Company Overview#
Daedong Industrial is a Korean manufacturer founded in 2018 and based in Asan, South Chungcheong. Its established business is plastic injection molding and the assembly of automotive interior parts for Hyundai and Kia supply chains, along with some electronic components.
In 2025 the company developed a new product line called BCS (Bio-based Carbon Storage), an eco-friendly permeable paving block. Daedong is now looking for European partners to validate, license, and produce this material locally.
Technology & Product#
- Automotive plastic parts (core): Injection molding and assembly of interior parts such as console lamp components, armrest boards, cup holders, and trays, supplied into Hyundai and Kia model programs.
- Electronic components: Injection parts including Smart IC Reels for electronics customers.
- BCS (Bio-based Carbon Storage) permeable block: An eco-friendly permeable sidewalk block (BCS Block, Permeable 60T, 100 × 200 × 60 mm) that stores carbon in its material structure by replacing virgin raw materials. Compared with cement-based blocks, it adds rainwater infiltration and groundwater recharge, reduces urban surface runoff, and releases heat faster to lessen the heat-island effect.
Market & Use Cases#
Daedong’s automotive parts serve Hyundai and Kia model programs through Tier suppliers such as Placo, Daeju Precision, Hyundai Industrial, and ITW Automotive Korea. This side of the business is a stable, revenue-generating manufacturing base.
The BCS block targets a different market: municipalities, construction-material manufacturers, paving-block suppliers, and low-carbon building projects that need permeable, carbon-storing pavement. Practical pilot settings include pedestrian paths, green infrastructure, and urban areas exposed to heavy rainfall or heat-island effects.
Traction & References#
- Daedong supplies injection-molded automotive interior parts for Hyundai and Kia model programs, with assembly and mass-production lines registered with Tier suppliers including ITW Automotive Korea.
- It holds a Korean patent for its eco-friendly permeable pavement block (KR 10-2996164), registered in 2026.
- The BCS Permeable 60T block carries a Korean Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), valid 26 Jan 2026 – 25 Jan 2029, with a measured footprint of about 0.730 kg CO₂-eq per block.
- The company moved into its own factory in Asan in 2024.
Collaboration Relevance#
For the BCS product, Daedong prefers local production, licensing, technology cooperation, or joint market validation over export alone, given the weight and carbon footprint of construction materials. Relevant partners include European construction-material manufacturers, paving-block suppliers, building-materials and DIY distributors, circular-construction firms, municipalities for pilot sites, and research institutes for EU LCA and EN/DIN standards work.
A pilot could start with a joint review of test reports and a small municipal demo site, then move toward licensed local production. The company also sees joint-development potential in interior finishing, farm trays, buoys, and bicycle or motorbike parts. For Korea-Europe collaboration, the BCS block fits EU priorities on urban water management, climate adaptation, and low-carbon construction materials.