It was a particularly moving and successful ceremony, which took place last week in Incheon. On the occasion, Yoonwoo officials spared no efforts for this event. The main hall of the Songdo Convensia Convention Centre in Incheon hosted more than a thousand people for a non-stop show that took place during the whole afternoon and part of the evening of November 11th. Moving indeed because, at the image of this unique company, it was team spirit which was single out on that day. Alongside local politicians who came to applaud this success, it is the whole staff of Yonwoo and its main partners abroad like Quadpack and PKG who were given the place of honour by its leaders, and especially its leader, Mr. Joong Hyun Ki.
One of the leading global producers of airless packagings
In 1983, with the creation of an anodizing plant, the man was certainly unaware at the time that he just started what would become, thirty years later, the world’s number one producer of airless packs with a piston. In 1990 he had the idea of starting to manufacture pumps. At the time, they were all imported. Very quickly, demand is was there, and in 1992, he settled into a new factory fully dedicated to the manufacture of these pumps. In 1995 Yonwoo released its first airless pack with a piston. The progression was fast. In 2008 the company was posting a turnover of over USD 72 million, which jumped to USD 95 million the following year, reaching USD 155 million this year. Meanwhile, the number of personnel was increased from 562 in 2009 to 1140 people today. Yonwoo currently accounts for 55% of the Korean market of airless and believes being one of the leading players in the global market.
Main assets of the Korean company, its maximum integration from the production of moulds to injection moulding, including the stamping of metal parts, all the various finishing techniques (coating, metallization, anodizing, hot stamping, screen printing, etc.) and, of course, assembling.
A new production centre for samples
Over the past three years, several new buildings were added to the main production plant in Incheon, one of which, brand new, where has been installed a few weeks ago, a production centre fully dedicated to small production runs of packs, to meet all the test requirements. Representing an investment cost of USD 3.3 million.
One and only watchword in the Korean company, “innovation.” No less than 90 people work at the R&D department.
Airless systems, indeed but also tubes. Because, since 2007, Yonwoo also manufactures plastic and aluminium/plastic tubes. Not to mention also leak-proof make-up cases.
| PKG AND QUADPACK: YONWOO PARTNERS The PKG Group operates as a manufacturer of Plastic and Glass containers. It offers Airless pumps, Tottles, Dip Tube Packages, Compacts, Plastic tubes and Glass packaging. PKG Group LLC was founded in 2001 and is based in Beverly Hills, California. The company has additional offices in Somerset, New Jersey, and New York. 
Shawn Sedeghat, PKG
Tim Eaves, Quadpack
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