA technology licenser for the expansion of BPA(35,000mt to 135,000mt/year).
1976. 4 Established Kumho Chemical Co., Ltd. 1987. 7 Agreed to a joint venture(50:50) with Shell Overseas Investment B.V. 1987. 10 Renamed Kumho Shell Chemical Co.,Ltd. 1989. 4 Construction of Cumene & Phenol/Acetone(P/A) expansion plant
and new BPA/MIBK/Epoxy plant was started.1998. 3 Shell's withdrawal from joint venture
Changed company name to KUMHO P&B Chemicals, Inc.2000. 7 Joint Venture with Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.
* Established November 1987.
* Products and Capacity 増設計画
Phenol: 130,000MT/Y → 280,000t
Acetone: 70,000MT/Y
Bisphenol A: 35,000MT/Y → 135,000t
MIBK: 17,000MT/Y
Epoxy Resin: 22,000MT/Y
Cumene: 90,000MT/Y → 420,000t
Kumho Mitsui Chemical Inc. 錦湖三井化学株式会社
工 場：ヨーチョン
事業内容：ウレタン原料MDIの製造、販売。* Established March 1989.
* Joint-venture Company of KKPC (50%), Mitsui Chemical Co. (50%)
* Product & Capacity.
- MDI: 50,000MT/Y
http://www.kmci.co.kr/E_introduction/E_intro_history.asp
KMCI manufactures and supplies MDI, the core raw materials of polyurethane highlighted as ultramodern materials, since the establishment in 1989, pushing forward to be first-leading new material maker with futuristic creativity and be the forerunner in the polyurethane industry
The company started business as Kumho Samjung Dongap Co., joint-corporation on Mar. 2, 1989 of which changed to Kumho Mitsui Doas Co. on Nov. 5, 1991 and finally to Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. since Oct. 1, 1997.
We started commercial operation of 25,000-ton production facilities in March of 1996, completed extended 5,000-ton construction and initiated commercial operation, and currently secured 50,000-ton capacity through constructing additional 20,000-ton production facilities.
Kumho Monsanto Co
Established November 1987
* Joint-venture Company of KKPC (50%), Monsanto (50%)
* Product & Capacity.
Organic Rubber Chemicals: 23,200MT/Y
ＢＡＳＦ Korea http://www.basf.com.sg/apac/Country.asp?country=kr&company
BASF Company Ltd. (originally Hyosung BASF)
Thermoplastics Business
EPS, PS, ABS, Engineering plastics
Polyurethane Business
MDI, TDI, Polyether Polyol, PUR System, Aniline
Chemicals & Trade Business
PolyTHF, BDO/THF, Fiber raw materials, Petrochemicals, Intermediates, Textile Chemicals, Leather Chemicals, Pigment & Dyestuff for industry, Specialty Chemicals, Acrylic Monomer & Polymer, Paper Chemicals
Fine Chemicals Business
Animal Nutrition, Lysine Byproducts, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals, Food Ingredients, Aroma Chemicals for flavor and frangrance
BASF Agro Company Ltd.
