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Mr.
Jongho Park, Chairman & CEO, Songwon Ind. Co Ltd
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"All our plant expansions took place in South Korea driven by the
fast growing demand in Middle East, India, China and South East Asia. Any additional expansion of our capacities will follow
the market demand driven by the region as mentioned above" |
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In
Conversation |
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Polymerupdate
Team : What is your main area of operations?
Mr. Jongho Park : Main
application area is the Polyolefin producing industry. However in
our world of polymers additives are used from natural waxes till
shoe shine cream. |
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Polymerupdate
Team : What are the export markets for your products
and your export volume?
Mr. Jongho Park: We export
mainly to Europe, North America, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe,
India and South America. More than 50 percent of our products are
targeted towards the export market. |
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Polymerupdate
Team : What are your future expansion plans ?
Mr. Jongho Park : All our plant
expansions took place in South Korea driven by the fast growing
demand in the Middle East, India, China and South East Asia. Any
additional expansion of our capacities will follow the market demand
driven by the region as mentioned above. |
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Polymerupdate
Team : Do you have a presence in the Indian market? If
yes, what potential do you see for your product in the Indian
market?
Mr. Jongho Park : We opened
office in India in Aug 07. In the last 6 months, Songwon
International - India, has been able to create awareness in the
Indian market about Songwon Group and Strategic Position that
Songwon has created for itself as the world's 2nd largest supplier
of Polymer Stabilizers. Songwon has been able to quickly establish
themselves as distributors for Polymer Stabilizers and ensure
availability of ready stock of its products in the market. In
addition to the India market, the liaison office has also been able
to quickly spread awareness about the company and its products in
South East Asia with the support of Top Management in the form of
"Road Show " which involved visit by key persons in the region by
Chairman of Board of Directors (Mr. J H Park) , CEO (Mr. M. Butti) &
Executive Vice President (Mr. D. Morath). Songwon products are
mainly targeted at Polyolefins among various Polymers and with
upcoming capacity of approx. 1 Million Ton of Polyolefins by end of
2008, Songwong is in a good position to serve this market. Please
note that the capacity addition of 1 Million MT only refers to India
region. This is not including South East Asia. |
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Polymerupdate
Team : How do you foresee the price trends for your products
in the near future?
Mr. Jongho Park : Pricing can be interpreted in various
ways, but our industry has been experiencing challenges from high
raw material hike starting from crude oil but Songwon has been
coming in the market with stability and security of supply with
proper pricing to serve our market and customers. |
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Mr. Jongho Park,
Chairman & CEO,
Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd.
737-2 Yochon-Don, Nam-Gu,
680090 Ulsan, South-Korea
Tel : 82 52 273 9841
Fax : 82 52 272 3528
info@songwonind.com
www.songwonind.com |
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