[Conference Call] Lotte Chemical "Building Korea's Largest Compound Plant...Annual Capacity of 500,000 Tons"

Lotte Chemical said during its earnings conference call for the fourth quarter of last year on February 4, 2026, "The Yulchon compound plant is being built as the largest single compound plant in Korea to strengthen competitiveness as a global specialty materials production company. Currently, 11 lines are in operation. We added 5 new lines in October last year, and 6 relocated lines have been operating since January this year," adding, "We plan to relocate all 23 lines by the end of this year, and in the second half, a compound plant with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons will be completed."

The company continued, "In the Advanced Materials division, annual sales volume is 1.4 million tons, and we are planning 1 million tons of this as genuinely high value-added compound products. We expect total sales to be around 2 trillion won, and we see the operating margin in the range of 5% to 10%."

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