Airrain Expands Junggongsa Production Line... Doubles Production Capacity

Airrain, the only domestic company specializing in gas separation membrane solutions (CEO Ha Sung-yong), announced on the 22nd that it has significantly expanded its hollow fiber production line at its headquarters in Ochang, Chungbuk, doubling its production capacity compared to before.

This expansion is a strategic investment by the company to greatly increase the production volume of hollow fibers, a core material in the gas separation membrane manufacturing process. Airrain has completed the additional expansion of the hollow fiber production line in Building 3 at its Ochang headquarters, enabling it to double its annual module production capacity. The pilot production has been completed, and full-scale mass production is scheduled to begin in February. Furthermore, the volume produced from this expansion has already been fully ordered, and inquiries from major overseas ship equipment companies are flooding in, with plans for further expansion in the future.

Airrain’s increase in production capacity is analyzed as a response to the rapidly growing global customer demand. In particular, hollow fibers play a key role as a core material in Airrain’s gas separation membrane manufacturing process. The gas separation membranes developed and manufactured by the company consist of modules made up of hundreds of thousands of hollow fibers about the thickness of a human hair, allowing gases to pass through and selectively separate target gases at high concentrations with high efficiency. Through this production line expansion, Airrain is focusing on enhancing manufacturing efficiency and strengthening the foundation to meet the diverse demands of global customers.

As technology development for achieving carbon neutrality and the expansion of eco-friendly energy accelerate worldwide, demand for gas separation membranes is rapidly increasing. In line with these market changes, Airrain is swiftly responding to customer orders and continuing strategic efforts to expand market share. In particular, this hollow fiber production line expansion is expected to secure a stable supply base for hollow fibers, a core material in the gas separation membrane manufacturing process, and significantly improve production efficiency and quality.

Currently, Airrain is leading the market by proactively developing essential gas separation membrane technologies in promising new growth areas such as biogas purification, carbon dioxide capture (CCUS), and hydrogen energy storage and transportation, based on its stable cash cow of nitrogen generation gas separation membranes. These technologies have achieved tangible results in biogas upgrading plants and CCUS projects, and by actively pursuing a SPEC-IN strategy through partnerships with leading domestic companies, Airrain is accelerating its domestic market dominance and continuous demand creation.

Ha Sung-yong, CEO of Airrain, stated, “This expansion is a strategic investment for the company’s sustainable growth to flexibly respond to the rapidly changing market environment and strengthen competitiveness. As the importance of gas separation membranes grows amid the trends of carbon neutrality and renewable energy expansion, we will enhance production efficiency and market responsiveness through continuous investment and technological development to leap forward as a TOP 3 global gas separation membrane company.”