At a Glance
Essential Materials for Tomorrow — LT Metal
Company profile
LT Metal
- Company name: LT METAL LTD.
- Founded: May 1, 1974
- President & CEO: Suk-ho Roh
- Vision: Leading Tomorrow in Metal & Chemical — We engineer essential materials for tomorrow.
- Sites: Korea (Juan · Namdong · Dohwa · Gajwa · Magok), Overseas (Tianjin · Shenzhen, China)
- Research: 1 R&D center and 2 research institutes (Chemical Materials Research Institute, Thin Film Materials Research Institute)
- Key certifications: ISO 9001 · IATF 16949 · ISO 14001 · ISO 45001 · AEO · KOLAS
History — a record of engineering essential materials
The history of essential materials LT Metal has built
For the past 50 years, LT Metal has developed new materials technologies in step with industrial change.Each milestone is a record of the challenges and innovations that have supported our customers' growth and their industries' progress.
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2025
Began operating as an independent company (joint venture terminated and shares acquired); started volume production of water electrolysis materials
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2024
50 years since founding; volume production and capacity expansion of Ni plating chemicals for HBM
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2022
Designated a Leading Company in Materials, Parts and Equipment by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) — national recognition as an ‘essential materials’ company
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2021
ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system certification — proof in system form that people are essential
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2020
Entered new businesses: fuel cell catalysts and piezoelectric devices
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2019
Renamed LT METAL LTD. — ‘Leading Tomorrow in Metal’, a new start as an engineer of essential materials
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2012
Received the USD 600 million Export Tower Award — global recognition of our ability to supply essential materials
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2011
Selected for the Top 100 National R&D Excellence Awards | Won the Grand Prize, NANO KOREA Award
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2010
Annual revenue passed KRW 500 billion — proof in numbers that essential materials grow with industry
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2009
Established the Dohwa Plant (EEJA Lab.; expansion of the semiconductor plating materials business)
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2005
Spun off Heesung Materials (now LT Materials)
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2004
Established Tianjin Corporation (China) — the first expansion of our essential materials supply chain for Asian industry
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2002
Established Shenzhen Co., Ltd. under the Hong Kong entity
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2000
Completed the Gajwa Plant in Incheon — a new horizon for essential materials manufacturing
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1997
Completed the Namdong Plant (platinum business expansion; entry into the bonding wire business)
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1996
Renamed Heesung Metal Co., Ltd.
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1993
Established the corporate research institute — building the heart that engineers tomorrow’s essential materials
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1983
Established and spun off Heesung Engelhard (now Heesung Catalysts)
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1974
Founded — the first resolve to make the precious metal materials Korean industry could not do without