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- 1949.
- 01Established in the name of CHOSUN STEEL WIRE INDUSTRY Ltd.
by the late founder, Jang, Kyung-ho (in Choryang-dong
Nam-gu, Busan)
- 1962.
- 06Moved to a larger factory located in Uam-dong Nam-gu, Busan
- 1963.
- 04Established manufacturing facility for covered arc welding
electrodes
- 1965.
- 11Certified by the Korea Register of Shipping (KR) for covered
electrodes
- 1966.
- 06Certified by the Bureau Veritas (BV) for covered electrodes
- 11Certified by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for
covered electrodes
- 1967.
- 06Acquired the “KS” (Korea Industrial Standards) mark for
covered electrodes for mild steel
- 1969.
- 04Established the 1st technological alliance with Japan’s Kobe
Steel (for covered electrodes)
- 1970.
- 11Certified by the Lloyd’s Register (LR) for covered electrodes
- 1973.
- 08Established and expanded the manufacture factory for covered
electrodes
- 12Established the 2nd technological alliance with Kobe Steel
(low hydrogen type and high efficient covered electrodes)
- 1974.
- 06Certified by the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK) for covered
electrodes
- 07Introduced from Kobe Steel (mechanized, continuous
automated facility for covered electrodes manufacturing)
- 1975.
- 10Established solid wire manufacturing facilities for submerged and
MAG welding
- 12Merger and acquisition of Dongkuk Steel Mill (Seoul factory)
and IPO
- Established the 3rd technological alliance with Kobe Steel
(for welding wire)
- 1976.
- 07Certified by the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) for welding materials
- 1977.
- 03Company name changed from CHOSUN STEEL WIRE INDUSTRY
Ltd. to CHOSUN STEEL WIRE Ltd.
- 08Certified by the Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for welding material
- 1978.
- 09Installed more manufacturing facilities for welding wire
- 1980.
- 03Certified by the ABS and the DNV for stainless steel covered
electrodes
- 12Built additional autonomous manufacturing facilities for
covered electrodes
- 1981.
- 12Introduced ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- 1984.
- 06Acquired the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark for
covered electrodes for mild steel and high strength steel and
solid wire for MAG welding (JIS Z3211, Z3212, Z3312)
- 1986.
- 08Installed additional solid wire manufacturing facilities for MAG
welding
- 1987.
- 04Established a solid wire manufacturing factory for MAG
welding in Pohang
- 07Established the CHOSUN WELDING R&D Center
- 09Established manufacturing facilities for stainless steel wire
- 1992.
- 07Moved the wire rods line to Pohang factory
- 1995.
- 04Established a flux cored wire factory in Onsan
- 05Acquired the ISO 9001 quality management system
certification (DNV)
- 08Moved the head office building (to Chosun bd. Yeoksam-dong
Gangnam-gu)
- 10Installed more flux cored wire facilities at Onsan factory
- 11Established flux manufacturing facilities for submerged arc
welding at Onsan factory
- 1996.
- 07Acquired the JIS mark for Pohang factory (JIS Z3312)
- 1997.
- 04Acquired flux cored wire class (ABS,BV,DNV,GL,KR,LR,NK) for
mild steel and high strength steel
- 1998.
- 10Acquired the JIS mark for flux cored wire (JIS Z3313)
- 2000.
- 06Moved manufacturing facilities for covered electrodes from
Busan to Pohang
- 08Moved manufacturing facilities for stainless steel wire from
Busan to Pohang
- 2001.
- 01Seperated from Dongkuk Steel Mill Group
- 03Installed more manufacturing facilities for flux cored wire at
Onsan
- Acquired flux cored wire class (ABS,BV,DNV,GL,KR,LR,NK) for
stainless steel
- 04Certified by the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) for covered
electrodes and flux cored wire
- 12Moved the Head office of CHOSUN WELDING from Seoul to
Pohang
- 2002.
- 10Installed more mixing facilities for SAW flux at Onsan
(10 model)
- 12Established the 2nd factory building at Onsan
- Installed more manufacturing facilities for flux cored wire at
Onsan factory
- Established a new manufacturing facility exclusive for stainless
steel flux cored wire
- 2003.
- 03Developed flux cored wire for low alloy heat resistant steel
and weathering steel
- 2004.
- 01Developed flux cored wire for low temperature
- 06Developed flux cored wire for hardfacing
- 07Developed flux cored wire for Duplex stainless steel
- Developed flux cored wire for weathering steel
- Changed company’s English name (from CHOSUN STEEL WIRE CO., LTD. → CHOSUN WELDING CO., LTD.)
- 10Acquired flux cored wire class (ABS,BV,DNV,GL,KR,LR,NK) for
low temperature steel
- 2005.
- 01Implemented ERP(SAP R3) system
- 02Acquired the JIS mark for restatement (JIS Z3211, Z3212)
- 12Developed stainless steel flux cored wire for extremely low
temperature (-196℃)
- 2006.
- 06Developed 2 Pole high heat input EGW product
- 09Developed flux cored wire for sulphuric acid corrosion resistant
steel
- 12Developed flux cored wire with 2Y and 3Y combined grade
- Acquired the New Excellent Product (NEP) mark for flux cored
wire with 2Y and 3Y combined grade (product name : CSF-71S)
- 2007.
- 01Installed more manufacturing facilities for flux cored wire at
Onsan factory
- 05Developed flux cored wire for car mufflers (409Ti)
- 2008.
- Established an overseas branch, CHOSUN VINA CO., LTD.
(Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam)
- 12Developed flux cored wire for car mufflers (439)
- 2009.
- 06Developed covered electrodes for nickel based alloys
- 07Established an overseas branch, CHOSUN WELDING JAPAN
CO., LTD. (Osaka, Japan)
- 10Implemented MES (Manufacturing Execution System) System
- 2010.
- 01Changed into a holding company structure (holding company:
CS HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Subsidiaries : CHOSUN WELDING
POHANG CO., LTD., CHOSUN WELDING CO., LTD., CHOSUN VINA CO., LTD., CHOSUN WELDING JAPAN CO., LTD.)
- 10Developed Super Duplex stainless flux cored wire
- 2013.
- 03Incorporated DONG YANG METAL CO., LTD. into CS HOLDINGS
CO., LTD. as subsidiary
- 04Acquired the KS mark for flux cored wire (KS D7104)
- 12Developed flux cored wire for 9%Cr-1%Mo steel (CSF-91B9)
- 2013.
- 02Acquired the JIS mark for submerged arc welding flux
(JIS Z3351)
