Tag: Posco
POSCO appoints Moon-Ki Chung as Chairman of the Board
At POSCO’s 52nd AGM and board meeting, the company elected outside director Moon-Ki Chung as chairman of the board. Since 2006, POSCO has been appointing board chairman from outside directors.
POSCO CEO new VP of WSA
World Steel Association (WSA) announced POSCO CEO Ohjoon Kwon as their new vice chairman during their annual meeting on October 17.
POSCO signs MOU to develop titanium industry
POSCO has recently signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with North Gyeongsang province and Pohang city to develop the titanium industry in South Korea.
ABB to replace twin DC motors in Korea
ABB has recently won a contract to replace twin DC motors and associated drives with newer AC motor and drive technology on a hot rolling mill at POSCO’s Pohang Works in Korea.
POSCO orders new Paul Wurth BLT system
POSCO will be executing the third reline of their No. 3 Blast Furnace at Pohang works in Korea in February 2017.
POSCO partners with Geumgang to develop water reservoir
POSCO, a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding with Geumgang, a South Korean manufacturer of stainless steel water tanks and water pipes, on co-development and structure analysis of stainless steel water tanks for large-scale water reservoirs.
Photo courtesy of POSCO
The existing large-scale water reservoirs are made of concrete, causing problems such as water leakage due to cracks and an unsanitary water supply environment.
POSCO selected a team to receive a special reward for the first Innovation POSCO Project (IP PJT). POSCO selected the Steel Building Material Solution PJT Team as a winner pursuant to the increase of profitability of the company through differentiated ideas in order to respond to Chinese-made low-priced products, and awarded them at the Group Operations Meeting on 23 July.
The Steel Building Material Solution PJT Team had an innovative idea to create valuable products using low-priced half-finished products, and created a financial result of approx.