Samyang Company Description

Samyang Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of sugar and engineering plastics in Korea, China, Japan, rest of Asian countries, Europe, and internationally.

The company operates through three segments: Food, Chemicals, and Others. It supplies engineering plastic products including PC, PBT, TPEE, and M-PET, as well as compound products made from base materials, such as PC, PBT, PMMA, and PET for the automobile, electrical and electronic, medical, and security industries; and produces ion exchange resin for food, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and catalysts applications.

The company is also involved in the supply of food ingredients comprising sugar, starch, starch sweetener, wheat flour and premix, and oils and fats; and provision of specialty ingredients consisting of allulose, nondigestible maltodextrin, oligosaccharides, sugar alcohols, flavoring, and imported products.

In addition, it offers distribution services to bakery, café, and restaurant owners; dietary ingredients under the Q.One brand; hangover relief under the Q.One EASY TOMORROW brand; functional sugar under the TRUSWEET brand; cooking mix under the Q.One Homemade brand; and PET flake, resins, raw materials for cosmetics and household products.

The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Samyang Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Samyang Holdings Corporation.

Samyang Corporation

Country	South Korea
Founded	1924
Industry	Packaged Foods
Sector	Consumer Staples
Employees	1,177
CEO	Ho-Sung Kang

Contact Details

Address: 31, Jongno 33-gil Seoul, 03129 South Korea
Phone	82 2 740 7114
Website	samyangcorp.com

Stock Details

Ticker Symbol	145990
Exchange	Korea Stock Exchange
Stock Type	Common Stock
Fiscal Year	January - December
Reporting Currency	KRW
ISIN Number	KR7145990008
SIC Code	2000

Key Executives

Name	Position
Ho-Sung Kang	Chief Executive Officer, Head of Chemical Group and Director
Young-Hwan Kim	President and Chief Technology Officer