# Kumho Polychem completes EPDM line expansion in Yeosu with KRW 300 billion investment

Kumho Polychem completed the expansion of its EPDM synthetic rubber production facility in Yeosu, South Korea, with a KRW 300 billion investment, adding a 5th production line.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-05-13
- Where: Yeosu, South Korea
- Value: $225.0M (300.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: 13 May 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 70,000 tons per year (EPDM); total 310,000 tons per year
- Products: EPDM synthetic rubber
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kumho Polychem](https://endata.com/companies/34123.md)
- [Kumho Petrochemical](https://endata.com/companies/45104.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [yna.co.kr](https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20250513091400054), 2025-05-13: "금호폴리켐 여수공장이 3천억원을 투자해 합성 고무 생산시설을 증설했다."
- [asiae.co.kr](https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025051316141720961), 2025-05-13: "Kumho Polychem announced that it had completed the expansion of the fifth EPDM production line at its Plant 2 in Yeosu, Jeonnam, and held a completion ceremony."
- [mk.co.kr](https://www.mk.co.kr/en/business/11316076), 2025-05-13: "Kumho Polychem invested 300 billion won in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, to expand its functional synthetic rubber (EPDM) production facilities."

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