Kumho Petrochemical's wordmark since 2006; Kumho Asiana Group's red "Wing" symbol was removed from the logo after the company and its sister companies were spun off into Kumho Petrochemical Group
Native name
금호석유화학
Company type
Public
Traded as
KRX: 011780
Industry
Chemicals
Founded
28 December 1970; 53 years ago (1970-12-28)
Founder
Park In-chon
Headquarters
Seoul, South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Park Chan-koo (Chairman & CEO) Kim Seong-Chae (President & CEO)
Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (abbr. KKPC; Korean: 금호석유화학 주식회사) is a multinational chemical company based in South Korea, with headquarters in Seoul. It was founded in 1970 when Kumho Group struggled to secure raw materials for its bus and tire businesses. Kumho Petrochemical has a global market leadership in the manufacturing of synthetic rubbers with the world's largest production capacity based on SBR and BR by IISRP 2012. It focuses on synthetic rubbers, synthetic resins, specialty chemicals, electronic chemicals, energy, building materials and advanced materials as its core business.[1]
In 2011, Kumho Petrochemical was ranked at 1806th of 'the Global 2000' by Forbes. In 2013, it became a component of the KOSPI 100 index, which tracks 100 major companies listed on the Korea Stock Exchange.[2]
It changed its name from 'Korea Kumho Petrochemical' to 'Kumho Petrochemical' effective 15 February 2012.[3]
It was spun off from Kumho Asiana Group in December 2015.[4]
^Annual Report 2012
^"KOSPI 100 Constituents". KRX.
^"Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Announces Name Change". Reuters. 13 February 2012.
^"금호그룹, 금호석유화학 8개 계열사와 완전 분리…대법원 판결". 13 December 2015.
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