SK IE Technology, a subsidiary of SK Innovation in material business, has completed the preparation of a new factory construction for LiBS* in Poland and set out their activity of contribution to global society.

(*) LiBS: Lithium-ion Battery Separator

This activity attributes to the SK Innovation’s management philosophy that the company makes the first contribution in a country or region in which their overseas business is located.
On October 2 (local time), SK IE Technology held a donation ceremony in which PLN 200,000 (approx. KRW 60 million) were granted to GODNE Życie, a children’s charity.

The donation money will go to the charity twice for two years with PLN 100,000 per year. It will be used in the improvement of the educational environment (such as the purchase of air purifiers) for kindergartens and elementary schools, as well as in planning and operation of environmental preservation.

The honored guests who attended the ceremony are: Polish government officials including Jerzy Kwiecinski, the minister of Investment and Economic Development; Marcin Bazylak, the mayor of Dąbrowa Górnicza city; Janusz Michałek, the representative of the Katowice Special Economic Zone; and the SK IE Technology staff concerned, including the president Roh Jae-seok.

▲ After the ceremony, participants are taking a commemorative photo together. The third person from the left is Marcin Bazylak, the mayor of Dąbrowa Górnicza; the sixth person is Jerzy Kwiecinski, the minister of Investment and Economic Development; and the seventh person is Roh Jae-seok, the president of SK IE Technology.

In last July, SK IE Technology broke ground on a new separator factory in Dąbrowa Górnicza city in śląskie state, considering the accessibility of customers such as global battery manufacturers. The factory, currently under construction, has a capacity of 340 million㎡ and will start production during the third quarter of 2021. Besides, it will create more than 300 jobs by 2021, contributing largely to the revitalization of the local economy in Poland.

Jerzy Kwiecinski, the minister of Investment and Economic Development, said, “our success in attracting the factory this time marks the standing point of Poland’s role as a vanguard in the market of separator, which is an indispensable material in the battery of electric vehicle, in Europe where investments in electric vehicle are active.”

Prior to the Polish factory, SK IE Technology set out to increase equipment in Korea to meet the market demand for the separator. In last September, it held an equipment installation ceremony for LiBS No. 12, 13, and FCW (Flexible Cover Window)** in its Jeungpyeong factory. With full-fledged production expected in November, the company’s capacity to produce separators rises to 530 million ㎡.

(**) FCW (Flexible Cover Window): SK innovation’s brand name of the flexible film for flexible display.

SK IE Technology plans to increase the global capacity of separator production to 25 billion ㎡ by 2025 by securing new equipment in Korea, China, and Poland, and become the number one global player in the separator market by achieving a market share of up to 30%.