[major news, industry/business] 2001.07.26 (Thurs.) 15:18SK group announced on Thursday that it earned 80 billion won so far this year through the commercialization of intangible assets such as exporting plant operation technology.Among its subsidiaries, SK Chemical has recently exported its DMT (the base material for polyester fabrics and films) production technology to FIPCO of Iran at 8.35 million dollars.This technology helps to increase the production through the efficiency of the process without expanding plant facilities.Also, SK Shinsegi Telecom exported the CDMA (code division multiple access) optimization technology to KDDI, the second biggest mobile telecommunication company in Japan, at 1 million dollars a year.SK Corp., too, has developed the “coking inhibitor system” that can greatly decrease coke (the carbonaceous waste) from various petrochemical processes, and transferred its sales right to BDD (BetzDearborn Inc.) of the U.S.A., the second largest process chemicals manufacturing company in the world, under the condition that 45~62% of sales through this technology would be paid as royalty.SK Corp. is looking forward to earn as much as 150 billion won a year in 2005 for its technology fee.A SK authority said, "all subsidiaries have extended “the commercialization of intangible assets” strategies since last 1998" and "intangible assets such as the plant operation know-how is internationally recognized."Chey, Tae Won, the chairman of SK Corp., visited its Ulsan plant on the same day and emphasized, "if factories in the past were “cost centers”, it should be changed to “idea centers” now."In particular, "the spatial concept of the plant should be changed to a place to investigate the utilization plans of technological know-how," he added.