Business Overview
Advancing Core Technologies to Drive Future Growth
Since its establishment in 1986, the GS Caltex R&D Center has been developing core technologies across a range of fields to strengthen our competitiveness and identify new growth opportunities.
The R&D Center also focuses on enhancing the performance of existing businesses, including petroleum, petrochemicals, and polymers, by creating high-value-added products and improving production efficiency. Additionally, it provides company-wide analytical services to support stable operations.
To reinforce the MFC business for olefin production, the R&D Center is actively advancing key technologies in catalyst synthesis, polymerization, and polymer processing.
Continued investment in bio-research alongside existing business areas has enabled the development of core technologies across diverse fields.
Going forward, the GS Caltex R&D Center will continue to pursue sustainable growth through differentiated technologies and product development.
Research Overview
Bio-based chemical R&D
GS Caltex has continued to invest in biochemical research to nurture future growth engines. Thanks to these investments, we have made headway related to microorganism, fermentation, separation/purification and other related technologies.
Bio-based chemicals developmentWe are currently producing a 2,3-Butanediol/1,3-Propanediol and continuing to discover market needs for white-bio chemicals in cosmetics, personal care and agriculture sectors.
In addition, research is being conducted to develop biochemicals to respond to the market demand. We will harness our biochemical development technologies to make further advances.
