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
Polymer · PP Compounds · Lubricants R&D
GS Caltex R&D Center is actively developing differentiated products and providing technical support to customers to strengthen the mixed feed cracker (MFC), our olefin production facility, and low-carbon businesses, which will serve as future growth engines.
Polymer Product Development GS Caltex R&D Center is developing technologies to transform olefins manufactured at our mixed feed cracker (MFC) facility into polymer products tailored to meet customer needs. We are developing polymer products for a wide range of applications using PE/PP, including film and pipe.
PP Compound Product Development GS Caltex R&D Center is conducting research to improve and impart physical properties such as strength, rigidity, chemical resistance, and heat resistance by blending various materials, including PP. PP compounds are used across a range of industries, primarily automotive parts and home appliances, as well as construction materials and cosmetic packaging. This technological expertise has been recognized with awards, including the prestigious Jang Yeong-sil Award.
Waste Plastic Recycling GS Caltex R&D Center is researching waste plastic recycling to drive sustainable, profitable growth in the low-carbon business sector. In particular, we are focused on producing products through mechanical recycling.
Lubricant Product Development GS Caltex R&D Center is developing high-performance lubricant products in response to a rapidly changing business environment and evolving customer needs. Our next-generation lubricant solutions improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and extend the life of automotive and industrial equipment. We are also focused on securing lubricant technologies optimized for electrification and emerging industries to strengthen GS Caltex's leadership in the eco-friendly, low-carbon era.
