Dongkuk Steel acquires additional international certification for US Environmental Product Declarations
by Choi Seoyoon
Published 17 Apr.2023 10:59(KST)
"Enhancing Eco-friendly Competitiveness"
Dongkuk Steel Luxsteel and coated steel sheets have obtained Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification from UL, a global safety and environmental organization in the United States.
The international standard Environmental Product Declaration certifications are mainly represented by International EPD in Europe and UL EPD in the United States. These certifications are granted to products that quantify and disclose the environmental impact throughout the entire process, from raw material extraction to production, distribution, use, and disposal.
Dongkuk Steel completed the International EPD certification for Luxsteel and coated steel sheets (GI, GL) in Europe last December, and with the recent acquisition of UL EPD, it has enhanced its competitiveness in exporting eco-friendly steel products. UL is a global safety and environmental certification organization based in the United States. It is highly regarded for its credibility, possessing 230 testing and certification bodies worldwide and over 1,600 environmental, safety, and security certification standards.
Luxsteel and coated steel sheets account for more than half of Dongkuk Steel’s annual export sales in the cold-rolled steel sector. In March, Dongkuk Steel established its second coil center in Mexico. With the acquisition of UL EPD, it is expected that the competitiveness of color steel sheet exports in the Americas will improve.
In November 2021, Dongkuk Steel obtained GR certification (certification for the use of domestically recycled raw materials) for rebar and shaped steel products at its Incheon and Pohang plants from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s National Institute of Technology and Standards, and it continues to expand the scope of this certification. Dongkuk Steel plans to pursue Environmental Product Declaration certification for all products across all its factories in the future.
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