- Business
- TKG Huchems Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells fine chemical core materials in South Korea and internationally; its primary products include nitric acid (dilute and concentrated variants used in polyurethane, semiconductor and display cleaning, metal surface treatment, steel production), ammonium nitrate, mononitrobenzene (MNB), dinitrotoluene (DNT), ammonia, urea solutions, toluidine, and methanol, serving industries such as automobiles, construction, steel, defense, semiconductors, and displays. Founded in 2002 through a spin-off from Namhae Chemical and listed on the Korea Stock Exchange in October 2002, the company, formerly known as Huchems Fine Chemical Corporation until its name change in March 2022, operates 16 plants in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, with annual production capacity of 2.91 million tons, and maintains its headquarters at 19F, Namsan Square Building, 173 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. TKG Huchems engages in clean development mechanism (CDM) businesses, greenhouse gas reduction projects, and emission reduction initiatives; it recently completed expansion of its sixth nitric acid plant by 400,000 tons in 2023, started up a new world-scale MNB plant in Yeosu in March 2024, acquired a 50% stake in JL Chem Co., Ltd. (now TKG MCHEM) for KRW 60.3 billion in August 2024 to enter advanced electronic materials for semiconductors, displays, and secondary batteries, and extended a memorandum of understanding with Bergen Carbon Solutions in September 2024 for battery materials collaboration. As a subsidiary under TKG Taekwang since 2006, the company supplies products under long-term contracts to customers including BASF Korea, Hanwha, Hanwha Solutions, and OCI, while pursuing investments in dilute sulfuric acid treatment facilities and high value-added fine chemicals.