Supplies formulators/distributors with the full range of product portfolio, i.e. fungicides, herbicides, inecticides, plant growth regulators, and products for public hygiene
2000/11/22 BASF
BASF、韓国でのポリウレタン生産を拡充
ハンファ・ケミカル社と戦略提携
BASF（本社
ドイツ・ルートヴィッヒスハーフェン）は、同社の韓国・麗水（ヨス）においてウレタン原料イソシアナートの生産を拡大する意向を明らかにしました。BASFは、2003年に年産能力14万トンのTDIの新規プラントの操業開始を予定しており、さらに既存のMDIプラントの生産能力を現在の８万トンから2004年までに倍の16万トンへ拡大します。拡大計画は、韓国のBASF社と「ハンファ・ケミカル社」の戦略的提携により実施されます。この提携に関する契約書は、すでに現地ソウルにて両社によって調印されました。
韓国BASF社は、契約に従い「ハンファ・ケミカル社」から同社株式のうち14.2%にあたる1,450万株（１株当たり8,300ウォン＝7.35ドル)を取得します。株式売買の手続きは、本年12月1日に完了し、ドイツBASF本社の100％子会社である韓国BASF社に譲渡される予定です。
契約では、BASFが取得した株式を7年後に「ハンファ・ケミカル社」の筆頭株主である「ハンファ・コーポレーション」に対して取得時と同額で売却する権利（プットオプション/解消特権）を有することが合意されています。さらにこの権利は株式取得期日より15年間有効とまっています。
ハンファ・ケミカル社は製品供給に関する同意書に基づき、BASFからイソシアナートの生産工程から併産される酸クロライドの供給を受ける代わりに、BASFに対して塩素を提供します。この取り決めは、ハンファ社にとって同社のクロルアルカリ事業の拡大を可能なものとする一方、BASFは安定した塩素の供給源を確保することになります。
MDI（ジフェニルメタンイソシアナート）とTDI（トルイレンジイソシアナート）は、ポリウレタン生産のための主要な原料です。ポリウレタンは、自動車産業や建設産業のほか、冷蔵庫や室内装飾用品、マットレスなどの製造にはばひろく使われるポリマーです。今後10年間、アジアのポリウレタン市場は、世界最大の成長を遂げると期待されています。ポリウレタン生産における世界大手企業のひとつであるBASFは、アジア市場で着実にその地位を強化しています。韓国でのイソシアナート生産拡大に加えて、中国の漕涇（カオジン）では、パートナー企業各社とともに新しいMDI/TDI複合プラント建設計画が進行中です。
BASFは、化学品や健康・栄養関連、石油・天然ガス事業において長期的な成長と利益を生み出すグローバル・カンパニーです。製品群には高付加価値の化学品やプラスチック、染料顔料、自動車用および工業用塗料、農薬、医薬品、ファインケミカル、原油、天然ガスなどが含まれます。BASFの統合システムは、「フェアブント」として知られ、同社の特異な強みのひとつであり、ユニークな競争優位性をもたらしています。BASFの1999年度売上は295億ユーロ（約3兆4,000億円）で従業員10万5,000名を擁しており、世界をリードする化学会社のひとつです。
BASFのインターネットホームページ・アドレスは
www.basf.comです。
SK Evertec, Sell No. 2 SM Plant to BASF
(2001.07.02 SK)
SK Evertec co., Ltd made
successful 130million dollar deal with BASF Korea to sell SK
Evertec's current capacity 320,000 metric ton of #2 SM (Styrene
Monomer) plant in Ulsan.
In SK Corporation headquarter
building, top management of SK Evertec and BASF Korea and BASF
Regional manager agreed on the MOU contract in 29th of June.
SK Evertec co., Ltd, the affiliated
company of SK Corporation and previously SK Oxichemical, has been operating total
capacity of 620,000mt two SM plants, sold one of 320,000 metric ton of SM
plant to BASF Korea, and 160,000 metric ton of PO plant raw
material for polyurethane in Ulsan.
SM is the emulsifying raw material
for synthetic resin and rubber to make electronic appliance case.
BASF Korea has a capacity of 230,000 metric ton of PS plant and 200,000metric ton of ABS plant in Ulsan and plan to expand ABS
plant capacity up to 235,000 metric ton in this year.
SK Evertec co., Ltd will focus on
high profitable core businesses like polyurethane industry and be
flexible to unstable supply-demand market situation by selling SM
plant to BASF Korea. BASF Korea expects a synergy effect of
stable self-sustenance of raw material in unstable supply-demand
situation to make inroad into East Asia market.
SKC Chemical Business Group (formerly SK Oxichemical Co., Ltd.) http://www.skevt.com/en/
Since its establishment in 1987,
SKC Chemical Business Group (formerly SK Oxichemical Co., Ltd.)
has made great contributions to the development of Korea's polyurethane industry. Through sustained facility
expansion and technology development, the company has grown into
a first-rate player not only in the domestic field but has also
forged ahead to lead the way across Asia.
