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About Youngbo Chemical Co
Its shares trade on KRX under the ticker 014440.KS. It has been listed since 27 August 1997. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of ₩120.11bn and net income of ₩16.83bn. At that date it held total assets of ₩210.74bn and shareholders' equity of ₩191.29bn.
Youngbo Chemical Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of polyolefin foam. The company is headquartered in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-Do. The Company’s products are divided into two types: poly ethylene (PE) and propene polymer (PP). The firm markets its products under the brand name Artilon, Epilon, Youngboard, Filmy, Heatlon and others, which are used as automobile internal materials, construction materials and industrial materials with heat resistant, heat retaining, sound absorption, sealing, buffering, compacting and other functions. Its products are also used as electronic materials, such as materials for mobiles and others. The firm distributes its products within domestic market and to overseas markets. On April 1, 2014, it divested construction material business into a new new wholly owned subsidiary.
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Company facts
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Listed since
- 27 Aug 1997
- Website
- youngbo.com ↗
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Yeong Sik LeePresident, Chief Executive Officer, Director, since 2021
- Mr. Tae Hun KimChief Executive Officer
- Mr. Yeong Jin KimInternal Auditor
- Mr. Yoshio AoshimaDirector
- Mr. Bong Ju LeeDirector
- Mr. Nobuharu TakahashiDirector
- Mr. Shigeki MorizaneNon-Executive Independent Director
- Mr. Segawa NaotakaNon-Executive Independent Director
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 0
- Environment
- 0
- Social
- 0
- Governance
- 0
SWOT analysis
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Strengths
- Polyolefin foam products serve automobile internal materials and construction materials effectively.
- Artilon and Epilon brands support heat resistant and sound absorption functions.
- PE and PP polymer types offer versatile industrial material applications.
Weaknesses
- Construction material business was divested into a new subsidiary in 2014.
- Product range relies heavily on specific polyolefin foam manufacturing processes.
- Domestic market distribution requires significant logistical coordination for local sales.
Opportunities
- Overseas markets provide expansion potential for electronic material applications.
- Mobile device materials create demand for specialized buffering and sealing products.
- Industrial materials sector growth supports increased demand for compacting solutions.
Threats
- Competition in the chemical sector may pressure pricing strategies significantly.
- Fluctuations in raw material costs impact polyolefin foam production margins.
- Changes in automobile industry standards could reduce internal material demand.
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