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Making life delicious

Haekang Corporation pursues healthy and reliable food, with your life in mind.

Overview

Haekang is always close to everyday life

Since its establishment in 1996, Haekang Corporation has been a seafood specialist that manufactures, repackages and distributes fresh seafood, centered on dried fish. We put hygiene first, answer customers' needs with quality, price and service, and expand our global network to ensure a stable supply, building an ever more trusted 'Haedong Changa' brand.

Going forward, we will provide the value of Healthy Safety & Healthy Convenience in seafood and processed seafood.

CEO Kim Hae-dong

Dried anchovy

At a glance

Haekang at a glance

Company
Haekang Corporation
Brand
Haedong Changa (Healthy Seafood)
CEO
Kim Hae-dong
Established
1996.06.20
HQ & factory
435, Cheongbaengni-ro, Baeksa-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea (relocated 2022.11)
Site & buildings
Site 10,343㎡ · buildings 1,980㎡ (company-owned)
Business type
Dried seafood manufacturing and repackaging
Core business
Dried anchovy and fish manufacturing · department stores and hypermarkets · home shopping and online · foodservice distribution · export
Capacity
Anchovy processing 350 tons / solid broth 480 tons (monthly; company data)
Key equipment
Metal detectors NFMS-600 (4) · plasma sterilizer FKC-20TH (1) · optical sorter OPTIMUM SORTING FOCUS (1)
Contact
TEL +82-31-638-4282 · hk2754@hae-kang.com

Business

What we do

Department stores & hypermarkets

Trusted for many years by major domestic retailers for high quality and reasonable prices.

Home shopping & online

Know-how in planning and producing broadcasts for TV home shopping channels such as Gongyeong Shopping, and for online malls.

Foodservice distribution

We supply major foodservice companies including ORGA Whole Foods, Hyundai Green Food, CJ Freshway, Pulmuone, Nature Dream, Mega Mart and Dongwon Home Food.

Export

Processed seafood centered on anchovy is exported to the USA, Australia, New Zealand and more, meeting each country's standards.

Haedong Changa logo

The 'Haedong Changa Brand Logo' combines a circle symbolizing the wide, clean blue sea with a stylized fresh silvery fish, expressing our care for customers' health on the basis of a consistent corporate image and trust.

Brand

Haedong Changa

Healthy Seafood

  • Cooling-Dry & fresh-catch boiling: the genuine taste of fresh anchovy, neither salty nor fishy
  • Sourcing, processing and supply: a wide range of fresh seafood, including anchovy and dried fish
  • Various sizes of packaging and gift sets
  • State-of-the-art hygiene system: air shower, optical sorter, metal detector, plasma sterilizer

History

Company history

Key milestones since our founding in 1996. Red years mark certification, export and award milestones.

  1. 1996.06Company established as Haekang Corporation
  2. 1996.06Entered Lotte Department Store
  3. 2001.09Entered Lotte.com
  4. 2004.03Entered C/S Distribution Good Morning Mart
  5. 2004.08Obtained an imported food sales business license
  6. 2004.12Entered Homeplus
  7. 2006.06Entered GS Home Shopping and CJ Home Shopping
  8. 2009.03Expanded and relocated headquarters (Yujeong-ri, Docheok-myeon, Gonjiam)
  9. 2012.03Entered E-Mart Everyday, Foodmus, and ORGA Whole Foods (PB & NB)
  10. 2012.12Registered on the US FDA Green List
  11. 2013.01Korea's first export to the US (East & West Coasts)
  12. 2013.10Entered Hyundai Green Food
  13. 2015.07Entered Gongyeong Shopping and launched broadcast products
  14. 2017.07Expanded Lotte Department Store presence to the main store and other branches
  15. 2018.08Expanded overseas export markets (USA, Australia, New Zealand, etc.)
  16. 2019.04Entered Shinsegae Food, Nonghyup Hanaro Distribution, and the main store plus 8 other branches of Lotte Department Store
  17. 2021.01Launched the health functional food "Baeknyeon Dunoe PS"
  18. 2021.03Entered CJ Freshway
  19. 2021.05Began producing live-commerce content in-house (Gongyeong, K Shopping, Lotte 100)
  20. 2021.08Established a dedicated R&D department
  21. 2022.08R&D department recognized by KOITA
  22. 2022.11Expanded and relocated headquarters to Icheon · HACCP certified
  23. 2023.03Gyeonggi-do Excellent Food (G-Mark) certified
  24. 2023.04Registered export seafood facilities for China and Thailand
  25. 2023.12Top Excellence Award from the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (Korea e-Marketing Fair)
  26. 2024.06Obtained FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000 certification
  27. 2024.09Approved to use the K·FISH export brand (silver anchovy)
  28. 2024.11Facility registration certificates issued for Vietnam and Indonesia
  29. 2024.12Commendation from the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (export expansion)
  30. 2025.04Gyeonggi-do Excellent Food (G-Mark) certification extended
  31. 2025.10HACCP certification extended (through 2028.11)

Sources: Company profile 2026, brochure v1.5 and original certificates.

Intellectual property

Patents & trademark

We developed our own tableting and sterilization technologies.

Patent No.TitleRegistered
10-2601954Method for producing seasoning powder for smooth tableting2023.11.09
10-2601957Solid seasoning tableting device2023.11.09
10-2619217Method for manufacturing composite solid seasoning2023.12.26
10-2619216Coin-type solid seasoning tableting device2023.12.26
10-2653363Dried anchovy sterilization system2024.03.27
40-1482162Trademark "Haedong Changa" (Class 29)2019.05.24

Location

Visit us

Headquarters & factory

435, Cheongbaengni-ro, Baeksa-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

TEL +82-31-638-4282
FAX +82-31-637-4202
hk2754@hae-kang.com

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ESG

Rated B+ in the ESG management-level assurance by the Korea Productivity Center (valid through 2026.12.31).

ESG B+