SKC Chemical Business Group has made considerable additions to
the development of Korea's infrastructure industry and
international stature, by producing large quantities of propylene oxide (140,000 tons of PO/ year) and polyol (60,000 tons/ year), which are the basis
of the polyurethane industry, as well as propylene glycol (50,000 tons of PG/ year) and styrene monomer (560,000 tons of SM/ year), which are
widely used for automobiles, construction, electronic appliances,
and food & medicine. In addition, the company has blazed a
trail into the future while establishing a solid foundation for
the chemical industry, via process innovation and technology
development.
Jun. 1987 Yukong Co., Ltd. made a joint venture contract with ARCO Chemical Co. in the U.S.
Sep. 1987 Established Yukong ARCO Chemical Co., Ltd.
Jan. 1991 Initiated commercial production at PO/SM (100,000 tons of PO per year) and PG plants, and began operating polyol plants.Oct. 1992 Withdrew the shares of ARCO Chemical Co., changed the company name into Yukong Oxichemical Co., Ltd.
Sep. 1994 Increased production capacity of PO/SM plants (140,000 tons of PO per year).
Mar. 1997 Completed the second SM plant (260,000 tons per year) - a total of 560,000 tons of SM production. 2001 SK Evertec, Sell No. 2 SM Plant to BASF
Oct. 1997 Changed the company name into SK Oxichemical Co., Ltd.
Jul. 1998 Completed the second polyol plant (30,000 tons per year) - a total of 60,000 tons of polyol production.
Jun. 2000 Changed the company name into SK Evertec Co., Ltd.,
Dec.2001 from SK Evertec Co., Ltd. to SKC Co., Ltd., Chemical Business GroupWe are pleased to inform you of SK Evertec's merge with SKC on Dec. 3, 2001 Monday, and we will become SKC chemical business group.
SKC Co., Ltd
SKC Co., Ltd. is Korea's largest manufacturer of polyester film.
Among its many applications, polyester film is used in packaging,
graphics, imaging, and in the production of audiotapes and
videotapes. We also produce imaging, information, and electronic
materials such as thermal ribbon for video printers, solar
control window film for automobiles and buildings, and dicing
tapes for protecting and holding semiconductor wafers.
SKC's media business focuses on manufacturing audio, video, and
data recording media. Our main products are magnetic recording
media including the videocassette tapes, magnetic tapes needed to
manufacture videocassette tapes, 8mm videotapes which are
currently in wide use, and floppy disks for data storage. Our
CD-Recordable (CD-R) business began yielding profits shortly
after we entered the business in 1997. In addition, we will focus
on developing and commercializing DVD (the next generation
recording media), high capacity data storage media, and tapes for
broadcasting.
SKC began in 1976 as Sunkyong Chemical Co., Ltd. Since then we
have scored some notable achievements which include:
Became the first company in Korea?and only the fourth in the
world?to manufacture polyester film (This happened just one year
after we launched the business)
Was ranked as the fourthlargest supplier of polyester film in the
world, exporting to over 150 countries
Became the fourth company in the world to develop videotape
Maintained the No. 1 position in the optical recording media
market, since our entry into the CD business for the first time
in Korea
Asia Chemical Weekly 2003-12-12
Korea's Kolon Chem, Georgia-Pac in resins alliance
South Korea's Kolon Chemical has formed a strategic alliance with
Georgia-Pacific Resins of Atlanta in the US under which the two
companies will market and sell each other's products in their
respective regional markets, according to a Kolon source.
The source said the two companies will also share their
manufacturing technologies and the fruits of their research and
development.
Kolon is South Korea's main producer of hydrocarbon resins, with
an 80% share of the domestic market. It has a 60 000 tonne/year
facility in Ulsan, South Korea, and is building a 30 000
tonne/year plant in Yeochun at a cost of Won45bn ($37.9m/31.0m-).
The company also produces phenolic resins, speciality chemicals
such as polyurethane resins, plastic additives and pharmaceutical
intermediates, and super absorbent polymers (SAP).
