Dong Yang A.K Korea.CO.,LTD

Company Profile

AK Corporation Co., Ltd, headquartered in Se-jong City, South Korea, was established in 2003, and is operating three manufacturing factories - one cast house and two extrusion factories - and has four domestic branches/warehouses in Seoul, Bu-san, Se-jong and Hwa-sung City. Since its foundation year, AK Corporation is pursuing a global innovation with multi-material solutions that has qualified performance and highest customer satisfaction. AK Corporation is manufacturing high purity aluminum products with state-of-the-art-equipment and advanced technology. In 2014, AK Corporation was selected as a Korea Industry Partner of a Global Hawk Offset Project 12 - Aerospace-grade cast house production technology and jumbo billet/slab casting capability offset project - and could establish a cast house and received a technology from the U.S.A. By acquiring a technology from this project, AK is now able to manufacture the products - 1xxx ~ 7xxx alloys (e.g. AA1060, AA2014, AA2024, AA2219, AA2618, AA3003, AA4007, AA5083, AA5052, AA6061, AA6063, AA6082, AA7075, AA7050, AA7001, AA7021 etc.) for 5”, 6”, 7”, 8”, 10”, 13”, 15”, 26”, 32” and 41.7” billets and 520mm x 1,620 and 700mm x 2,400mm slabs for automotive, industrial, aerospace and defense applications. In AK's cast house, there are two Melting Furnaces (30Ton and 40Ton), a Cast Line by using a Liquid Aluminum Refining System with three graphite rotors that removes physical, chemical, metallurgical inclusions/impurities to produce aerospace grade billets and slabs, two 50Ton Homogenizing Furnaces, five Band saws for billets and slabs, Lathes, a Milling Machine, a Sanding Machine, a Leveler, a Stress Relieving System, a 5Ton Vertical Solution Heat treatment Furnace and also has different types of testers. The annual production capacity of this cast house is 50,000Ton.
AK owns five extruders - 5" 2200Ton (Direct Type), 13" 4300Ton (Direct Type), 8" 2600Ton (Direct Type), 8" 2600Ton (Double Action Type) and 7" 2300Ton (Direct Type) - in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd factories, and can manufacture 1xxx ~ 7xxx extruded products for round bars, square bars, flat bars, hexa bars, tubes and profiles as per customers' request such as Alscan and PoDFA to control and inspect the inclusions and hydrogen gas. In AK's extrusion facilities, there are two solution heat treatment furnaces, four aging furnaces and six stretchers to meet customers' needs and requests. The annual production capacity of a extrusion facilities is 25,000Ton.
AK acquired the certificates of ISO9001, ISO14001, AS9100, IATF16949, NADCAP-UT and completed the QPL Registration for Aluminum Extrusions of Aerospace Grade by Partner Approval of Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.
With the computerized system of the facility, the numbered data are as follow: average grain size 20 ~ 45(µm), Hydrogen below 0.11cc/100gr Al, Alkali Salt below 1ppm and has a capability to satisfy the Class A, AA and AAA of Ultrasonic Quality.
AK’s nation-wide customers indicated their utmost satisfaction for the in-time, and now, we are targeting wider customer groups with world-wide partners. We exported our products in Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, Japan and other countries, and many of potential customers have toured our facilities to work with us for mutual success

Company History

May, 2020 Acquired the approval of the cooperative model project of the Competitiveness Committee to secure 100 core strategic technologies for materials
April, 2019 Selected as a global small and medium-sized venture company
December, 2018 Exclusive license for aerospace/defense aluminum production/sale issued and acquired by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration
December, 2017 Nondestructive testing (NDT) special process certification
March, 2016 Completed aluminum alloy raw material foundry factory for aerospace business (in Sejong City Myeonghak Industrial Complex)
February, 2015 Designated as a root technology company (No. 150505-0010)
April, 2015 ISO/TS 16949: 2009 recertification
May, 2015 Expanded and moved to Gunpo factory in Seoul office (purchased approximately 437.5 pyeong of land)
September, 2015 Acquired AS9100 Aerospace Certification
December, 2015 Certified as a family-friendly company by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (No. 2015-84)
October, 2015 Management innovation type small and medium business confirmation (MAIN-BIZ)
May, 2014 Selected as KIP (Korea Industry Partner) by the Ministry of Defense and Business Administration
December, 2014 President of the 18th Women's Businesswomen's Day President's Industrial Award (Industrial Packaging No. 8299)
September, 2014 Aviation Al alloy manufacturing business-Korea Development Bank 2.5 billion
September, 2014 Aerospace and defense industry
July, 2014 Myeonghak Industrial Complex approved for pre-sale selection (approximately 8
April, 2013 Acquired ISO 9001: 2008 (434311 QM08)
September, 2013 Confirmed as a technologically innovative SME (INNO-BIZ)
August, 2013 Patent application for aluminum or aluminum alloy extrusion material containing carbon (Patent No. 10-1301624)
September, 2012 Acquired Korean Industrial Standard Labeling Certificate KS (No. 12-1507)
May, 2012 Acquired ISO/TS 16949:2009 (434311 TS09)
June, 2011 Established a subsidiary of MK Korea Co.
July, 2011 Designated as a component material specialized company (Ministry of Knowledge Economy)
February, 2011 Merger and acquisition of Dongyang A.K Korea (Seoul Corporation)
July, 2009 Applied for a patent for a thermostat at the exit of an extruder (Patent-2009-0099879)
October, 2009 Expanded 2
March, 2008 Company affiliated research center establishment certification (No. 20084196)
July, 2007 Established the 2nd factory (in the Nojang Industrial Complex)
January, 2005 Acquired Korean Industrial Standard Labeling Certificate KS (No. 05-0042)
January, 2003 Established companies

Factory / Branch Office

Dong Yang A.K Korea.CO.,LTD (www.akglobal.net)

  • The person in charge

    Jeongyeol Seo
  • Telephone

    82-1036383727
  • Fax

    -
  • Address

    47 Wonhapgang 1-gil, Yeondong-myeon, Sejong-si (30067)
Business Type Manufacturer
Main Product Aluminium Large Jumbo Billet and Slab for Aircraft and Defense or Extruded product using Aircraft and Defense and Semi conductor and Display module
Established 2003-01-29
Total Annual Revenue More than 10 billion (KRW)
Total Employees 101~500 people