SKC

● SKC introduces its flagship products of EV batteries, semiconductors, and eco-friendly materials in the exhibition space jointly operated by SK Group’s seven affiliates.

● Participating in CES for five consecutive years since 2019, SKC continues introducing its innovative business model direction to the global market.

SKC (CEO & President Woncheol Park) will showcase its materials technologies covering EV batteries, semiconductors, and eco-friendly sectors at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2024, the world’s largest industrial exhibition, held in Las Vegas, USA from January 9 to 12 next month (local time). 

At CES 2024, SKC will introduce its flagship products and technologies throughout SK Wonderland, an exhibition space jointly operated by SK Group’s seven affiliates. SK Wonderland is designed in a theme park format, allowing visitors to experience happiness in the ‘Net Zero’ world, where the climate crisis has been resolved.

SKC’s products and technologies can be explored when visitors enter the exhibition. The guide map distributed when entering SK Wonderland is not made from regular paper. It is made of SKC’s biodegradable LIMEX, an eco-friendly new material combining the biodegradable plastic material PBAT with limestone-based LIMEX, which is harmless to nature. SKC has been working to commercialize biodegradable LIMEX materials since establishing a joint venture called SK TBMGEOSTONE in 2021, jointly with TBM, a Japanese company that owns LIMEX technology.

In the Dancing Car zone, SK Group’s eco-friendly EV technologies are introduced as automobiles hanging from robot arms move like dancers in front of the screen. This is where copper foil, a key material for EV batteries, and silicon anodes that can significantly reduce EV charging time are presented. SKC has initiated the global expansion of its copper foil business with the first shipment from SK Nexilis’ new production facility in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, in October this year. It will further commence pilot production of high-quality silicon anodes early next year.

In addition, visitors can obtain information on semiconductor glass substrates for high-performance computing in the AI Fortune Teller zone. Glass substrates, which improve the performance of semiconductor packages, are again featured at CES 2024 as a solution to speed up AI servers processing large-scale data.

SKC has participated in CES for five consecutive years since 2019 (CES 2021 was not held), introducing new technologies and its direction of business model innovations to the global market. While the company focused on its film business in 2019, the first year of participation, the exhibition content has evolved in line with the direction of business model innovations, such as copper foil, glass substrates, and biodegradable materials.

An SKC executive said, “We plan to showcase ESG materials solutions in EV materials, semiconductors, and eco-friendly sectors through SK Wonderland, which will become a landmark of CES 2024,” and added, “SKC will continue to develop technologies to enhance added values and discover new businesses.” [End]

[CES 2024 SK Wonderland Guide Map made with SKC’s biodegradable LIMEX]