It has a 43 000 tonne/year phenolic resins plant in Kimchon, an
18 000 tonne/year speciality chemicals plant in Inchon, and a 41
000 tonne/year SAP plant in Kimchon.
An 18 000 tonne/year phenolic resins plant in Suzhou, China, that
would cost Won10bn is under study, while a new 25 000 tonne/year
SAP line costing Won25bn is expected to be ready in 2005.
The source said Kolon Chemical, a subsidiary of Kolon Industries,
had total sales of Won261.8bn last year, when it posted an
operating profit of Won25.9bn. Sales were up 12.4% over 2001,
while operating profit was 18.2% higher than in the previous
year. Its net profit of Won16.8bn compared with a net profit of
Won13.6bn in 2001.
Georgia-Pacific is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Georgia-Pacific Corp. The company produces high-temperature
performance phenolic resins and phenolic polyol, as well as paper
and pine chemicals. It had total sales of over $500m (Euro409.0m)
last year.
The company has 18 manufacturing facilities in the US and plants
in South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Early last month,
it acquired two resin plants in Brazil from Atofina.
TEC、韓国向けにプロピレン増産プラントを受注
～３基目のOCT 受注、海外向けは初～
東洋エンジニアリング株式会社（TEC、取締役社長山田豊）は、グループ会社の韓国現地法人トーヨー・コリア社（Toyo
Engineering Korea Limited. 略称：Toyo Korea）と共同で、三井物産株式会社の協力を得て、韓国の大韓油化工業株式会社（Korea
Petrochemical Industry Co., Ltd. 略称：KPIC）より、ABB
ルーマス社のプロピレン増産技術であるOCT（プロセス）を適用した、年産11 万トンのプロピレン製造設備をこのほど受注致しました。
本プロジェクトは、現在KPIC
社がポリプロピレンの原料として社外から調達しているプロピレンを、自社にて生産するための計画であり、TEC
とToyo Korea の所掌範囲は、ABB
ルーマス社の基本設計に基く詳細設計、機器資材調達、工事で、プラントは2005
年末の運転開始を予定しております。
TEC
は、市場でのプロピレン需要の高まりに対応し、ABB
ルーマス社との長年の技術提携に基づき、設備投資の経済性に優れ、世界で唯一商業プラント実績のある「OCT
プロセス」の営業展開を国内外にて積極的に進めて参りました。今回の受注はTEC
にとって初の海外向けOCT の受注であり、国内も含めて3
件目のOCT
実績となります。韓国を含めたアジア地域では、今後もプロピレン増産設備の需要が見込まれており、TEC
は今後も引き続き、OCT
の積極的な営業展開を進めてまいります。
受注概要
■ 客先： 大韓油化工業株式会社（Korea
Petrochemical Industry Co., Ltd. 略称：KPIC）
（本社ソウル、社長李舜揆＜Lee
Soon-Kyu＞）
■ 建設地： 韓国・温山
■ 対象設備： 年産11
万トン・プロピレン製造設備
■ ライセンサー： ABBルーマス社（ABB Lummus Global
Inc. 本社米国ﾆｭｰｼﾞｬｰｼﾞｰ州）
■ 役務範囲： 詳細設計、機器資材調達、工事
■ プラントの完工予定：2005 年末
■ 受注の意義
＊ OCT プロセスでの韓国初の実績である。
＊ TEC
が積極的に推進する海外拠点との協業体制（トランスナショナル体制）での営業活動が
実り、今回の受注につながった。
2006/3/17
Columbian Chemicals
Columbian
Chemicals Co. announces ownership change
http://www.columbianchemicals.com/News/NewsDetails/CCC+News+031706.htm
Columbian
Chemicals Co. is pleased to announce today that South
Korean-based DC Chemical Co. Ltd., and One Equity Partners, a
private equity affiliate of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,
completed the purchase of the company from Phelps Dodge Corp.
under the agreement, which was announced Nov. 16, 2005. DC
Chemical Co. and One Equity Partners have joint ownership in the
new company, which will continue to operate from its headquarters
and technology center in Marietta, Georgia, as Columbian
Chemicals Co. The transaction included Columbian’s business in its entirety.
