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Lee Young-jun, Head of the 바카라사이트 Chemical Group: “Let us make 2026 the year of a Grand Turning Point for future growth.”
2026.01.05
Lee Young-jun, Head of the 바카라사이트 Chemical Group:
“Let us make 2026 the year of a Grand Turning Point for future growth.”
■ Even amid a challenging business environment, the company is to consistently carry out business structure transformation and competitiveness enhancement initiatives by setting clear milestones for reform and improvement, boldly pursuing large-scale global business restructuring as well as adjustments to facilities at domestic production sites.
■ Continuous rationalization of business structure and strengthening of financial soundness - While successfully completing the ongoing business transformation, the company will continue to maintain disciplined management with a strong focus on cash flow. - Constantly reviewing the businesses in its portfolio, actively allocating and expanding resources to relatively competitive and promising businesses, while decisively rationalizing businesses with weaker competitiveness or limited differentiation this year. - Further advancing financial management of new and routine investments, as well as cash operations across the entire value chain—from raw material procurement and production to sales, customer response, and logistics.
■ Ongoing management innovation and expansion of inter-business synergies within the PSO - Continuing innovation activities underway in each business unit, while further expanding operational synergies within the PSO. - Actively encouraging collaboration among research institutes and overseas subsidiaries to discover new businesses within the Chemical Group.
■ Securing a foundation for expanding functional materials businesses - Identifying functional materials businesses linked to the company’s core capabilities across diverse areas such as future low-carbon energy technologies, semiconductors, AI, mobility, and bio, thereby building a foundation for future growth. - Targeting a portfolio transformation for functional compounds, semiconductor process materials, green materials, functional copper foil, and eco-friendly energy materials (hydrogen/ammonia) to account for more than 60%.
■ Strengthening market-leading R&D capabilities - The fundamental source of maintaining overwhelming competitive advantage in materials businesses lies in dominating the market based on differentiated technologies and products; accordingly, the company plans to reorganize the Chemical Group’s mid- to long-term R&D roadmap in alignment with future business directions. - Building diverse collaboration clusters by partnering with universities, private companies, and global research institutes.
■ Maintaining a healthy organizational culture and safe workplaces - Upholding a positive culture that encourages and supports junior colleagues even in difficult market conditions, while striving to comply with rules and regulations. - Repeatedly emphasizing the importance of maintaining safe workplaces; as CEO, closely monitoring to ensure that necessary human and material investments for safety are made in a timely manner, and encouraging all employees to take the lead in ensuring workplace safety in their respective roles.
■ Requesting careful communication and support so that, while clearly sharing the organization’s direction and goals, employees can maintain stability and remain focused on their work even amid uncertainty.