# SKC breaks ground on transparent PI film line in Jincheon

SKC Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony for a transparent polyimide film production line at its Jincheon plant in North Chungcheong Province. The company plans to invest 85 billion won and start commercial production in October 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-06-20
- Where: Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
- Value: $7.70M (85.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Oct 2019
- Status: under construction
- Products: transparent polyimide film
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [SKC Co.](https://endata.com/companies/22921.md)
- [SKC Hi-tech & Marketing](https://endata.com/companies/32668.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/english/8362623), 2018-06-20: "SKC would be the only company to have a one-stop production and processing facility for transparent PI films."
- [pulse.mk.co.kr](https://pulse.mk.co.kr/news/all/8362623), 2018-06-20: "SKC would be the only company to have a one-stop production and processing facility for transparent PI films."

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