# LG Chem starts mass production at carbon nanotube plant in Yeosu, South Korea

LG Chem began mass-production of carbon nanotubes from its new factory in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province. The facility has an annual capacity of 400 tons and is the world's fourth largest.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-31
- Where: Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
- Starts operating: 31 Jan 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 400 tons per year
- Products: carbon nanotubes
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [LG Chem](https://endata.com/companies/2456.md)

## Sources

- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/english/7695671), 2017-01-31: "South Korea's leading chemical company LG Chem Ltd. Tuesday began mass-production of carbon nanotubes from its new factory in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province devoted to the novel property increasingly sought in electronics, optics, and other fields of materials science."

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