Established Sebang General Trading Co. (launched waste PCB recycling business)

Designated as a recycling waste contractor for Samsung Electronics Suwon Campus (began waste PCB and IT-equipment resource recovery)

Registered as a partner company for LG Information & Communications (Anyang R&D Center and Gasan Campus)

Developed precious-metal extraction technology for waste mobile phones and electronic scrap

Designated as an official waste-resource contractor for Pantech

Renamed as Recycle Land Korea

Signed disposal contracts for obsolete materials with LG Innotek and LG Electronics

Designated as a partner company for the LG Information & Communications Research Center

Acquired ISO 14001 environmental management system certification

Hanmin Co., Ltd. renamed and registered as an SK hynix partner

Registered as a comprehensive treatment company for general and designated waste

Signed secure waste-shredding contract with Samsung Electronics DS Division

Signed PCB, IT-equipment, and telecommunications-equipment purchase contract for Samsung Electronics Suwon headquarters and all business sites

Awarded the USD 5 Million Export Tower

Certified as a technology-innovative SME (INNO-BIZ) / Recognized as an exemplary taxpayer for eight consecutive years (Mayor of Asan)

Acquired ISO 45001 occupational health and safety certification and NICE technology-competency excellence certification

Completed construction approval for the Yesan smelting facility

Received the Minister’s Award for SME Regulatory Innovation (Ministry of SMEs and Startups)

Awarded the USD 10 Million Export Tower

Established a corporate research institute at the Anseong Plant

Anseong Plant licensed as a comprehensive recycling business

Patent registered for “Transfer Device for Precious-Metal Recovery System”

Received the Environmental Technology Award from the Minister of Environment

Patent registered for “High-Efficiency Recovery Device for Precious-Metal Recovery System”

Awarded the USD 20 Million Export Tower

Commenced operation of the Yesan smelting facility

Corporate split of Hanmin Co., Ltd. into Hanmin Co., Ltd. and Hanmin Ecotech Co., Ltd.

Certified as a specialized materials·parts·equipment company and as a performance-sharing company (Hanmin Co., Ltd. and Hanmin Ecotech Co., Ltd.)

Opened the Hanmin Gold online mall (https://shop-hanmingold.kbshop.kr) and began full-scale B2C operations

Prime Minister’s Commendation for SME Business Innovation

Acquired ISO 27001 information security management system certification and R2 responsible recycling certification

Hanmin Co., Ltd. and Hanmin Ecotech Co., Ltd. both awarded the USD 30 Million Export Tower