Omnicote, which produces high value-added products based on metal surface dry laser printing technology, has attracted Pre-A investment. POSTECH Holdings participated in this investment, and the investment amount was not disclosed.
Omnicote is a company established as an in-house venture of POSCO, and was founded by CEO Park Soon-hong, who holds a doctorate in new materials engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology and has over 22 years of experience at POSCO. The company develops metal surface dry laser printing technology and produces color steel sheets used for building interior and exterior materials and premium home appliances.
The existing liquid printing method causes various problems such as ink droplets forming on the metal surface, nozzle clogging due to high binder content, discoloration, etc., and time loss and reduction in detail due to solvent drying have also been pointed out as problems. To solve this, Omnicote developed a metal surface dry laser printing technology that adopts a method of applying static electricity to metal materials and solid powder toner instead of liquid printing, and then fixing them with transfer and heat.
Kim Jae-hyun, an auditor at POSTECH Holdings, said, “Omnicote’s technology can be utilized in various fields, and its potential is particularly high as it has undergone technological verification in POSCO Steelion’s semi-mass production line.” He added, “This technology has great growth potential as it can be expanded beyond steel plate printing to various fields, such as the development of secondary battery dry electrode technology and coating of nuclear radioactive waste transport containers.”
Omnicot CEO Park Soon-hong said, “We expect that the investment from POSTECH Holdings will be of great help not only in existing fields including color steel plates, but also in advancing into the fields of nuclear transport containers and secondary battery dry electrodes.”
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