Businessweek

Daejung Chemicals & Metals Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures reagents and raw materials for medicines manufacturers and suppliers in Korea. The company offers reagents, such as general analytical reagents, including organic and inorganic reagents, and indicators; high-purity reagents; and special reagents comprising pH standard solution, Karl Fischer moisture measurement reagents, HPLC for solvents, and reagents for mineral toxic metals, as well as manufactures, imports, and supplies raw materials for drugs. It also offers metal oxides and metal hydroxides, including energy materials, which comprise raw materials for lithium secondary battery anode, anode materials for lithium secondary batteries, electrolyte fuel cells, solar cell materials, and capacitor materials; functional materials, such as cosmetic materials, materials for HPLC, and nanomaterials; and precious metal compounds. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Siheung, South Korea.