| SK Innovation started its EV battery business 38 years ago Electric vehicle (EV) battery industry is emerging as the next leading business of Korea after the semiconductors business. Much like Korea’s other major industries such as electronics, vehicles, semiconductors and petrochemicals which achieved success after long prep…

“Lightweight" is now among the hottest global trends of the automotive market! With increasing interest in eco-friendliness related matters such as carbon emissions restrictions, people are actively searching for new materials to make lightweight vehicles. We have found a solution by using plastics, but how do they work? What do we have? …

■ Collaboration in various projects to improve the EV battery sales solutions and enhance battery reuse and recycling ■ Establishing a virtuous cycle of resources that will further stabilize the material supply chain and maximize added value ■ Two companies to enhance the competitiveness of battery reuse business to embrace the era of EVs ■ Crea…

Future mobility, particularly electric vehicles employing eco-friendly power sources, continue to increase their market shares thanks to technological advancements and policy support from countries around the world and stand at the center of the automotive paradigm shift. Of the recent industrial trends in China, new energy vehicles, which …

“As our screens get darker, our future becomes brighter.” This is how the new advertisement of SK Innovation begins, and it is also the only one scene of the video using a white background. The rest of the one-minute video is all covered in black, as if it was switched to the dark mode. Si…

| About ILBOC Iberian Lube Base Oils Company, SA (ILBOC, www.ilboc.com) is a joint venture incorporated in 2012. It is 70% owned by SK Lubricants and 30% by Repsol Petróleo. ILBOC produces lube base oil Group II and III in a plant located in the Valle de Escombreras, Cartagena, Spain. At the time of its completion in 2014, the …

SK Lubricants, a subsidiary of SK Innovation, has once again won the hearts of the Chinese consumers. The company has received the ‘Most Welcomed Brand Award’ at ‘The 3rd China Automotive After Sales Channel and Parts Supply Chain Union Top Awards Ceremony in 2020’ hosted by AC Motors in Shanghai on August 4th. AC Motors, which hos…

The UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) Korea has restored 40ha of mangrove forests along the coasts of Tra Vinh Province since 2018. That is about 50 times the size of a football stadium over the last two years. The thick forests of Tra Vinh, in the South of Vietnam, have been severely destroyed due to reckless development and shrimp…

| What is “1% Happiness Sharing Fund”? “1% Happiness Sharing Fund” dated back in 2017 under the agreement reached during SK Innovation’s Union-Management negotiation in September. It is funded by SK Innovation employees who voluntarily donate 1% of their base salary to help vulnerable people and solve the various …

SK Innovation continues to make efforts to restore the mangrove in Vietnam, cooperating with partners of the Vietnam Social Value Alliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. In accordance with the 2020 project plan, a new round of mangrove planting activities took place in Trà Vinh Province, Vietnam, on August 7. This program is a part …

SK battery America, a manufacturing facility of SK Innovation Battery Business in the U.S., has signed a partnership agreement with Quick Start and Lanier Technical College in Georgia, U.S. to train 2,600 new jobs on July 30th (local time). Quick Start is Georgia’s internationally acclaimed economic development program that provide…

Hi !nnovation and the whole SK Innovation community! This is a great privilege and honor to be the first foreign global leader to share my personal view on how Hi !nnovation is helping us to become a more diverse corporation and allow multinational talents to be included more and more into our SK Innovation culture. I had …