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GS Caltex is growing into a global company in the polymer business through continuous R&D.

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Business performance

GS Caltex produces a wide range of polymer products with the best quality and high competitive edge.

Total sales

697million USD (about 1,100 won/dollar)
Total volume sold

550,000 (tons)
Total production capacity

510,000 (tons)

As of 2020

While KIXX is the leader in gasoline and lubricant with outstanding quality, Hi-Prene represents GS Polymer’s leadership in polypropylene.

In 1988, GS Caltex introduced the Unipol fluidized bed gas-phase polymerization process
by Dow Chemical Company (formerly Union Carbide Corp.) to produce high-quality polypropylene under
the Hi-Prene brand and has been recognized for the best quality and service in the industry.

It has developed raw materials for lubricant containers, raw materials for mineral water bottles, and foam materials for the first time in Korea and has supplied them to customers stably in order to not only fulfill the customers requirements but also to raise the level of technology of the domestic polypropylene industry. The completion of the VCC in the Daedeok Research Complex in 1998 solidified GS Caltex’s position as the leader in the petrochemical industry through the development and commercialization of functional materials such as paintable raw materials and raw materials for sound absorption pipes.
GS Caltex has been able to procure all of the required propylene, the raw material for polypropylene (PP), from its RFCC process since 2001 to be more competitive by securing a stable raw material supply. GS Caltex is committed to continuous R&D and thorough customer service in response to customer encouragement and interest in order to contribute to the creation of customer value.

Business domain

GS Caltex produces a wide range of polymer products with the best quality and high competitive edge.

PP Polypropylene

PP, along with PVC, is one of five leading general-purpose resins and accounts for 24% of thermoplastic resins in use.Like polyethylene, PP is produced by polymerizing propylene from oil with the Ziegler-Natta catalyst or metallocene catalyst.

The properties also vary according to the method of processing, and, due to its excellent thermal resistance and impact resistance, PP is widely used in rollers, guides, bathtubs, films, transparent packaging film, bands, pipes, and sheets.

Business history

GS Caltex is aspiring for a new history in polymers with all of its customers.

2000 ~ Present 1970 ~ 1990

2000 ~ Present

GS Polymers are challenging the history of polymer with you.

2016 Established GS Caltex Mexico for compound resin business
(20,000 tons annually)

2013 Completed construction of GS Caltex Jinju Compound Resin Plant
(41,000 tons annually) and compound resin plant in Czech
(50,000 tons annually)

2010 Established GS Caltex (Suzhou) Plastics Co., Ltd.
(57,000 tons annually)

2004 Established GS Caltex (Langfang) Plastics Co., Ltd.
(55,000 tons annually)

1970 ~ 1990

GS Caltex is aspiring for a new history in polymers with all of its customers.

1998 Expanded PP Plant
(180,000 tons annually)
and opened VOC in November

1995 Expanded compound resin plant
(10,000 tons annually)

1992 Expanded compound resin plant
(5,000 tons annually)
and completed construction of compound resin plant
(3,000 tons annually)

1989 Expanded PP plant
(165,000 tons annually)

1988 Completed construction of PP plant
(120,000 tons annually)

1987 Began commercial production by GS Caltex
- The world’s first vapor-phase polymerization process developed by US-based UCC

1979 Began commercial production by Honam Petrochemical
- Mitsui process for Homo and Impact PP production

1976 Began Korea’s first commercial production by Korea Petrochemical
- Chisso process for Homo PP production

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