Hanwha Corporation operates in the explosives, defense, trade, and machinery businesses worldwide. The company offers explosives, petrochemicals, sunlight and photovoltaic power generation products, chip mounters, synthetic resins, packaging materials, military equipment, machineries, aircraft engine and parts, broadcasting and wireless communication equipment, compressors, generators, gas turbines, CCTVs, machine tools and power trains, automobile parts and materials, silicon ingots, bearing, solar cell, and other products.
It also manufactures and trades in petrochemicals; operates athletic facilities, sports clubs, golf courses, and department stores; engages in the resort, tourism, hotel, catering, real estate, food, oil, import, EPC, insurance, and real estate development businesses; researches, develops, and sells industrial equipment; sells coal; and retails souvenirs, folk crafts, and decorative products. In addition, the company offers engineering and construction services for building, plant and environmental facilities, and others, as well as pension, business facilities and consulting management, business support, leasing, asset management, securities investment, financial loan and investment, investment management and fund, and other financial services.
Further, it provides gunpowder, integrated advisory, blasting, deposit management, computer system management, and stock brokering services. The company also processes and distributes agricultural, livestock, and forest products; is involved in resource and mine development, and installment saving activities; and operates sewage treatment, aquarium, environmental pollution prevention facilities, and botanical gardens and zoos.
The company was formerly known as Korea Explosives Corp. and changed its name to Hanwha Corporation in March 1993. Hanwha Corporation was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
