The licensor, Kumdo Corporation was founded in South Korea on May 14, 1988.  The President of the company, J. S. Chung led the development and technology of Silane moisture curable crosslinkable polyethylene compound (Silane XLPE) to be used for low voltage power cable insulation in 1990.

 

The brand name “Siloxen” was created by the licensor and Silane XLPE was supplied under this brand name to all of the cable makers in Korea and exported to most Asian countries with 8,000 MT per year. 

 

As a pioneer in the development of this new technology in South Korea, J. S. Chung and Kumdo Corporation then continued to globalize their products worldwide.

 

On November 13, 1998, Kumdo Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) in U.S.A. agreed upon a business deal, devising a preliminary letter of intent (L.O.I.) and confidentiality agreement that UCC would purchase from Kumdo Corporation the assets, including land, building and equipment, product/process technologies, and customer goodwill relating to wire and cable compounds.  However, during the legal proceedings for the letter of intent (L.O.I.), UCC merged into Dow Chemical in U.S.A., therefore causing all proceedings to be suspended.

 

Since January, 2000, Kumdo Corporation moved its production base to Jakarta, Indonesia to create economical efficiency with respect to labor costs and the direct/indirect costs in production.  Kumdo Corporation then joined the production of Silane XLPE compound with Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia located in Jakarta, Indonesia.

 

On February 24, 2000, Kumdo Corporation established KDC Technology & Company in California, U.S.A. as a subsidiary company to develop technologies, processing know how and engineering relating to wire and cable compounds.

 

KDC Technology & Company, in collaboration with the Chemical Engineering Dept. of Chonbuk National University in South Korea, develops cable compounds for low voltage, medium voltage, telecommunication and flame retardant cables.

 

Pursuant to our technology licensing agreements with plant construction on a turn key basis, the following companies produce cable compounds as noted per each item.

 

Technology Licensee

 

Silane XLPE Compound for low voltage power cable insulation

           Kumdo Corporation – South Korea

           Inter Aneka Lestari Kimia – Indonesia

           Specialist Compounding for PE – Saudi Arabia

           Leader-Compound – Russia (on going)

 

Peroxide XLPE Compound for medium voltage power cable insulation

           Leader-Compound – Russia (on going)

 

Semiconductive Compound for medium voltage power cable shield

           Leader-Compound – Russia

           Cable Compounding Establishment – Saudi Arabia

 

On February 15, 2011, KDC Technology & Company established KDC Compounding Technology, Inc. in Seoul, Korea for the purpose of researching and developing new advanced technology in wire and cable compounds that is environmentally friendly. 

 

Recently KDC Compounding Technology, Inc. developed a new advanced technology for Silane XLPE compound which can be produced by a multi-step extrusion.  This company is in the process of registering a patent for the technology of multi-step extrusion.