[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]With the industrial wave from the late 1960s, the domestic valve manufacturing companies started producing plastic valves with the benefits of the strength against water pressure and possibly opening and closing all types of tanks such as hot water, cool water, chemicals, etc. and reducing the production unit cost to only half. However, there was a limitation that they were developed by joint ventures or technical tie-up with the developed countries.

A-SUNG Co., LTD., (CEO, Hyung Soo Kim, www.asungvalve.com) which is located in the Banwol national industrial complex of Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, was established in 1967. It is the company that developed the plastic valve for the first time in Korea’s plastic piping material market, which was much like a wasteland.

The company has accumulated the related technology for 40 years since its inception; thereby, being currently positioned as the flagship company to represent the industry as producing U-PVC, C-PVC, CLEAN PVC, PP, PVDF valve, pipe, seamed pipe, etc.

The reason that the company has grown consistently in the industry for such a long time amid the fierce competition was that it could have secured outstanding technology and expertise through its generous investment on facilities and endless research and development.

It drew an attention as having developed the plastic valve and piping materials for de-ionized water used in the semiconductor process in 2005 after years of research. These products have been recognized as the better products than the imported products in terms of quality and price from the semiconductor, LCD, PDP, solar power equipment manufacturing companies in both Korea and overseas.

In addition, the company successfully developed the synthetic resin piping materials for sprinkler (heat proof C-PVC), for which it acquired the certification of Korea Institute of Firefighting Industrial Technology, for the first time in Korea, which is currently being utilized widely in the construction sites of the famous apartments and office buildings in Korea.

A-SUNG Co., LTD., established the second factory and the affiliated research center that spans site area of 33,000㎡ in Dangjin, ChoongChungNam-do in 2006 in order to enter the global market through improving the product quality and increasing the productivity amid the global recession.