Resource-circulation energy corporations DS Dansuk(017860) are accelerating the expansion of their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) business. They are establishing a new corporation dedicated to the SAF business and are moving in earnest to build large-scale plants and secure a global feedstock supply chain.
DS Dansuk said on the 20th that it has established a new corporation dedicated to the SAF business, "DS Orvion (DS ORVION)."
DS Orvion, a subsidiary of DS Dansuk, will oversee the "Gunsan net-zero complex project" underway at the Gunsan National Industrial Complex in North Jeolla. Based on a site of about 70,000 pyeong (231,881 square meters), it plans to lead overall execution of the business, including constructing an SAF plant, large-scale investments, and technology introduction.
The corporate name "DS Orvion" combines "orbit," meaning an orbital path, and "vision." It expresses the company's direction to set a new standard for the next-generation energy industry through eco-friendly fuels and innovative technologies, embodying the meaning of a "new orbit toward the future."
DS Orvion will flesh out the value chain from securing SAF feedstock to production and will also work to build a global supply chain. Through this, it plans to serve as the control tower overseeing DS Dansuk's SAF business.
SAF is a next-generation aviation fuel that can significantly reduce carbon emissions compared with conventional jet fuel by using bio-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil. As it is cited as a key means of cutting carbon in international aviation, global airlines and refining and energy corporations are ramping up competition to secure the market. The Korean government has designated SAF production technology as a national strategic technology and is fostering it, and starting in 2027 it plans to implement a mandate to blend 1% SAF in international flights departing from Korea.
DS Dansuk laid the groundwork for entering the market by completing SAF pre-treatment feedstock production facilities at its Pyeongtaek Plant 1 in Nov. 2024. Since then, it has continued to diversify its feedstock supply chain and strengthen business competitiveness, and it is expanding related businesses with the goal of producing 300,000 tons of SAF annually by 2030. With the establishment of DS Orvion, it plans to further enhance execution of the SAF business and to detail a business structure that connects feedstock procurement to production and supply.
A DS Dansuk official said, "The establishment of DS Orvion provides an engine to professionally drive investment and business operations in response to the expansion of the domestic and overseas SAF markets," adding, "We will expand the bioenergy capabilities we have accumulated into SAF and gradually flesh out our next-generation energy business portfolio."