Europe
SK On, Ford and Koç signed an MOU to create a joint venture for battery production in Turkey
2022.03.14
■ “SK On-Ford battery alliance” entered Europe to build a production base with a leading Turkish company after setting up its base in the U.S. ■ They are expected to produce 30-45 GWh annually beginning in 2025 on a site near Ankara ■ SK On became Korea’s first, among the three leading battery suppliers in ...
Global EV sales to continue upward trend in 2022, and SK Innovation’s tactics to serve the market
2022.02.07
  “In 2021, almost 6.5 million new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally, which is about 108% more than the 3.1 million in 2020.” These are the numbers mentioned in the latest report released on Feb 2 by InsideEVs, quoting EV-Volumes data. It is undeniable that the world is taking big shift into electric vehicles ...
[Into the World of SK] SK Lubricants Europe
2021.12.24
  Kim Yu-jin: Hello, everyone! Today, we are going to explore SK Lubricants, a subsidiary of SK Innovation that specializes in lubricants and base oils.   Hwang Jee-hyun: Hi! I’m Hwang Jee-hyun from SK Lubircants’ Base Oil Marketing Office.   Kim Yu-jin: Welcome. Today’s <Into the World of SK> will visit the country of windmills ...
SK Innovation’s strategies and direction in the fast growing EV market
2021.12.15
  ㅣBattery business expansion strategy based on regions   While Europe and China have pushed the EV market forward, the proportion of EV sales in total automotive sales in the United States was just 10.4 % in the third quarter of 2021. However, as the Biden administration seeks to introduce relevant legislation, such as an ...
COP26 recap in 6 keywords and numbers
2021.12.08
▲ COP26 took place in Glascow, Scotland, from Oct 31 to Nov 12, 2021. (Photo: https://ukcop26.org/)   COP, which stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’, is a series of United Nations climate change conferences that review progress made by members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to limit climate change 2021 ...
SK Innovation’s strategies to win the European market, where an electric model became the best-selling car for the first time in September this year
2021.12.02
  | New milestone: an electric model became the best-selling car in Europe market for the first time   In recent year, it is no longer or shocking news that corporates declared carbon neutrality declarations, and governments announced related policies to achieve Net Zero target one after another. Consequently, more and more electric vehicles are ...
SK Primacor Europe creates jobs and nurtures talents in Tarragona, Spain via FP Dual training program with local institutions
2021.10.18
▲ From left: Miriam Cuadrado, Purificación Valencia, and Lucía Herrero, who are working at SK Primacor Europe, a Spanish subsidiary of SK Geo Centric   About SK Primacor Europe:   In 2017, SK Geo Centric acquired Dow Chemical’s ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) business, which is well known for its EAA product brand PRIMACOR™. The deal ...
SK IE Technology to start operating its first Lithium-ion battery separator plant in Poland
2021.10.07
■ The first plant opening ceremony held in Silesia Province on Oct. 6th (local time), ready to start commercial production in Q4 this year after about 21 months of construction – Set to offer separators with an annual production capacity of 340 mil. m2 for the first time in Europe, the largest global EV market ■ CEO & President ...
[Budapest Business Journal] Interview: “From Soviet Tank base to Lithium-ion Battery factory”, ft. László Ludman, HRD & PR manager of SK Battery Hungary
2021.08.19
  On the print issue of July 30th, the Budapest Business Journal (BBJ, http://www.bbj.hu/ ), which is the largest, oldest and a leading publication in business category in Hungary, published an interview conducted by Kester Eddy with a member of SK Battery Hungary: László Ludman. Ludman is a human resources development (HRD) and public relations ...
Social venture INGINE sealed the first overseas contract on wave energy in Yuquot, Canada
2021.08.02
  ■ A part of Yuquot Project supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Canadian Federal Government, aiming to change energy source from fossil fuels to wave energy in regions without sufficient power grid – Perform basic design work before introducing wave power plants in the first half of 2022; start building wave power ...
SK Innovation to receive a 90 million euro subsidy for its second EV plant in Hungary
2021.07.19
■ European Commission approved of granting subsidies to SK Innovation for its battery plant in Hungary – Recognizing its positive effects on the local economy and employment ■ The Hungarian government emphasizing, “SK Innovation has established a solid client base and maintained a large backlog” – SK Innovation to become Global Top 3 in the market with ...
[SKinno People] Montserrat Garcia Estopa, SK Primacor Europe
2021.06.28
    SKinno People has come back after a month break! Today, we would like to welcome Montse Garcia, a Associate TS&D Manager working at SK Primacor Europe. As you may recall, in April, we introduced a Spanish article about female workers in chemical industry in Tarragona that featured an interview with 11 employees of ...