POSCO
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POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a South Korean steel manufacturer headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of of crude steel in 2015, making it the world's Seventh-largest steelmaker by this measure. In 2010, it was the world's largest steel manufacturing company by market value. Also, in 2024, it was named as the world's 233rd-largest corporation by the Fortune Global 500.
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POSCO, also known as Pohang Iron and Steel, is an active company established in 1968. It is located in Pohang, South Korea. The organization operates within the steel works, blast furnaces, and rolling mills industry, specifically involving coke ovens.
The entity was founded on April 1, 1968, and employs 37,225 people. It trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol PKX. Its fiscal year ends on December 31. The company is also identified by the aliases Pohang Jonghab Jecheol Jusikhoesa.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, SEC EDGAR, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- POSCO
- Company.logo
- POSCO logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.image
- Poscotower07.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 200px
- Company.image_caption
- POSCO Tower, Seoul
- Company.former_name
- 포항종합제철 주식회사 (until 2002)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- (POSCO Holdings Inc.)
- Company.founder
- Park Tae-Joon
- Company.location
- Pohang, South Korea
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- Kim Hak-dong
- Company.industry
- SteelIndustrial manufacturing
- Company.products
- Steel, flat steel products, long steel products, wire products, plates
- Company.revenue
- KRW 75.16 trillion (2021)
- Company.operating_income
- KRW 9.25 trillion (2021)
- Company.net_income
- KRW 7.22 trillion (2021)
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
PKX- Industry
- Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Entity type
- other
- Latest filing
- 6-K · 2026-05-29
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1968
- Location
- Pohang, South Korea
- Also known as
- POSCO, Pohang Jonghab Jecheol Jusikhoesa
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.480377.f · ISNI 0000 0000 9113 9200
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- South Korea
- Founded by
- Park Tae-joon
- Headquarters
- Pohang
- Subsidiary
- POSCO International
- Industry
- iron and steel industry
- Employees
- 37225
- Stock exchange
- Korean Stock Exchange
- Official website
- www.posco.com
Show 4 more facts
- owner of
- FC Pohang Steelers
- inception
- 1968-04-01
- topic's main category
- Category:POSCO
- Commons category
- POSCO
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- 1968–1971
- 1972–1992
- Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
- 1992–1997
- 1997–2000
- 2001–present
- POSCO in India
- POSCO in other developing countries
- Operations
- Head Office
- Pohang and Gwangyang Steelworks
- Subsidiaries
- See also
- References
- External links
POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a South Korean steel manufacturer headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of of crude steel in 2015, making it the world's Seventh-largest steelmaker by this measure. In 2010, it was the world's largest steel manufacturing company by market value. Also, in 2024, it was named as the world's 233rd-largest corporation by the Fortune Global 500.
POSCO currently operates two integrated steel mills in South Korea, in Pohang and Gwangyang. POSCO previously operated a joint venture with U.S. Steel, USS-POSCO Industries, in Pittsburg, California, United States, but U.S. Steel acquired full ownership of the facility in February 2020.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “POSCO” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.