- Full Time Employees
- 466
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Metal fabrication
- Address
- Seongnam-si South Korea
- IPO Date
- Dec 29, 1994
- Business
- KPF Co., Ltd. is a South Korean industrial manufacturing company primarily engaged in the production and global distribution of engineered fasteners, precision automotive forgings, marine cables, and advanced robotics components. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, the company operates across multiple core business segments: industrial fasteners, offering high-strength structural bolts, heavy hex bolts, tension control (TC) bolts, nuts, washers, stud bolts, anchor bolts, and specialized wind turbine tower fasteners used in civil infrastructure, construction, petrochemical plants, heavy machinery, and renewable energy installations; automotive components, providing precision hot- and cold-forged parts, including wheel bearing hubs, transmission gears, steering knuckles, differential assemblies, cam lobes, drive shafts, and chassis components for commercial, passenger, and eco-friendly vehicles; marine and offshore cables through its subsidiary TMC Co., Ltd., supplying flame-retardant shipboard power cables, instrumentation cables, control cables, subsea cables, and offshore drilling platform cabling systems for shipbuilding and marine engineering sectors; and precision robotics and motion systems through its subsidiary SBB Tech Co., Ltd., manufacturing ultra-precision harmonic drive reducers, robotic joint actuators, precision thin-section bearings, and specialized components for industrial robotics and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
The company delivers its products to global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors, shipyards, and Tier-1 automotive suppliers across Asia, North America, Europe, and the Middle East. KPF maintains domestic manufacturing plants in South Korea alongside international manufacturing facilities in Vietnam and China, complemented by overseas sales and logistics subsidiaries in the United States and Germany.
In recent strategic developments, KPF has diversified its industrial footprint and expanded into high-value technology and renewable energy sectors. The company integrated TMC Co., Ltd. following its controlling acquisition, significantly scaling its consolidated revenue base and establishing a dominant market position in marine and offshore cabling. In addition, KPF advanced the initial public offering and commercial expansion of its robotics subsidiary, SBB Tech Co., Ltd., accelerating the domestic commercialization and global supply of precision strain-wave reducers for collaborative and industrial robots. Concurrently, KPF has broadened its core manufacturing capabilities by introducing specialized high-durability fastening systems for offshore wind power structures and engineering lightweight forged structural components engineered specifically for next-generation electric vehicle platforms.