LG Chem

Korean maker of petrochemicals, resins, synthetic rubber, battery and electronic materials

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Company facts

Country
South Korea
Founded
1947
Business registration
Not provided
Main export markets
Sales companies in China, Germany, the USA and Singapore, and overseas manufacturing in China, Hungary and the USA, as shown on the official site.

About

LG Chem was founded in 1947 and is organised into three companies: Petrochemicals, Advanced Materials and Life Sciences. The petrochemical business runs a vertically integrated chain from naphtha cracking (ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene) to downstream products such as polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, ABS, polycarbonate, synthetic rubber, latex, acrylates and superabsorbent polymer. Advanced Materials supplies cathode materials and separators for lithium-ion batteries, engineering plastics, and materials for semiconductor packaging and displays.

The headquarters is at the LG Twin Towers in Seoul, with R&D campuses in Daejeon, Magok (Seoul) and a customer solutions campus in Osan. Korean plants listed on the official site are the Yeosu and Daesan complexes, Onsan, Naju, the Cheongju complex (including separators), Ochang, Osong, Iksan (engineering materials and life sciences) and Dangjin.

Products

Basic Petrochemicals & Intermediates

Olefins and aromatics from the company's naphtha cracking centres, together with chemical intermediates made from them, supplied as raw materials for resins, coatings, rubber and other chemical processes.

Key features

  • Vertically integrated from naphtha cracking to downstream products
  • Semiconductor-grade IPA listed as a high-value product
  • Plasticizers and alcohols from the PVC/plasticizer division
  • Chemical recycling capacity listed under sustainability

Applications

  • Feedstock for polymer production
  • Coatings, adhesives and resins
  • Semiconductor process chemicals
  • General chemical industry
  • Ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, BPA, acrylic acid, NPG, alcohols, IPA, plasticizers and caustic soda
GroupProducts
Olefins and aromaticsEthylene, Propylene, BD, BZ
IntermediatesBPA, Acrylate, Alcohol, NPG, IPA
OtherPlasticizers, Caustic Soda

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