KCM Industry Co., Ltd.
About
About KCM Industry Co., Ltd.
KCM Industry was established in 2021 and manufactures NdFeB magnetic powder at its headquarters in Gunsan, South Korea. Regulatory filings describe multiple powder grades with different magnetic characteristics and identify rare-earth NdPr oxide as the principal raw material. The company reported annual production capacity of approximately 192 tonnes in its latest filing.
KCM sits upstream of permanent-magnet manufacturers rather than making the complete motors or robots that use those magnets. Filings record repeated sales of NdFeB 14-12 powder to NS World, including transactions during 2025. The existing KCM-to-NS World material-supply edge is retained at that exact powder scope, without inferring other customers from general end-market descriptions.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- NS World Co., Ltd.
Outbound - materials and robotics supply chain - KCM Industry supplies NdFeB 14-12 powder to NS World for its magnet business
Source
Team
- Lee Chang Bae - Chief Executive Officer - Current company leadership.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-01-05 - Acquisition - Evolution Metals completes acquisition of NS World and KCM Industry
NS World produces bonded magnets from NdPr alloy; KCM manufactures NdFeB powder for permanent magnets. The group’s preliminary accounting recorded consideration of US$12.006 million for NS World and US$12.421 million for KCM. The same roll-up included Handa Lab and KMMI, combining monitoring technology with magnet and critical-materials businesses.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Evolution Metals & Technologies
Indirect Group Subsidiary - KCM Industry became part of Evolution Metals & Technologies through Evolution Metals LLC’s acquisition of all voting equity on 5 January 2026.
Context
Comparable profiles
- China Rare Earth Group
comparable profile - Robotics Material Chemical Supplier
- China Northern Rare Earth
comparable profile - Robotics Material Chemical Supplier
- Shanghai PRET Composites
stack adjacency - Material Component Supplier
- Baowu Magnesium
stack adjacency - Material Component Supplier
Shared workflows
- Hi-Q MAG Co., Ltd.
workflow adjacency - Robotics Material Supply
- SeAH Besteel
workflow adjacency - Robotics Material Supply
- JS Link
workflow adjacency - Robotics Material Supply
Context tags
- Material component supplier - Stack Layer - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866226/000121390026097822/ea0304499-01.htm — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run07.
- Robotics material and chemical supplier - Peer Group - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866226/000121390026097822/ea0304499-01.htm — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run07.
- Robotics material supply - Workflow - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866226/000121390026097822/ea0304499-01.htm — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run07.
- Advanced material supply - Workflow - https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866226/000121390026097822/ea0304499-01.htm — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run07.