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1957
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Established Hankuk Glass Industries;
commenced commercial production of flat glass at Incheon Plant.
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1965
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Established a tube glass plant with up-to-date facilities and
expanded the flat glass plant.
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1973
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Acquired Dongsung Glass, a
supplier of flat glass, under a government-led
industrial reorganization program.
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1974
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Hankuk Electric Glass began producing TV
Braun tube glass, a major component of TVs
and monitors.
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1977
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Introduced the world's most up-to-date production process, "Float
Process," from Pilkington. First Gunsan Float Plant went into operation in 1981.
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1980
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Commenced mass-production of insulating glass.
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1984
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Second Gunsan Float Glass Line
was dedicated.
Signed a technical tie-up
with lsover Saint Gobain of France for thermal
and acoustic insulation glass wool.
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1985
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Founded Hankuk Safety
Glass Co.,Ltd. for the production of automotive
safety glass.
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1989
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Adopted "HanGlas" as major corporate brand of HanGlas Group;
Established Hankuk Specialty Glass jointly with Toshiba Glass; Hankuk Vetrotex with Saint-Gobain Group.
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1993
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Established Namwoo Glass Industries in Nanjing, China.
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1996
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Established Hankuk Lighting Glass
in Gwangju and Hankuk Haniso in Incheon.
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1997
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Established PT Sinar Baru Glasindo jointly
with Asahi Techono Glass in indonesia; Saint-Gobain
Sekurit HanGlas Polska in Poland.
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1998
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Formed a capital and technical tie-up with Saint-Gobain to
expand its production line to Northeast
Asia.
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2000
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February : Established Korea BST specializing in the import and marketing of pharmaceutical tube glass supplied by Schott Glass
Enterprises.
March : Acquired a 40% equity of Cheil Glass Industrial, Korea's No. 1 producer of processed products for industrial
applications.
September : Hankuk Sekurit took over Hankuk Safety Glass.
November : Acquired Rongcheng Fuchang Siliceous Materials (RFSM) of China to secure a stable supply of raw materials.
December : Established SPDi for exclusive production of SPD (suspended particle devices) glass, which HanGlas has
developed for the first time in the world after years of intensive research.
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2001
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May : HanGlas acquired a 100% interest of China's Kunshan Yongxin Glassware, a leading manufacturer of microwave
oven trays and heat-resistance glassware.
June : Hankuk Glass industries received the first Transparent Accounting Award
July : Started construction of a SPD production plant in Incheon
September : Acquired a 74% equity of Saint-Gobain HanGlas Nanjin Inc. (formerly Namwoo Glass) in China for expanded
production of figured glass in China; relocated the figured glass plant in Busan, Korea, to the Chinese plant.
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2002
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Established SGH-Asia jointly Saint-Gobain as part of its marketing strategy geared to East Asia;
SGH-Shanghai (sales firm) in Shanghai, China; SGH-Japan (sales firm) in Tokyo, Japan.
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2003
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Jan : Established HanGlas Safety Glass (Shanghai) Inc. to ensure steady growth of safety glass sales in China.
October : Acquired Taiyang Glass Inc. based in Qingdao, China, and changed its name to SGH-Qingdao.
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2004
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Established Korea's largest glass wool plant in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, Korea, to secure a stable supply of
high-quality glass wool products.
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