Songwon opens Technology Innovation Center

Leading speciality chemicals manufacturer, Songwon Industrial Co Ltd has officially opened its new Technology Innovation Center in Korea.

In line with the company’s aim to strengthen its position on the global speciality chemicals playing field, Songwon says that the centre is a major milestone for the organisation. Not only will it support innovation, it will enable Songwon to take another key step forward in entering new business areas with high value and sophisticated technology.

Located on the company’s Maeam site in South Korea, the centre encompasses 32,000m² and is currently three storeys high. However, keeping an eye on the future, the facility has been especially designed with future expansion in mind and is constructed to allow the company to add two more floors later as required. The new facility will host R&D, Global Application Community and Technical Service. It will enable the organisation to leverage the synergies between the groups, consolidate Songwon’s technologies and support the complete development of new products from the design phase to final customer applications.

The centre will support the needs of the existing and new Songwon businesses and includes analysis labs, synthetic rooms, clean rooms, kilos lab scale rooms, polymer processing and application labs.

The centre has been laid out to provide a stimulating environment that fosters creativity, forward thinking and facilitate the exchange of know-how. It will also support Songwon’s efforts to translate market needs into innovative product solutions quickly and efficiently.

Commenting on the centre, DK Park, Leader Research & Development said: "The new Technology Innovation Center will play a major role in securing a sustainable future for Songwon. It will drive real innovation and help us to advance along our path of producing high end fine chemistry.”