- Business
- DL Holdings Co. Ltd. operates as a holding company overseeing subsidiaries engaged in petrochemical manufacturing, civil engineering, construction, energy, real estate, and related businesses primarily in South Korea with international operations in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Seoul at Donuimun D-Tower Bldg., 134 Tongil-ro, the company manufactures and distributes core petrochemical products including polyethylene and related polymers, adhesives, plastic films, polyester, benzene, butane, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), polybutene, and other specialty chemicals; it also provides civil engineering and architectural services for bridges, highways, tunnels, harbors, and governmental buildings, plant construction, housing development, energy project management including private power generation and renewable energy, real estate development, rental and consulting, hotel and resort operations such as the GLAD brand, automobile parts production, and investment activities. In recent developments, DL Holdings converted to a holding company structure on January 1, 2021, following its origins as Daelim Industrial; subsidiaries advanced technologies such as Korea's first mLLDPE and polybutene production with U.S. exports, adopted mega casting for auto parts, and established CARBONCO for decarbonization; the group completed major projects like the Pocheon CCPP (1,560MW) in Korea, acquired U.S. assets including Fairview and Niles CCPPs, pursued a large polyisoprene plant in Singapore, and launched new ventures in eco-friendly energy and hotel branding.