“The
new owners are committed to this business and this industry, and
I view this as a very positive development for our organization’s future,” said James P. Berresse, Columbian’s president and CEO. “This transition will provide us
with the platform to not only continue meeting our customers’ needs today but to meet their
future needs for high quality carbon black products. We are all
looking forward to adding a new significant chapter to Columbian’s long and distinguished history.”
DC Chemical Co. has two-thirds
direct interest of the business and One Equity Partners has the
remaining one-third direct interest. A new board of directors
will be established and will consist of members from Columbian,
DC Chemical, and One Equity Partners.
“DC
Chemical has been interested in growing in the carbon black
industry for some time,”
said
Soo Young Lee, DC Chemical’s chairman. “Expansion is the direction we are
taking, and buying into the world’s third largest carbon
black manufacturer was an opportunity we couldn’t miss.”
DC
Chemical Co. is a leading South Korean chemical company, based in
Seoul, with approximately $2.2 billion in revenue. The company
operates two carbon black production facilities in Korea and is a
global producer of other organic and inorganic chemical products
including carbon pitch, benzene, toluene, xylene, TDI and soda
ash. The company is publicly traded on the Korean stock exchange.
One Equity Partners is a private equity company affiliated with
J.P. Morgan, with over $5 billion of commitments under
management, with 18 portfolio companies including several
relating to the chemical industry.
Columbian
Chemicals Co. is one of the world’s leading
producers of carbon black - an engineered material that
improves the strength, durability and overall performance of a
range of products including tires and other mechanical rubber
goods, as well as inks, paints, plastics and coatings. The
company is the only major global carbon black manufacturer to
have earned the ISO 14001 certification, an internationally
recognized standard for environmental management, at all of its
manufacturing facilities.
Based
in Marietta, Georgia, Columbian Chemicals Co. owns and operates 12
carbon black manufacturing facilities in Brazil, Canada, England,
Germany, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Spain and the United States, employing approximately
1,300 people worldwide.
DC Chemical Co の製品 http://www.dcchem.co.kr/english/
Basic Chemicals:
DCC is the only company in Korea with the capability to produce nearly all of the basic chemicals used as core materials for various industries, such as soda ash and Sodium Bicarbonate. We are also the leading producer of Calcium Chloride, Hydrogen Peroxide, Sodium Chlorite soda, and Silica Gel.
Fine Chemicals:
Rubber chemical and chemical reagents are key products in the diversified, technologically-intensive, and high-value added fine chemical business.
DCC also has developed Alkaline Etchants and electroless copper plating agentschemical for print board products, which have been proven for their excellent quality.
Petrochemicals:
DCC has provided multi-lateralization and vertical consolidation of its petrochemical products such as BTX, Carbon Black, Phthalic Anhydride, and plasticizer.
Coal Chemicals:
The complex processes 100% of the coal tar, a byproduct of POSCO and Gwangyang Ironworks, used to produce various items.
Electronics Components:
PVC Windows:
Platts 2006/7/26
S Korea's SK
Networks set to finalize acquisition of Shantou PS
South
Korean trading firm SK Networks is on the verge of finalizing its
planned acquisition of the Chinese polystyrene firm Shantou SOE First
Polystyrene Resin,
a company source said Wednesday.
Despite difficult negotiations over the past eight months, the
source affirmed that the acquisition deal was "almost
done."
Another source close to SOE forecasted that the transfer and
acquisition would be completed by the second half of August.
The financially-strapped SOE currently owes SKN between $13-15
million for styrene monomer feedstock. SKN stopped styrene
shipments in June when negotiations for the buy-out reached a
temporary deadlock. SOE shut down operations at the 150,000 mt/year
polystyrene plant in
Shantou last month when the plant's SM feedstock was exhausted.
"One issue that had to be resolved in during the
negotiations was a request by the Shantou government for the
plant to be moved to a location away from the middle of the
city," the company source said.
"However, this is a risky proposition, and it was agreed
that a move would only be discussed in maybe eight to ten years
time," the source said. SOE is partially owned by the
municipal government of Shantou.
日本経済新聞夕刊 2006/8/24
開城工業団地の１００品目は韓国製 ASEANが認定
韓国と東南アジア諸国連合(ASEAN)は２４日午前、クアラルンプールで経済担当相会議を開き、北朝鮮の開城工業団地で韓国企業が製造する１００品目についてASEAN側が「韓国製」と認定することで正式合意した。韓国側は同工業団地で生産した製品を輸出しやすくなる。
開城工業団地は韓国が支援する南北交流事業の一つで、北朝鮮南部の韓国国境近くにある。議長国マレーシアのラフィダ通産相は「ASEAN代表団が開城を訪問し、開城での製品を韓国製と認めると判断した」と説明した。
タイを除くASEAN９カ国と韓国とが５月に結んだ自由貿易協定(FTA)に関しては双方が年末までに発効することを確認。コメの輸入を巡りタイと交渉を続けている韓国はキム・ヒョンジョン外交通商省通商交渉本部長が「話し合いを続けており早期に解決したい」と強調した。
Platts 2006/11/29
Korea's Kumho to double BPA output, eyes phenol-acetone hikes
South Korea's Kumho P&B Chemicals expects to double the
yearly nameplate capacity of its bisphenol-A plant in Yeosu from 150,000mt to
300,000mt by
the end of 2008, a company source said Wednesday.
Kumho's BPA plant expansion is in response to an anticipated
increase in demand from Korea's domestic downstream polycarbonate
segment. "We are expecting at least two new PC plants to
come on-stream by late 2008," the source said.
According to the source, Kumho will also be looking at boosting
its phenol and acetone feedstock output to take advantage of the
projected increase in BPA production capacity.
The hoped-for expansion capacity of the phenol-acetone plant is
currently unavailable, as the project still in its planning
stage.
The company currently operates three phenol-acetone units in the
same complex as its BPA plant. Its No 1 plant can
produce 30,000 mt/year of phenol and 18,000 mt/year of acetone, while its No 2 plant has a
phenol capacity of 100,000 mt/year and acetone capacity of 62,000
mt/year. The
company's No 3 plant has a phenol capacity
of 170,000 mt/year and an acetone capacity of 100,000 mt/year.
朝鮮日報／ 2007/3/29
スウェーデン企業「テトラパック」、韓国工場21年の歴史に幕
中国・日本工場は今後も維持
スウェーデンの大手食品・飲料包装容器メーカーのテトラパックが韓国に生産基地を移転してから21年、このたび驪州工場を閉鎖し、撤退する方針を決定した。
テトラパックのデスモンド・ジョセフ北東アジア・オセアニア地域本部長は28日、「本社で、韓国生産法人のテトラパック驪州有限会社を閉鎖し、販売・マーケティング法人のテトラパックコリアのみを運営することを決定した」と話した。テトラパック驪州は9日、工場閉鎖方針を従業員111人全員に通告し、現在は労組と退職金、転職支援サービスなどについて交渉を行っている。
ジョセフ本部長は京幾道驪州工場の閉鎖理由について「グローバル生産基地を再編するにあたり決定した。中国と日本工場は維持する」と話した。
