Aju Group

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{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=아주그룹|rr=Aju Geurup|mr=Aju Kŭrup}}

Aju Group ({{Korean|hangul=아주그룹}}) is a large South Korean chaebol (conglomerate), offering chemical, industry, logistic, financial, hotel and rental products.{{cite news |title=Aju cements rising ambitions |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |date=June 7, 2010 |url=http://mengnews.joins.com/view.aspx?aId=2921450 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109003629/http://mengnews.joins.com/view.aspx?aId=2921450 |archive-date=9 November 2016}}

History

Aju group started as Aju industries(아주산업) in 1960 as a construction which mainly did business on construction materials.{{cite web | url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/?4169496 | title=[신년사]문규영 아주그룹 회장 "디지털 트랜스포메이션으로 혁신" | date=4 January 2021 }} In the 1960s, Aju helped replace wooden utility poles to concrete ones as part of the government's the "rural distribution of electricity" project.{{cite web | url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/?2872596 | title=고 문태식 아주그룹 명예회장, 국민훈장 동백장 추서 | date=30 December 2016 }} Starting from the 1970s they begin to sell hume pipes. In the 1980s, the company opened Ready-mix concrete factories in Mangu-dong.

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