- CEO
- Seon-Young Kim
- Full Time Employees
- 215
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Medical specialties
- Address
- Yongin-si South Korea
- IPO Date
- Aug 17, 2021
- Business
- Hancom Lifecare Inc. is a South Korea-based manufacturer specializing in personal protective equipment (PPE), defense gear, and smart safety solutions for firefighting, military, industrial safety, and public health sectors. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Yongin, South Korea, the company operates as a subsidiary of Hancom Inc. Hancom Lifecare conducts operations across four core business divisions: Firefighting Safety, Defense and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection, Industrial Safety, and Public Health Safety. Its primary product and service portfolio includes respiratory protection equipment, such as self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), emergency escape breathing devices (EEBD), compressed oxygen respirators, and air purification canisters; personal protective garments, including specialized firefighting turnout suits, Level A and Level B hazardous material suits, chemical protective clothing, radiation shielding apparel, and thermal insulation suits; defense and tactical gear, featuring K5 military gas masks, combat helmets, ballistic body armor vests, and vehicle-mounted CBRN filtration systems; public healthcare supplies, encompassing KF94, KF80, and medical-grade particulate masks, surgical gloves, and epidemic prevention equipment; and smart safety platforms, comprising IoT-enabled telemetry breathing apparatus, thermal imaging and augmented reality firefighter helmets, drone-integrated disaster monitoring systems, and automated electric vehicle (EV) battery fire suppression solutions. The company serves government agencies, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, municipal fire and rescue departments, heavy industrial enterprises, petrochemical facilities, and healthcare institutions across South Korea, while maintaining export operations to international markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. In recent operational developments, parent entity Hancom Inc. initiated strategic restructuring procedures to divest its controlling equity interest in Hancom Lifecare, engaging financial advisors to manage the sale process and realign group resources toward software and artificial intelligence operations. Concurrently, Hancom Lifecare secured major procurement contracts with South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) for the mass production and deployment of K5 gas masks and CBRN protective systems, expanded its commercial portfolio with specialized electric vehicle fire blanket and suppression technologies, and enhanced its global distribution network to accelerate overseas defense and municipal safety market penetration.