テトラパックは牛乳パックなど4面になった紙容器や包装機械を生産するメーカーで、世界各地に57の支社と48の生産拠点を展開している。2005年基準の売上高が81億ユーロ（約10兆1400億ウォン=約1兆2604億円）を計上するグローバル企業だ。
会社側は工場閉鎖と労組の関連を否認したが、同社の労組交渉に参加したことのある労働部関係者は「労組が毎年無理な要求を突きつけたことから、墓穴を掘った側面がある」と話した。韓国の高い賃金水準と労組などの企業環境が競争国に比べて良くないと判断した多国籍企業が韓国に魅力を感じなくなり、撤退したという説明だ。
驪州工場は年間25億個のパックを生産しているが、そのうち45％を日本に輸出している。しかし、昨年韓国で生産された製品の品質に対し、日本の消費者たちからの苦情が絶えなかったことから、テトラパック本社は日本への輸出製品もすべて日本国内で生産することに決定した。
ところが、半分近い市場を失うという危機的状況にもかかわらず、労組は19％の基本給引き上げ案を会社に要求した。会社は労組とストを行わないという平和協定を結び、他社の労働争議に加わらないよう求めたものの、労組はこれを拒否した。昨年5月に始まった賃金交渉は1年近く経った今でも妥結されていない。一方、労組は「会社が工場閉鎖を早々に決定し、品質問題で揚げ足を取り輸出量を日本に回した」と主張した。
民主労総化繊連盟所属の同社労組は2003年夏、1カ月にわたり長期ストを行った。奇しくも03年、テトラパックと同じ時期に激しい労働争議を起こしたレゴ・コリアは05年、製薬メーカーのロシュは06年にそれぞれ韓国工場を閉鎖、撤退した。キム・ギデ壇国大教授は「労使関係が不安になると品質と納期を確保できなくなることから、グローバル企業がこうしたリスクを回避しようとしたのでは」と話した。
探査権確保のクルド油田は４ヵ所、２ヵ月内に最終契約
韓国石油公社と双龍（サンヨン）建設などが参加する韓国コンソーシアムは１４日、イラクの北部クルド自治区内の油田４つの鉱区の開発とインフラ建設を並行して進める内容の了解覚書（ＭＯＵ）をクルド自治政府と締結した。
東亜日報が取材したところ、石油公社、大成（テソン）産業、三千里（サムチョンリ）、ユーアイエネルギーなどが参加するエネルギーコンソーシアムが探査権を確保した油田は、クルド自治政府の州都であるアルビル近くの３鉱区とクルド北部地域のドフク鉱区を合わせて４ヵ所の鉱区であることがわかった。
クルド自治政府のネチルバン・バルザニ首相は、了解覚書の締結後、ソウル中区奬忠洞（チュング・チャンチュンドン）の新羅（シルラ）ホテルで開かれた記者会見で、「双方がこれから交渉を経て、２ヵ月内に最終契約を結ぶことになるだろう」と述べたが、油田の位置と予想埋蔵量などは公開しなかった。
バルザニ首相は、韓国を開発および建設のパートナーとして選んだことについて、「派兵国の企業を優先的に考慮するのは当然で、戦争の廃墟から再建に成功した韓国の豊かな経験を見習いたいと思う」と説明した。
石油公社の関係者は「４つの鉱区の埋蔵量は、最低１０億バレル以上、多ければ２０億バレルに上るものと期待されるが、探査以前であるため正確に予想することはできない」と述べた。
油田探査とは別に、双龍建設、斗山（トゥサン）建設、極東（ククトン）建設などで構成された建設コンソーシアムは、２兆ウォン規模のザコ―アルビル―スライマニア間の４車線高速道路（４５０ｋｍ）を建設する一方、上下水道施設、石油化学プラントなど、１０兆ウォン規模のＳＯＣ（社会基盤施設）建設にも参加する予定だ。
一方、李明博（イ・ミョンバク）大統領当選者は、同日ソウル鍾路区通義洞（チョンノク・トンイトン）の執務室を訪問したバルザニ首相と会談し、経済協力策などについて話し合った。
李当選者が「これから韓国企業がクルド地域の油田開発に参加できるように多くの機会を提供してほしい」と呼びかけたのに対して、バルザニ首相は「韓国企業に（資源開発などと関連した）優先権を提供できるよう努力する」と応えた。
2008/6/30 Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX
Korea Kumho Petrochemical sets up first overseas plant in China
Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., a South Korean chemicals producer, said Sunday that it has completed the construction of its first overseas plant in China, which it says will help tap the rapidly growing Chinese market.
Korea Kumho Petrochemical spent US$113 million to build the synthetic resin factory in the southeastern Chinese city of Nanjing. The plant is equally owned by China's Jiangsu GPRO Group.
