Carbon Fiber for a Better World

Hyosung Group
Business Areas
Hyosung manages a variety of businesses including chemicals, synthetic fibers, heavy machinery, trading, and finance through
3 Corporate Centers and 7 Performance Groups

Textiles Industrial Chemicals Power & Industrial Construction Trading Information &
Materials Systems Communication

Spandex PU Carbon Business PP/DH PU Power Systems PU Construction PU Steel & Metal Nautilus Hyosung PU
Division Products PUⅠ,Ⅱ
Nylon Polyester Packaging PU Industrial Hyosung EBARA Hyosung Information
Fiber PU Tire & Industrial Machinery PU Engineering PU Chemical Products PU Systems PU
Reinforcements PU Film PU
Fabric · Dyeing PU Hyosung Chinhung LED Business Division Hyosung Capital PU
Technical Yarn PU TPA PU Goodsprings PU International
Hyosung Hyosung ITX
Global Safety Textiles Neochem PU Wind Energy Trans-World PU
Business Division Galaxia Photonics
Interior PU Optical Film PU Import Car Dealer
The Class Hyosung Galaxia Electronics
Aramid Business Hyosung Toyota
Division The Premium Hyosung Galaxia Comm.
Galaxia Device

Hyosung Corporation
2011 KRW 11,342 billion ($10,236Million)

2012 KRW 12,612 billion ($11,192Million)

Chemicals 2011 KRW 11,342 billion ($10,236Million)

2012

Power & Industrial

KRW
KRW
12,612 billion
12,612 billion
KRW 12,612 billion ($11,192Million)

($11,192Million)
($11,192Million)

Systems
Industrial
Materials 2011 KRW 278 billion ($250Million)
2011 KRW 278 billion ($250Million)

2012 2012 189 billion ($168Million)

KRW 189 billion ($168Million)
KRW

Construction
KRW 189 189 billion
billion
KRW ($168Million)
($168Million)

Textiles 2011 KRW 13,623 billion ($12,294Million)

Trading,
Information & 2012 2011 KRW 13,764 billion ($12,214Million)
KRW 13,623 billion ($12,294Million)
Communication &
Others KRW 13,764 billion
2012 KRW 13,764 billion ($12,214Million)
($12,214Million)

KRW 13,764 billion ($12,214Million)

Hyosung’s Global No.1 Businesses

Polyester Tire Cord Spandex Airbag Fabrics Polyester Yarn
for Seatbelts

Global
No. 1
Global M/S 43% Global M/S 30% Global M/S 13% Global M/S 30%
CARBON FIBER
FOR A BETTER WORLD

Hyosung Carbon Fiber

History
2008~ 2011~ 2013~ ~2020
Initiation Incubation Launching Expansion

2008 2011 2013 2015

Start Carbon Fiber Commence premarketing Start-up of the commercial Carbon Fiber production
development Carbon Fiber production line - 6,500 t/y
2012 (Carbon Fiber Capa. : 2,000 t/y, Precursor production
2010 Develop H3055 (T800 grade) Precursor Capa. : 4,000 t/y) - 13,000 t/y
Develop H2550 (T700 grade) Precursor & Carbon Fiber
Precursor & Carbon Fiber 2017
“The 1st domestic company
to build a commercial Carbon Fiber production
2011
High Performance - 10,500 t/y
Investment decision
Carbon Fiber & PAN Precursor production
on commercial line
Precursor plant in Korea” - 21,000 t/y
2011
2020
Start-up of the pilot plant in
Carbon Fiber production
Jeonju, S. Korea.
- 17,000 t/y
(Capa. : 500 t/y)
Precursor production
- 34,000 t/y

Tow Properties
Properties SI Unit (US unit) H2550 H3055
Number of Filaments 12K 24K 12K 24K
Filament Diameter ㎛ (in.) 7.0 (2.8x10-4) 7.0 (2.8x10-4) 5.0 (2.0x10-4) 5.0 (2.0x10-4)
Tensile Strength MPa (ksi) 4,900 (711) 4,900 (711) 5,500 (798) 5,500 (798)
Tensile Modulus GPa (Msi) 250 (36.3) 250 (36.3) 290 (42.1) 290 (42.1)
Yield g/km (ft/lbs) 800 (1,860) 1,650 (902) 445 (3,344) 900 (1,654)
Fiber Density g/cm3 (lbs/in3) 1.78 (0.064) 1.78 (0.064) 1.78 (0.064) 1.78 (0.064)
Size Content by Mass %, w/w 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

7.5
IM Classification Tensile Modulus (GPa)
7.0 Standard Modulus (SM) 200 ~ 290
6.5 Intermediate Modulus (IM) 291 ~ 340
High Modulus (HM) 341 ~ 500
Tensile Strength (GPa)

6.0 H3055 Ultra High Modulus (UHM) 501 ~ 650

SM
5.5
HM
5.0 UHM
H2550
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
200 300 400 500 600
Tensile Modulus (GPa)