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- Kukdo Chemical Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells epoxy resins, hardeners, accelerators, and polyurethane products worldwide. The company produces epoxy resins including high purity, low-chlorine, and cycloaliphatic types; reactive diluents such as mono, di, and poly-functional glycidyl ethers; composite materials for infusion, hand lay-ups, filament winding, pultrusion, prepreg, and resin transfer moldings; rigid, semi-rigid, flexible, and elastomer non-foam polyurethane systems; electrical and electronic materials; advanced materials comprising anisotropic conductive films, polyimides, and high purity resins; and acrylate products including epoxy, urethane, and ester acrylate oligomers. Its offerings serve marine paints, heavy-duty and anticorrosive coatings, powder coatings, civil engineering and construction coatings, adhesives, insulation materials, flooring, printed circuit board materials, semiconductor packaging, functional plastics, high-performance films, heavy electric materials, conductive adhesive films, industrial printing inks, 3D-printing materials, and electrodeposition coatings; it targets industries such as wind power, transport equipment, consumer goods, and packaging. Kukdo Chemical operates production sites in Iksan, Busan, and Siheung in South Korea, along with facilities in China including Ningbo and Kunshan, and India; it generates revenue across Asia including China, the United States, Europe such as Germany, and South Korea. Founded in 1972 and headquartered at 61 Gasan Digital 2-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, South Korea, the company changed its name from Kukdo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. in April 1999. Recent developments include acquisition of ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System certification in August 2024 following ISO 37301 Compliance Management System certification in 2023; ISCC PLUS certification for all South Korean production sites in December 2023 recognizing low-carbon epoxy products from biomass and biowaste; and joining the UN Global Compact in September 2023 to advance ESG management.