The factory will annually produce 50,000 tons of polypropylene glycol, used for shoes, furniture, auto parts and refrigerators. It will also churn out 80,000 tons of propylene oxide and 100,000 tons of caustic soda, materials used to produce polypropylene glycol, Korea Kumho Petrochemical said.
In South Korea, Korea Kumho Petrochemical operates a factory in Ulsan, 424 kilometers southeast of Seoul, with an annual production capacity of 45,000 tons of polypropylene glycol.
Korea Kumho Petrochemical is a subsidiary of South Korean family-run conglomerate Kumho Asiana Group, whose business portfolio ranges from construction to airlines.
2008/07/19 朝鮮日報
タイヤメーカーがGM大宇向けタイヤ納品を拒否
裁判所は納品中断禁止の仮処分申請を受理
タイヤ生産業者が納品価格の引き上げを要求し納品を拒否、その影響で完成車メーカーの生産ラインが停止している。
GM大宇は18日、韓国タイヤと錦湖タイヤがタイヤ供給を中断し、同日午後1時から富平工場のジェントラおよびトスカの生産ラインが停止している、と発表した。タイヤについては、完成車メーカー各社は在庫を確保せず、必要なタイヤを適宜供給してもらい、使用している。GM大宇はタイヤの85％を韓国タイヤ・錦湖タイヤの2社に依存しており、今回のタイヤ供給中断で一日当たり700台ほどの生産の遅れは避けられない見通しだ。
GM大宇は「長期の供給契約を締結しているが、原材料価格の上昇を考慮し、今年3月、例外的に5.5％の価格引き上げを行った。しかし最近になり、再び12％の価格引き上げを要求された。特に、タイヤメーカー2社が同じ日に同じ幅の引き上げを要求し、供給中断までも同時に行ったことは、公正取引法違反だ」と批判した。
これに対し韓国タイヤと錦湖タイヤは「今年に入り原材料価格が40％以上も上がり、納品すればするほど損害を被る状況にあり、価格引き上げ交渉を要求したが、GM大宇は交渉そのものを拒否した。他の完成車メーカー各社とは円満に協議を進めている」と反論した。
一方、ソウル中央地裁は18日、「タイヤ供給中断を禁止してほしい」というGM大宇の仮処分申請を受理した。これにより、来週からタイヤの供給が再開される可能性が高いと見られる。
韓国タイヤ（ハンコックタイヤ）
1940年設立。韓国内ではクムホタイヤと激しいトップシェア争いを繰り広げている。 世界市場にもシェアを持つ。
LG Chem, Honam unite in bid for 21% stake in Korea Petrochemical
South Korea's leading
chemical makers LG Chem and Honam Petrochemical and biggest oil
refiner SK Energy have joined a bid to buy a 21.3% stake in
Korea Petrochemical Industrial Co., or KPIC, industry sources said
Monday.
The three are among six South Korean companies to participate in
the preliminary bid to acquire the 21.3% stake owned by
H&Q-NPS Private Equity Fund, which has proposed selling all
its shares. Sources declined to name the other three companies
that have submitted a letter of intent.
Another leading petrochemical producer in the country, Hanwha
Chemical, did not submit a letter of intent, but the sources said
it could participate later in the deal.
"The results of the preliminary bid will come in one or two
weeks' time," the source said, declining to elaborate.
H&Q-NPS Private Equity is the second-largest shareholder in
Korea Petrochemical after an alliance led by its owner and top
executive Lee Sun-Kyu of relatives that holds a combined 38.5%
stake.
The company posted a swing into net profit of Won 56 billion
($44.8 million) in the second quarter, compared with Won 1.8
billion net loss a year earlier, driven by strong demand in
China. Its operating profit surged 334.6% year on year to Won
66.6 billion and sales gained 8.9% year on year to Won 442.3
billion.
Korea Petrochemical, founded in 1970, has the capacity to produce
470,000 mt/year of ethylene and 530,000 mt/year of polyethylene.
