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Rhodia Polyamide Co. Ltd 　　　　　　　　　http://www.rhodia-asiapacific.com/koreapolyamide.htm

Rhodia Polyamide was established in Korea in January 1999 when Rhodia acquired the engineering plastics business of the Hyosung Group.

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The Chemical Daily, January 27, 1999

Rhodia recently bought out the nylon resin operations of Korea-based Hyosung.
This company is one of the main Korean players in polyamide plastics. The company has a production base near the capital, Seoul. This business represents sales of 37 million euros (about 5 billion yen). Rhodia’s objective is to grow this business for automotive application in Asia. The French company generates annual sales of 340 million euros with polyamide plastics for the automotive, electrical and consumer goods markets. It has eight production bases in the world, and seven application laboratories, with a particularly strong presence in Europe and South America. Rhodia, already present in this activity in China and Taiwan, is fortifying its position in the nylon chain in Asia, where the demand is anticipated to grow.

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Today, it is a leading supplier in Korea, providing solutions to a wide spectrum of applications.

Under its trade name Technyl ®, several grades such as Technyl ® PA6, PA 66 and PA 66/6 are offered to the Korean market for three specific fields of application: automotive, electric and electronics, consumer and industrial goods.
In addition, Rhodia Polyamide launched TechnylStar®, a new nylon that is revolutionizing the market because of its outstanding combination of physical and rheological properties.

Our three plants in Korea, Taiwan and China operate under a single ISO 9000 certification.

Rhodia Polymide Korea is the regional head office for Asia and has an R&D center for new product development, and a design and finished parts testing center.

Columbian Chemicals Company 　　　　　　　　　http://www.columbianchemicals.com/

From our roots in the 19th Century as a regional producer of channel process blacks, Columbian Chemicals Company has grown to become one of the world's top manufacturers of carbon blacks.

K R Copolymer Co., Ltd.　　　　　　http://www.daelimchem.co.kr/e_intro/html/annual.html

　Daelim also set up a new joint venture with Phillips Petroleum Company, K R Copolymer Co., Ltd. on February 22, 2000. This involved the spin-off its existing K-Resin business, which has an annual production capacity of 40,000 tons.

KP Chemical Corp 　　　http://www.kisc.org/kisc/han_pdf/Autumn2002/html/64420_1.htm

KP Chemical Corp is spun off from Kohap and specializes in the production of TPA and PIA. TPA is a major product. It also makes P-X, TPA, SSP, and PIA. Its annual production capacity of TPA is 1.1 million ton, 2nd in the nation. Its sales are largely influenced by the synthetic fiber industry. Financials needs to improve further due to high level of borrowings. The company is under M&A target. Sales growth is expected due to increase in sales unit price, though its front industry, polyestere, is in a slump.

愛敬油化株式会社　Aekyung Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

1970　日本瓦斯化学（現　三菱ガス化学）　三敬化成（現：愛敬油化）（株）を設立