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Korean experience, a Canadian company

Samwoo Technologies Inc. is the Canadian company of Samwoo International, headquartered in Chuncheon, Korea.

A red brick wall painted with the Modoo project lettering and graphics, beside a colourful ground surface.
Modoo Gangnam, Seoul, 2024

Why we do this

Worn-out shoes are mostly thrown away, yet their rubber and EVA are durable, elastic materials. We recover them and turn them into the surfaces where people run, play and meet, with less new rubber and less carbon than conventional surfacing as the goal.

Korea and Canada

The Modoo Gangnam court and its park from an angled aerial view.

Samwoo International

In place · Korea
Head office
Chuncheon, Gangwon
Factory
Cheonan, Chungnam
Work
Material preparation, sports surfaces and installation
Projects
Modoo Geumcheon, 2023 · Modoo Gangnam, 2024

Credentials →sam-woo.com ↗

Samwoo Technologies Inc.

In development · Canada
Role
The Canadian company of Samwoo International: applications, validation and partnerships
Incorporated
British Columbia, 2025
Registered office
700 – 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver

Development program →

History

All credentials & documents →
  1. 2023The Modoo Geumcheon court with orange fencing and a school building.
  2. 2024The coloured court surfaces at Modoo Gangnam, Seoul, seen from above.
  3. 2025Korean patent certificates.
  4. 2026The Samwoo track symbol.
    • SepCanadian company renamed Samwoo Technologies Inc.

See how a used shoe becomes a surface.

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