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KOLON Heritage

Attomax golf ball development, the longest distance golf ball on earth

Korea’s first non-infill Artificial Lawn

KOLON Industries to Start Full-scale Production of the World’s First Advanced Petroleum Resin

KOLON Industries to Expand the Eco-friendly Materials Market with the First-ever PCR PET Film in Korea

Completion of the first resident-participating wind power complex

Expansion of imported car dealer business

Launching antibacterial materials, Q-PLUS

KOLON Industries establishes its membrane mass-production system for fuel cell electric vehicles

World's first mass production of the first-ever transparent PI film

Construction of Korea's first polyimide film plant

KOLON One&Only Tower is completed

KOLON BASF innoPOM, a joint venture of KOLON Plastics and BASF Korea, is founded

COMMON GROUND, a container shopping mall, is launched

KOLON Corporation establishes a holding company in China

Mass-production development of the World's first membrane humidifiers and fuel cell stacks

Korea's first eco-friendly passive house international certification

Korea's first upcycling fashion brand, RE;CODE, launched

KOLON Corporation, the holding company, is launched

Deokpyeong Eco Service opens to the public

The new vision "Lifestyle Innovator" is declared

KOLON Life Science is launched

Development of Polymer for Optical Films for the First Time in Korea

Korea's first commercialization of para-aramid fiber

Commercialization of Polyimide Film for the first time in Korea

KOLON Wellcare is founded

Construction of Korea's First Light Diffusion Plate Production Line

Tissuegene Asia is founded

Liger Systems, a joint venture of KOLON and Korea CA, is founded (present-day KOLON Benit)

The establishment and operation of the first electronic disclosure system (DART) of the Financial Supervisory Service in Korea

Commencement of commercial production of POM

KOLON Tower in Gwacheon is completed

Development of the first anti-inflammatory pain reliever in Korea

The World's First Development and Production of hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin

KTP (KOLON Toray Plastics) is founded (present-day KOLON Plastics)

Woong Yeul Lee is inaugurated as chairperson of the KOLON Group And vision "One&Only" is declared

Korea's First Car Airbag Production

Korea's First Artificial Leather Production

Construction of Gimcheon Polyester Plant

KOLON Central Research Park is established

KOLON Data Communications is founded

KOLON Seiren is established (present-day KOLON Glotech)

Samyeong Pharmaceuticals is acquired (present-day KOLON Pharmaceuticals)

Production of artificial grass for the first time in Korea

Oh-woon Cultural Foundation is established

KOLON Trading Company is founded

KOLON Hotel opens in Gyeongju

KOLON Engineering is established

Korea Nylon and Korea Polyester become KOLON Corporation

KOLON Chemical is established

Korea's First Petroleum Resin Production

Korea Nylon and Korea Polyester go public (initial public offering)

KOLON SPORTS is created

KOLON Sports, Korea's first outdoor brand, was born

Korea Polyester's branches in Osaka, Hong Kong and New York are established (first overseas branches)

Gumi Industrial Complex No. 1 Company

Korea Polyester is established

Hankook Yumgong is founded KOLON Trading Company is founded

Production of nylon yarn for the first time

Hyeop-wha Industries is founded (present-day KOLON Global)

Dong Chan Lee is inaugurated as CEO and President of Kaemyeong Corporation

The first stretch nylon fiber manufacturing plant is opened

Korea Nylon is founded (present-day KOLON Corporation)

Kaemyeong Corporation, a nylon distributor, is founded in Korea. (the precursor of the KOLON Group)

Nylon sole supplies supplied to Korea

Samkyeong Corporation is founded in Japan.