SK ecoplant

{{Short description|South Korean renewable energy company}}

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| name = SK ecoplant Co., Ltd.

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| native_name = 에스케이에코플랜트 주식회사

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| type = Public

| traded_as = {{kse|003340}}

| industry = Renewable energy industry

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1962|02|21}}

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| hq_location_city = Seoul

| hq_location_country = South Korea

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| products = Solar panels, offshore wind power structures

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| num_employees = 533

| num_employees_year = 2022

| parent = SK Group

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| website = {{url|https://www.skecoplant.com/}}

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SK ecoplant ({{korean|hangul=SK에코플랜트}}) is an environmental and energy company affiliated with the SK Group, established in 1962 in South Korea.

History

The SK Ecoplant was founded in 1962 as Hyupwoo Industry ({{Korean|labels=no|협우산업}}). It was later acquired by Seonkyung Group in 1977 and its name changed to Seonkyung Construction ({{Korean|labels=no|선경종합건설}}), and then to SK Construction ({{Korean|labels=no|SK건설}}) in 1984.{{Cite news |date=18 May 2022 |title=SK에코플랜트, 환경·에너지로 '영토확장'…내년 상장 추진 |url=https://www.hankyung.com/article/2022051836951 |publisher=The Korea Economic Daily}}

Since then, the company has acquired several environmental management companies, including waste incineration and landfill, and in February 2022, it acquired TES, a Singapore-based electrical and electronic waste management company.{{Cite news |date=21 February 2022 |title=SK에코플랜트, 전기전자 폐기물 기업 ‘테스(TES)’ 인수 |url=https://biz.chosun.com/real_estate/real_estate_general/2022/02/21/CX3TBF253BFLVHC4GEOYUN4QV4/ |publisher=Chosun Biz}} In November 2021, It acquired Samkang M&T ({{Korean|labels=no|삼강엔앰티}}), a shipbuilding and equipment company that had been manufacturing offshore wind power plants since the early 2010s, and incorporated it as a subsidiary, and in January 2023, the company changed its name to SK Oceanplant.{{Cite news |date=27 November 2021 |title=SK에코플랜트, 삼강엠앤티 전격 인수 |url=https://www.hankyung.com/article/2021111762241 |work=The Korea Economic Daily |publisher=}}{{Cite news |date=1 February 2023 |title=삼강엠앤티, SK오션플랜트로 사명 변경해 새 출발 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20230201030100003 |work=Yonhap News |publisher=}}

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