Our Heritage
Drives Our Progress

TCC Steel continues to innovate and challenge itself, advancing beyond its first-in-the-industry achievements to strive for excellence as a global leader in surface-treated steel industry.

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  • 1959
  • 1962
  • 1974
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1994
  • 2001
  • 2003
  • 2009
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2017
  • 2023

Company founded as Dongyang Tinplate

Pioneered Tinplate in Korea

Launched Tin-Free Steel (TFS)

Establishment of Wooseok Cultural Foundation

Factory relocated to Pohang, Korea

Listed on the Korea Stock Exchange

Launched Copper-Plated Steel (CPS)

Established R&D Center

Exported manufacturing facilitiy to Siam Tinplate, Thailand

Established Ohio Coatings Company in the US

Introduced Nickel-Plated Steel (NPS)

Rebranded as TCC STEEL

Commercialized NPS for secondary battery applications (18650)

Completion of the NPS continuous annealing line (CAL)

Presidential Award at the National Quality Management Convention

Awarded "$200 Million Export Tower"

Development of Super-Tin, high-corrosion-resistant tin-plated steel sheets

Chairman Bong-rak, Son awarded the Silver Tower Industrial Order

Surpassed 10 million tons cumulative production

Commissioned new NPS production plant

1959

Company founded as Dongyang Tinplate

1962

Pioneered Tinplate in Korea

1974

Launched Tin-Free Steel (TFS)

1976

Establishment of Wooseok Cultural Foundation

1977

Factory relocated to Pohang, Korea

1984

Listed on the Korea Stock Exchange

1985

Launched Copper-Plated Steel (CPS)

1988

Established R&D Center

1992

Exported manufacturing facilitiy to Siam Tinplate, Thailand

1994

Established Ohio Coatings Company in the US

2001

Introduced Nickel-Plated Steel (NPS)

2003

Rebranded as TCC STEEL

2009

Commercialized NPS for secondary battery applications (18650)

2011

Completion of the NPS continuous annealing line (CAL)

Presidential Award at the National Quality Management Convention

2012

Awarded "$200 Million Export Tower"

2014

Development of Super-Tin, high-corrosion-resistant tin-plated steel sheets

2017

Chairman Bong-rak, Son awarded the Silver Tower Industrial Order

2023

Surpassed 10 million tons cumulative production

Commissioned new NPS production plant