One would think that the company Woongjin Chemical would be almost entirely unrelated to the IT industry, but one would be mistaken. Woongjin Chemical gives a very good impression with a front-row, large-scale booth at the International Materials and Components Industry Show 2009, showing off the products of its four divisions – the fiber division, textiles division, materials division, and filter division. It’s the last two which are the surprising two.
First of all, the material division is hard at work making diffuser plates for LCD lighting. Their Lumicel brand product uses eco-friendly materials, and is impact-resistant and stable. They also create prism sheets for LCD monitors, which are the bright white sheets that filter the light before it’s sent to the screen.
And secondly, the filter division creates filters that are used in many factories to create clean water. This clean water is especially important in semiconductor creating facilities, as the components must be washed several times during the manufacturing process. The membrane and cartridge filters are essential to creating clean, spotless, workable semiconductor chips, at which Korea excels. And Woongjin Chemical is right there making sure that it happens.
