Samyang KCI Corporation
KKRX:0366704,810.00
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-35.00
(-0.72%)
ISIN
KR7036670008
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-31.68
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-31.19
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-45.03
68.34
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- CEO
- Jin-Yong Lee
- Full Time Employees
- 204
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: major diversified
- Address
- Seosan-si South Korea
- IPO Date
- Jan 3, 2001
- Website
- kciltd.com
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- Samyang KCI Corporation (KRX: 036670) is a South Korea-based specialty chemicals manufacturer primarily engaged in the development, production, and distribution of high-performance raw materials and functional ingredients for personal care, cosmetics, household goods, and industrial specialty applications. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, with core manufacturing and research facilities located in the Daesan Petrochemical Complex in Seosan, the company operates as a dedicated specialty chemical subsidiary of Samyang Holdings Corporation within the Samyang Group. The company's primary business activities encompass the synthesis and supply of specialty chemical ingredients categorized into: hair conditioning polymers and natural polymer derivatives, including polyquaternium polymers (Polyquaternium-10, Polyquaternium-7, and Polyquaternium-11) and cationic guar gum derivatives marketed under the Ecopol brand; cationic conditioning surfactants and emulsifiers, including behentrimonium chloride (BTAC), cetrimonium chloride (CTAC), and stearamidopropyl dimethylamine; skin care barrier agents and biomimetic lipid ingredients, including pseudo-ceramides, polyglyceryl-based emulsifiers, and 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) copolymers; antimicrobial boosters and multi-functional preservative blends, including glyceryl caprylate, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, and 1,2-hexanediol formulations; and industrial specialty materials, including optical polymers, acrylic monomers, antistatic agents, and electronic functional additives. Samyang KCI supplies its functional ingredients to global consumer health, beauty, and personal care conglomerates—such as L'Oréal, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Estée Lauder, Amorepacific, and LG Household & Health Care—exporting across major international markets throughout North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Latin America. In recent developments, Samyang KCI has advanced its strategic focus on sustainable, bio-based specialty chemicals by expanding its portfolio of COSMOS- and Ecocert-certified, RSPO-compliant, and natural-origin cosmetic raw materials aligned with international clean beauty regulations. The company has executed operational expansions and upgrades at its Daesan manufacturing facility to increase production capacity for high-purity cationic conditioners, eco-friendly surfactant systems, and next-generation lipid barrier materials. Additionally, Samyang KCI continues to strengthen technical synergies with Samyang Group's bio-chemical platform to develop bio-derived functional polymers, microbiome-friendly cosmetic active agents, and specialty polyol derivatives, while expanding direct sales channels and technical partnerships across key personal care manufacturing hubs in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia.