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1972.7 |
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Cheil Synthetic Inc founded. Completion of polyester blended textile plant at Gyungsan, Korea |
| 1974.7 |
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Completion of polyester staple fiber plant at Gumi Plant I |
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1980.7 |
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R&D Center opened |
| 1982.7 |
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Completion of polyester filament plant at Gumi Plant I |
| 1985.7 |
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Completion of polyester base film plant at Gumi Plant I |
| 1987.7 |
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Export of synthetic fiber plant to Baroda Layon, India |
| 1988.7 |
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Export of spinning plant to Yasonta Group in Indonesia; Establishment of joint venture with Cheil-Shibagaigi |
| 1989.6 |
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Completion of resin plant for bottles at Gumi Plant I |
| 1989.11 |
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Export of synthetic fiber plant to Orissa, India
Establishment of joint venture with Yasam Textile in Indonesia |
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1990.7 |
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Completion of polypropylene spun bond and spandex plant at Gyungsan Plant |
| 1993.6 |
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Gyungsan Plant receives the Blue Sky Award, highest honor for atmosphere section from the Ministry of Environment, Korea |
| 1993.11 |
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Polyester base film at Gumi Plant I becomes ISO9002 certified |
| 1994.2 |
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Completion of industrial-purpose functional film plant |
| 1994.7 |
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First in Korea to develop reverse osmosis membrane |
| 1994.9 |
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All products at Gumi Plant I becomes ISO9002 certified |
| 1994.10 |
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Completion of filament fiber fabric plant in Indonesia |
| 1995.2 |
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Completion of polyester base film plant at Gumi Plant II |
| 1995.5 |
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Completion of filament fiber fabric dyeing and finishing plant at Gyungsan Plant |
| 1995.8 |
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Establishment of subsidiary Achem Inc. |
| 1995.9 |
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Completion of polyester spun bond plant at Gumi Plant II |
| 1995.12 |
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Gyungsan Factory becomes ISO9002 certified |
| 1996.6 |
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Gumi Plant I designated as eco-friendly company |
| 1996.7 |
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Completion of clean dyeing and finishing plant at Gyungsan Plant |
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Completion of construction stage 1 at Gumi Plant II (polymerization, base film, spun bond) |
| 1996.10 |
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Completion of Green Center (waste incinerator) at Gumi Plant II |
| 1996.12 |
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Gumi Plant I becomes ISO14001 certified |
| 1997.2 |
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Completion of polyester filament plant at Gumi Plant II
Change of Company name to Saehan Industries Inc. |
| 1997.3 |
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Awarded the Silver Tower Industrial Medal on National Tax Day |
| 1997.12 |
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Awarded the Gold Tower Industrial Medal on National Trade Day
Gyungsan Factory becomes ISO14001 certified |
| 1998.11 |
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Awarded Top Quality Honor at the 24th National Quality Management
Conference |
| 1999.12 |
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Launch of Toray Saehan, Inc., a joint venture between Saehan and Toray Japan |
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Awarded the Quality Service honor from the government, Gold Tower Industrial |
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| Received Presidential Award |
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2000.3 |
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Launch of DSI, a joint venture between Saehan and DuPont |
| | Received IR52 Chang Young Shil Award for semiconductor lead fixing tape |
| 2000.6 |
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Obtained Defense Quality System Award in the textile area |
| 2001.8 |
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Received Top Textile Material Quality Award of Korea |
| 2002.2 |
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Received Export-to-Japan Merit Award by recommendation of Korea TextileTrade Association |
| 2002.10 |
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High bulky hollow fiber and fire retardant fiber selected as world's top products Reverse osmosis membrane for seawater desalination receives Prime Minister's Award at New Tech Korea 2002 |
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2003.3 |
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Suede stretch fabric and fouling resistant reverse osmosis membrane, selected as one of the World's First Class Commodities. |
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2003.11 |
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Flexible fabric mixed with polyester and rayon, selected as one of the World's First Class Commodities. |
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2003.12 |
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Expansion of reverse osmosis membrane plant completed |
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2004.1 |
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Super crystallization PET, awarded the prize for one of the 100 Superior Patent Products by president of Hankook Ilbo (Korean tabloid) |
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2004.2 |
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Renovation of LMP facilities |
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2004.6 |
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Ultra-fine polyester corduroy fabric, awarded the grand prix of Korea Textile Material Quality Award |
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2008.7 |
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Merger& & acquisition by the Woongjin Group, company name changed from Saehan Industries, Inc to Woongjin Chemical Co Ltd |
