Kenko Aerospace, $10 Million Paid-in Capital Increase in US Subsidiary... "Expanding Investment in Space Launch Vehicles"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] Kencoa Aerospace is set to make full-scale investments to expand its M&A activities in the U.S. space sector and its space launch vehicle business.

On the 5th, Kencoa Aerospace announced through a public disclosure that it will invest $10 million (approximately 11.3 billion KRW) in its U.S. subsidiary, Kencoa Group.

Kencoa Group plans to use the invested funds to pursue M&A in the U.S. space launch vehicle market, accelerating the expansion of its space business alongside its existing contracted projects. It is expected to achieve synergy effects and rapid business growth with Kencoa USA, which is already engaged in the space launch vehicle business.

Additionally, Kencoa USA will also expand its facilities through a capital increase. As it participates in the space launch vehicle business and next-generation rocket engine projects, handling parts production, the expansion of production facilities is expected to lead to rapid performance growth.

The Aerospace Corporation and Morgan Stanley forecast that the global private space industry market will grow more than 3.6 times from $300 billion (approximately 341 trillion KRW) in 2013 to $1.1 trillion (approximately 1,251 trillion KRW) by 2040. Among this, the space launch vehicle market is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 15.7%, reaching $32.4 billion (approximately 36.7 trillion KRW) by 2027.

A company official stated, “Space launch vehicles are expanding from low Earth orbit and geostationary satellites to lunar exploration and deep space areas, serving as the infrastructure industry that underpins all space industries and showing the greatest performance growth. Kencoa USA is already conducting space launch vehicle projects with NASA as well as the world’s largest private space companies, so we decided to expand production facilities to secure additional orders.”

He added, “By expanding production facilities to grow the space launch vehicle business and pursuing M&A related to space businesses that can create synergy, we plan to actively expand our space business.”

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