(Untitle)● Trast export to Saudi Arabia
SK Chemical (CEO and vice chairman Kim Chang Geun)’s Trast, the world first anti-inflammatory patch, advances into Saudi Arabia market.
SK Chemical announced that they made a sales agreement with Saudi S.C.P (Saudi Center for Pharmaceuticals ) for the sale of ‘Trast’, and finished the first shipment on the 17th.
This contract demonstrated that Trast, medical polyurethane of artificial skin patch, is efficient even in the hot weather contrary to the current view that patch type is not appropriate to the hot weather.
To meet the local purchase character that prefers ‘brand’ of products, it uses brand name Trast, the no. 1 brand power in Korea. It is another case that our excellent brand is acknowledged in overseas.
Currently, the anti-inflammatory market in Saudi has a size of 170 billion won annually. It has increased over 10% annually. Starting from $200,000 this year, SK Chemical plans to achieve $400,000 in 2012 and to spread out to the entire Middle East from 2014 onward.
SK Chemical exported Omed in 1999 for the first in the EU market, and expanded its market to the EU, South America, the Middle East, South East Asia and Australia.
