KCC History
KCC History
KCC started as Keumkang Slate Industries, Ltd. in 1958, and since then has been leading technological innovation in building materials, such as glass, windows/doors, exterior/interior materials and flooring. KCC’s successful transition into the silicone business has created a wide range of high added-value products in the fields of special coatings and next-generation precision chemical engineering.
2019
2019.01 KCH expanded its powder coatings plant
- 10KCC Receives the Korean Readers’ Choice Awards for Five Consecutive Years
- 10KCC Ranks Top in 7 Categories of 2019 Korean Standard Quality Excellence Index
- : Flooring, Sealants, Waterborne and Oil Paints, Tinted Glass, Ceiling
- and Insulation Materials
- 07KCC establishes a new corporation
- 05KCC successfully completes its acquisition of a US-based silicone company, MPM
- 03Won the first prize in flooring materials for home interior category and
- eco-friendly coatings of 2019 Korea Brand Power Index
- 01KCH expanded its powder coatings plant
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2019.01 KCH expanded its powder coatings plant
2018
2018.04 KCC Publishes Corporate History Book in Celebration of its 60th Anniversary
- 12Marine coatings (‘Seacare A/F796’ / ‘Korepox EH2350’) and ceramic
- for vacuum interrupter won World Best Product Awards
- 06Selected as the best company in the Win-Win Index for three consecutive years
- 04KCC Publishes Corporate History Book in Celebration of its 60th Anniversary
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2018.04 KCC Publishes Corporate History Book in Celebration of its 60th Anniversary
2017
2017.10Awarded the Prime Minister's Prize in the “2017 National Sharing Grand Awards”
- 10Awarded the Prime Minister's Prize in the “2017 National Sharing Grand Awards”
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2017.10Awarded the Prime Minister's Prize in the “2017 National Sharing Grand Awards”
- 09Won the first prize in the Korean Standard Quality Excellence Index in 2017
- for flooring materials, sealant, water-soluble coating, solvent soluble coating,
- coating glass and ceiling materials
- 06 Selected as the best company in the Win-Win Index for two consecutive years
2016
2016.06Opened HomeCC Interior Ulsan Branch
- 11The Compliance Team won the ‘ALB Korea Law Awards 2016’
- 09HomeCC Interior won the first prize in the interior category of
- the 2016 Master Consumer Confidence of Korea Brand Awards
- 06Opened HomeCC Interior Ulsan Branch
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2016.06Opened HomeCC Interior Ulsan Branch
- 02EGIS won the regular league of 2015-2016 season
2015
2015.08Opened Gumi Color Center
- 11Merged with KMR
- 09Established Chongqing Corporation (KCQ) in China
- 08Completed Anseong Plant
- 08Opened HomeCC Interior exhibition shop in Seocho (head office)
- 08Opened Gumi Color Center
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2015.08Opened Gumi Color Center
- 07Acquired VCM business unit of Innogratech Co., Ltd
- 04Opened first HomeCC Interior exhibition shop in Seohyeon, Bundang Dist.,
- Seongnam City
2014
2014.04Won the first prize in the window profiles category of '2014 Korea Brand Power Index (K-BPI)'
- 10Awarded the certificate for activation of Green Remodeling
- 10Established Hanoi Corporation (KCH) in Vietnam
- 04Won the first prize in the window profiles category of '2014 Korea Brand Power
- Index (K-BPI)'
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2014.04Won the first prize in the window profiles category of '2014 Korea Brand Power Index (K-BPI)'
2012
2012.08Completed new Ulsan Plant
- 08Completed new Ulsan Plant
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2012.08Completed new Ulsan Plant
- 07Completed Gimcheon Plant
- 01Jeonju Plant obtained the Green Company (GC) Certification for the first time
- in the paint industry
2011
2011.04Acquired Basildon, the British silicone product manufacturer
- 12Sales exceeded 3 trillion won
- 12Awarded the 700 million Dollar Export Pagoda
- 07Korea Silica was renamed to KCC Mineral Resources Corporation (KMR)
- 04Acquired Basildon, the British silicone product manufacturer
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2011.04Acquired Basildon, the British silicone product manufacturer
- 04EGIS won the Champions League of the 2010-2011
