- CEO
- Hae-Ryun Kim
- Full Time Employees
- 178
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: major diversified
- Address
- 467 Gonghang-daero Seoul SL South Korea 157-841
- IPO Date
- Jan 30, 1996
- Business
- Taekyung Industry Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells ferroalloys, ground calcium carbonate, and operates highway service areas primarily in South Korea. The company produces high-carbon ferromanganese and silico-manganese ferroalloys for deoxidization, desulfurization, and alloying in steel production supplied to customers including POSCO, Hyundai Steel, Dongkuk Steel, SeAH Besteel, and SeAH CSS; liquid-type ultrafine ground calcium carbonate slurries and pigments such as TK-45F60, TK-65F60, OTM-55C, TK-60C75, TK-90C78, TK-95C77, and TK-98P77 for filling and coating in papermaking, paints, and whiteboard applications serving Moorim P&P, Hansol Paper, KCC, and Noroo Paint; and manages highway rest and service areas including Munmak (Gangneung), Gunsan (Seoul/Mokpo), Hampyeong Cheonji (Mokpo), and Hongcheongang with associated gas stations and LPG charging facilities. As the holding company of the Taekyung Group founded in 1975 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, it oversees affiliates producing complementary materials such as lime products, precipitated calcium carbonate, industrial gases, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, and LED lighting. In recent developments, Taekyung Industry continues expansion through group affiliates including the 2024 acquisition of Lion Chemtech Co., Ltd. by Taekyung Chemical and Taekyung BK to bolster surfaces and biomaterials capabilities, alongside ongoing investments in production facilities like factories in Yemi, Pohang, Onsan, and Gwangyang.