Oct. 2007 Commissioned Ulsan SBR plant expansion(110,000 tons)
  Jun. 2007 Established Rizhao KUMHO JINMA Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Apr. 2007 Broke ground for second Yeosu combined heat and power plant
  Nov. 2006 Established Nanjing KUMHO GPRO Chemical Co., Ltd.
  Jun. 2006 Received National Environmental Management Excellence Award for GHG Reduction from the Ministry of Environment
  Jan. 2006 Designated an ¡°Environmentally Friendly Company¡± by the Ministry of Environment
  Dec 2005 2005 Received the Korea Management Awards
  Nov. 2005 Received the Tower of US$1 Billion Export Award
  Aug. 2004 Overseas office opened in LA, U.S.A.
  Jun. 2004 Received the Environment Management Award.(Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy.)
  Aug. 2003 Kumho Chemical Laboratory and Yicheon Laboratory merged into Kumho Petrochemical R&D Center.
  Jun. 2003 Received the Environment Management Award.
  Nov. 2002 Overseas office opened in Frankfurt, Germany.
  Oct. 2002 Overseas office opened in Guangzhou, China.
  Jan. 2002 Took over chemical business division of Kumho Development, Inc.
  Jan. 2001 Merged with Kumho Chemicals, Inc.
  Oct. 2000 Shanghai Kumho Sunny Plastics Co., Ltd. established.
  Aug. 2000 OHSAS 18001 certification acquired.
  Jun. 2000 Recognized among the top 50 companies with superior quality competitiveness.
 
       
  Aug. 1999 Recognized among the top 50 companies with superior quality competitiveness.
  Nov. 1998 Asan plant (Electronic materials division) launched.
  Jul. 1997 Overseas subsidiary established in LA, U.S.A.
  Jul. 1997 Combined heat & power plant in Yeosu built.
  Mar. 1997 Kumho Chemicals, Inc. enlisted as an affiliated company.
  Mar. 1997 Contact of introducing Polycarbonate technology.
  Dec. 1996 Designated as an environmentally friendly company.
  Aug. 1995 ISO 14001 certification acquired.
  Mar. 1995 Opended Kumho Life & Environmental Science Laboratory in Gwangju.
  Oct. 1994 Plastic compounding technology introduced.
  Aug. 1994 Thermoplastic elastomer (SBS) production started.
  May. 1994 ISO 9001 certification acquired.
  Feb. 1994 Kumho Chemical Laboratories opened in Daedeok Technovalley.
  May. 1993 Overseas office in Jakarta, Indonesia opened.
  May. 1992 Established BD plant.(Ulsan 50,000MT)
  Aug. 1990 UC Plant in Yeosu launched.
       
  Mar. 1989 Kumho Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. established.
  Dec. 1988 Multi-purpose BR plant launched.
  Dec. 1987 Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. shares offered publicly.
  Nov. 1987 Kumho P&B Chemical, Inc. established.
  Nov. 1987 Kumho Monsanto, Inc. established.
  Jun. 1985 Kumho Polychem Co., Ltd. established.
  Jun. 1985 Kumho Petrochemical Research Center established.
  Jun. 1985 Korea Synthetic Rubber Industries Co., Ltd. and Korea Kumho Chemicals, Inc. merged.
Company name changed to Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
  Mar. 1984 SBR Latex plant launched. (Ulsan)
  Dec. 1983 NBR production initiated.
  Aug. 1982 HSR production initiated.
  Mar. 1980 BR plant launched. (Yeosu 25,000MT)
 
       
  Oct. 1979 BD plant launched. (Yeosu 50,000MT)
  Jun. 1973 Sales started.
  Apr. 1973 SBR plant launched. (Ulsan 25,000MT)
  Dec. 1970 Korea Synthetic Rubber Industries Co., Ltd. established.