Hanwha Group

Hanwha Group (Korean: 한화그룹; Hanja: 韓火; RR: Hanhwa Geurup) is a large business conglomerate (chaebol) in South Korea. Founded in 1952 as Korea Explosives Co. (한국화약주식회사; 韓國火藥株式會社), the group has grown into a large multi-profile business conglomerate, with diversified holdings stretching from explosivestheir original businessto energy, materials, aerospace, mechatronics, finance, retail, and lifestyle services. In 1992, the company adopted its abbreviation as its new name: "Hanwha".

Hanwha Group
Native name
주식회사 한화
Formerly
  • Korea Explosives Group
Company typePublic
Traded as
KRX: 000880
Industry
FoundedOctober 1952 (1952-10)
Founder
Headquarters
86, Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Revenue ₩62.2784 trillion (2022)
₩2.5161 trillion (2022)
Net income
₩2.2433 trillion (2022)
Total assets ₩211.1753 trillion (2022)
Total equity ₩20.8788 trillion (2022)
Owner
  • Kim Seung-youn (43.56%)
  • National Pension Service (7.61%)
  • Korea Zinc (7.25%)
  • Treasury stocks (1.51%)
  • Other (0.6%)
Number of employees
43,690 (2020)
WebsiteOfficial website in English
Official website in Korean
Hanwha Group
Hangul
Hanja
韓火그룹
Revised RomanizationHanhwa Geurup
McCune–ReischauerHanhwa Kŭrup
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.