Poongsan Corporation

Established in Seoul, South Korea in 1968, Poongsan Corporation operates globally as a key player in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of fabricated nonferrous metals, defense materials, and precision forged products. The company's extensive nonferrous metal portfolio encompasses copper and copper alloy sheets, strips, and rods, alongside specialized items such as thin plates, bimetals, coin blanks, leadframe materials, titanium tubes, stainless steel strips, and copper-based roofing solutions. These versatile copper and copper alloy products are vital components across numerous industries, including commercial and residential construction, machinery, automotive, electrical, electronics, semiconductor, telecommunications, and electronic parts manufacturing. In the defense sector, Poongsan produces a comprehensive range of military ammunition, from small arms cartridges to larger ordnance used in anti-aircraft guns, mortars, howitzers, tanks, recoilless guns, and naval vessels. They also manufacture high-precision commercial ammunition tailored for hunting and sport shooting. Furthermore, the company supplies critical semi-finished components for ammunition, including primers, fuses, bullet jacket cups, case components, rotating bands, and tungsten penetrators, as well as specialized fuses for naval munitions and multiple launch rocket systems. Beyond metals and munitions, Poongsan manufactures essential chemicals like nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, crucial for propellants. Its precision product offerings include connector components for electrical and electronic applications, multi-gauge copper strips, precision dies, various gauges, tools, and metal processing machinery. The corporation also designs and constructs bespoke metal processing equipment for the steel, automotive, and defense industries, with a focus on rolling-related systems such as annealing, pickling, degreasing, buffing, tin plating, and slitting machinery, alongside scalping lines and rolling oil coolant systems.