Biodegradable

Steel Korea’s Dongkuk develops world’s 1st biodegradable film for steel plates

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), the cold-rolled steel unit of South Korean steel conglomerate Dongkuk Holdings Co., on Friday unveiled the wo...

Chemical Industry 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...

Korean startups SK Innovation-backed Marine Innovation looks to enter US green market

Marine Innovation Co., a South Korean eco-friendly social venture company sponsored by the country’s top energy firm SK Innovation Co., is par...

AgTech SK Leaveo to start fertilizer coating with biodegradable materials

South Korea's SK Leaveo, a subsidiary of SKC Ltd. specializing in biodegradable materials, will enter the fertilizer coating market that uses polybu...

Chemical Industry 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...

Chemical Industry CJ CheilJedang develops PHA-based plastic bag

South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has developed a packaging material using biodegradable material polyhydroxyalk...

Chemical Industry 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...

Chemical Industry 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...

Chemical Industry Noroo Paint unveils biodegradable plastic container

South Korea’s Noroo Paint on Wednesday said it developed an eco-friendly plastic container capable of oxidative biodegradation for its main pr...

Bio & Pharma Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Samyang Holdings Corp., the world’s top biodegradable suture yarn manufacturer, completed the construction of a 28 billion won ($21.9 million)...

Bio & Pharma Samyang secures contract for supplying filler with Chinese company

South Korea's Samyang Holdings announced on Thursday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hangzhou Yxintent, a Chinese medical device a...

Chemical Industry Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is embarking on the development of biodegradable plastics using food wast...

Chemical Industry CJ CheilJedang gets FDA approval for biodegradable packaging material

South Korea's largest food and bio company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that its biodegradable material polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) has...

Chemical Industry CJ HDC Biosol completes plant for green biodegradable materials

South Korea's CJ HDC Biosol on Thursday said it held a completion ceremony for its biodegradable material compounding plant at Gwanghyewon Industria...

Chemical Industry CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers

CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday that it has applied a biodegradable container developed from a composite material mixed with PHA (polyhydroxya...

Carbon neutrality LG Chem, GS Caltex to produce biodegradable plastic material

South Korea’s top petrochemical maker LG Chem Ltd. and the No. 2 refiner GS Caltex Corp. have agreed to jointly produce a biodegradable plasti...

ESG SK, Asia Pulp to develop eco-friendly packaging paper

SK Geo Centric Co., South Korea’s leading petrochemical company, will develop eco-friendly paper coating materials to enter the recyclable pac...

Fiber & Textile Kolon Industries posts strong Q2 results with growth in all key areas

Kolon Group’s industrial materials maker Kolon Industries Inc. saw a quarterly operating profit over 100 billion won ($87 million) for the fir...

Samyang develops biodegradable plastic made of corn

South Korea’s Samyang Corp. has developed a biodegradable plastic made of corn amid tighter environmental regulations and a global corporate i...

Bio & Pharma SK, Kolon tie up on biodegradable plastic production

SK Global Chemical Co., a petrochemical subsidiary of SK Innovation Co., will produce biodegradable plastics together with chemical and textile heav...

Eco-friendly material LG Chem develops world's first biodegradable plastic alternative

LG Chem Ltd. has developed the world's first 100% biodegradable material that can replace plastic as the company moves to take the lead in the global ...