Accelerating NGP Global Business

2025 NGP Business Vision & Strategy

The NGP (Next Generation Products) business is KT&G’s core business and future growth engine. Therefore, KT&G is fully committed to maintaining the global growth momentum in the NGP business and further improving our unique competitiveness as a scientific capability and innovative platform to create new opportunities. In order to actively respond to various consumer needs, we continue to invest in the development of new models and products, with a particular focus on diversifying our NGP platforms based on scientific capabilities and improving the competitiveness of our product portfolio. Going forward, in order to leap forward as a unique “Global Top-Tier Player” in the NGP market, we will preemptively respond to domestic and international regulations to minimize related risks and upgrade our product evaluation system to meet global standards.

NGP Growth Strategy

NGP Patent Application and Grant

• Category
• 2020

  Domestic

  Overseas

  Subtotal

• 2021

  Domestic

  Overseas

  Subtotal

• 2022

  Domestic

  Overseas

  Subtotal

• Patent

  Applied

  Granted

• 336

  72

  656

  21

  992

  93

• 331

  163

  647

  67

  1,010

  230

• 397

  226

  942

  170

  1,339

  396

• Trademark

  Applied

  Granted

• 56

  50

  632

  952

  688

  1,002

• 17

  39

  337

  715

  354

  754

• 23

  18

  369

  318

  392

  336

• Design

  Applied

  Granted

• 25

  26

  46

  91

  71

  117

• 28

  14

  59

  49

  87

  63

• 19

  32

  12

  33

  31

  65