SINCE 1969
History of endeavor shaping the future by taking the right path
19691979Identified the value
of the seas
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1969. 04Established Dongwon Industries
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1973. 02First overseas base built in
Tema Harbor in Republic of Ghana, Africa
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1976. 11Established Dongwon Cold
Storage Co., Ltd.
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1979. 01Established Orion Optics Co.,
Ltd.
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1979. 01Introduced Korea’s first
helicopter-equipped purse seine fishing vessel
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1979. 07Established the Dongwon
Education Foundation
19811989Proposed
a new value
of food culture
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1981. 11Established Dongwon Food Co.,
Ltd.
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1982. 05Acquired Hanshin Securities
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1982. 11Launched first canned tuna
product in Korea
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1986. 02Completed construction of
Seongnam factory (fish cake production)
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1986. 03Selected as official supplier
for the '86 Seoul Asian Games and '88 Seoul Olympic
Games
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1986. 12Completed construction of
Changwon factory (canned tuna production)
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1987. 11Established Dongil Frozen Food
Co., Ltd.
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1989. 03Dongwon Industries listed on
the Korea Stock Exchange
19911999Overcame crisis
through innovation
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1993. 06Completed construction of
Dongwon new headquarters building in Yangjae-dong
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1993. 07Held 3S Management Innovation
Convention to overcome the Asian Financial Crisis
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1995. 05Completed construction of
Gwangju factory (drinks production)
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1996. 04Officially launched Dongwon
Group
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1996. 07Completed construction of
Jincheon factory (Kimchi and processed meat
production)
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1997. 02Founded Korea-Japan joint
venture logistics firm RESKO
20002007Reborn as
a company needed
by society
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2000. 11Founded Dongwon F&B (Dongwon
Industries’ food business division spinoff)
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2001. 04Dongwon Group established
Dongwon Enterprise holding company
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2001. 10Acquired FS division of 63 City
and changed company name to Dongwon Home Food
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2003. 01Separated financial
subsidiaries and spun off Dongwon Financial Holdings
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2003. 04Established Dongwon Wineplus
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2005. 07Acquired DM Food
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2006. 09Acquired Haitai Dairy
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2007. 02Acquired Samjo Celltec and TSQ
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2007. 07Opened Dongwon Leaders Academy
20082022Spread wings
to the world towards
the future
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2008. 04Acquired the U.S. No.1 tuna
brand StarKist
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2010. 02Completed construction of
Dongwon F&B’s Cheonan factory
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2013. 10Completed construction of
Senegal-based S.C.A SA factory
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2014. 03Dongwon F&B merged with Dongwon
Dairy Food / Dongwon Home Food merged with Samjo
Celltech
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2014. 05Dongwon Home Food constructed
seasoning product factory in Weihai, China
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2014. 10Dongwon Systems acquired
'Ardagh Samoa Inc.' (current Talofa Systems)
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2014. 10Acquired Techpack Solutions
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2015. 09Dongwon Systems acquired
Vietnam packaging material company TTP, MVP
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2017. 02Dongwon Industries, acquired
Dongbu Express
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2017. 03Acauired Trust tower building
(Dongwon F&B building)
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2017. 04Dongwon Home Food, acquired
Doosan feed
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2018. 03Dongwon Systems constructed
packaging facility in Bac Ninh, Vietnam
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2018. 04Dongwon Loex opened Cold
Storage
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2018. 11Dongwon Industries, acquired
BIDC
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2019. 04Dongwon Group’s 50th
anniversary
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2019. 10Dongwon Industries established
Hanyang University AI Solution Center
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2019. 10Dongwon Home Food opened
Chungju Smart Factory
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2019. 10Dongwon Systems entered the
aseptic-filling beverage business
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2019. 10Dongwon Industries acquired MSC
fishing certification for the first time in Korea as
well as ASC, CoC certification.
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2020. 08Dongwon Industries entered the
land salmon farming business to secure sustainable
fishery resources
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2020. 12 Honorary Chairman Kim Jae-chul
donated KRW 50 billion to KAIST to foster AI talent
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2021. 12
Expansion of business area in the livestock industry
to leap forward as a Total Protein Provider
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2022. 02
Dongwon Industries was selected as one of Korea's
Most Admired Companies in KMAC 2022 (ranked no.1 for
8 consecutive years in the fishery business)
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2022. 11
Dongwon Industries merged with Dongwon Enterprise
