Hanwha

Hanwha is a South Korean company with headquarters in Seoul.

Hanwha is one of the largest companies in South Korea and is structured as chaebol. Hanwha was established in 1952. Chairman Kim Seung -yeon is. The company operates in several business areas: Chemicals, armor, insurance, logistics, telecommunications, shipbuilding and construction.

Hanwha has, among other things, the Seoul Plaza Hotel and other resorts in Pusan ​​and Jeju -si. At Hanwha also includes the shopping center, The Galleria in Seoul.

Hanwha is further owner of South Korea's Hanwha Eagles baseball crew.

End of August 2012 it was announced that Hanwha wants to take over the German solar company Q-Cells. The purchase contract must still approve the Federal Cartel Office.

Once agreed Hanwha took over with effect from October 16 2012 big parts of the business of Q -Cells SE and brought them into a newly formed company named Hanwha Q-Cells. The transaction included the site in Bitterfeld -Wolfen with research, development and production, the production site in Malaysia and the sales companies in the U.S., Japan and Australia. Be further Employing approximately 1,300 of the approximately 1,500 employees worldwide.

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