History
You can check the course OCI has followed for 60 years.
Pioneer of Chemical Industry

Incheon Soda Ash Plant in 1968
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1959
Established as Oriental Chemical Industries
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1965
Reclaimed 2.64 million for Incheon Soda Ash Plant
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1968
Commissioned Incheon Soda Ash Plant
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Sustainable Growth towards Global Chemical Company

Commisioned Iksan Hydrogen Peroxide Plant in 1979
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1974
Established Korea Steel Chemical
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1975
Established KoFran Chemical
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1976
Entered pesticide business Commissioned Pohang Plant
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1978
Commissioned Ulsan Calcium Phosphate Plant
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1979
Commissioned Iksan Hydrogen Peroxide Plant
Focusing on Qualitative Development

Incheon R&D Center in 1983
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1980
Established Korea Potassium Chemicals (Currently Unid)
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1981
Established Dongyang Elanco
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1983
Opened R&D Center in Incheon
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1984
Established Korea Steel Petrochemicals
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1985
Established Ordeg Co., Ltd
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1986
Established Eyang Chemical
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1987
Commissioned Gwangyang Plant
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1988
Established Dongyang Silicone
Entering the Global Marketplace

Commissioned TDI Plant in 1991
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1991
Commissioned TDI Plant
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1992
Commissioned PVA Plant
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1994
Acquired Samkwang Glass Industries
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1995
Acquired Wyoming Soda Ash Plant (USA)
Stepping into the Future

Renamed as OCI in 2009
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2001
Established DC Chemical (DCC)
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2006
Acquired Columbian Chemicals (USA)
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2008
Established DCC Shanghai (China)
Launched polysilicon production
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2009
Ranked No.1 on the Boston Consulting Group's 2009 Value Creators rankings
Acquired Sodiff Advanced Materials (OCI Materials) Completed No.2 Polysilicon Plant and started the construction of No.3 Polysilicon Plant
Renamed as OCI(former DCC)
Leaping forward to the Green Energy Company

Alamo 2 Solar Plant in USA (2014)
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2010
Launched insulation business
Acquired the first Green Company Certification in Korea
Completed Shandong OCI (SD OCI) Coal Tar Plant -
2011
Acquired Cornerstone Power Development (Currently OCI Solar Power) and entered into Solar PV business
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2012
Awarded 2012 Transparent Management Award
Awarded the Green Energy Award
Signed an agreement for U.S. solar power project -
2013
OCI Resource is listed on NYSE Completed Tangshan OCI (TS OCI) Fumed silica plant
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2014
Completed Mission Solar Energy(MSE) Plant, USA
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2015
Advanced into the Chinese decentralized solar PV generation
Signed 50MW Solar PV Power supply agreement in Texas, USA -
2016
Completed Ma Steel OCI Chemical Completed Shandong OCI Jianyang Carbon Black Completed supply contract of 400MW Solar PV Power Plant in USA Completed OCI SE Cogeneration Power Plant (303MW)
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2017
Acquired Tokuyama Malaysia Polysilicon Plant (20,000 MT/yr)
Securing Future Core Competencies
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2017
Commercial production of Electronic Grade Polysilicon
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2018
Entered Bio business
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2019
Concluded the contract for DCRE urban development project (Consortium of 3 construction companies)
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2020
Discontinued production of P2,P3 lines for Solar Grade Polysilicon in Korean plant Established P&O Chemical (JV with POSCO Chemical)
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2021
DCRE Phase 1~3 pre-sales Sale of TS OCI Entered the high softening point pitch business Entered ECH business
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2022
Established a joint venture with Kumho P&B (ECH) Equity investment in Bukwang Pharmaceutical Achieved 35,000MT production capacity for solar polysilicon in Malaysia (Debottlenecking) Started commercial production of 50,000MT of hydrogen peroxide for P&O Chemicals
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2023
OCI Holdings Launched