Description

Hanwha Corporation is a global South Korean conglomerate with extensive operations spanning defense, explosives, machinery, and international trade. The company is a key producer of industrial goods, including explosives, petrochemicals, synthetic resins, and packaging materials. Its diverse manufacturing portfolio extends to military equipment, a wide array of machinery such as chip mounters, compressors, generators, gas turbines, machine tools, and powertrains, alongside specialized components like aircraft engines, automobile parts, silicon ingots, and bearings. Hanwha also develops renewable energy solutions, notably photovoltaic power generation products and solar cells, and offers broadcasting, wireless communication equipment, and CCTVs. Beyond manufacturing, Hanwha provides comprehensive engineering and construction services for various building, plant, and environmental facilities. Its extensive service offerings include financial solutions such as pension, asset management, securities investment, financial loans, investment management, and stock brokering, as well as integrated advisory services. The company also manages a range of leisure and lifestyle businesses, including athletic facilities, sports clubs, golf courses, resorts, hotels, department stores, catering, and food services, alongside real estate development and management of business facilities. Additional ventures encompass resource and mine development, the processing and distribution of agricultural, livestock, and forest products, and environmental management services including sewage treatment, pollution prevention facilities, aquariums, botanical gardens, and zoos. Hanwha is also involved in the research, development, and sale of industrial equipment, global oil and import/export activities, and the retail of souvenirs and folk crafts. Established in 1952 as Korea Explosives Corp., the company adopted its current name, Hanwha Corporation, in March 1993. It maintains its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.