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HHI shipyard and cranes in Ulsan | |
Native name | 현대중공업 주식회사 |
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Type | Public |
Industry | Shipbuilding Defense Machine |
Founded | Ex-HHI (now KSOE): 1972 new HHI: 2019 |
Founder | Chung Ju-yung |
Headquarters | Ulsan , |
Number of employees | 27,000 (2016) |
Parent | Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) |
Website | english |
Hyundai Heavy Industries |
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; Korean: 현대중공업 주식회사; RR: Hyeondae Junggongeop Jusik Hoesa) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer.[1][2] Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea .
HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division of the Hyundai Group, and in 1974, completed building its first ships.[3] In 2002, the company was spun-off from its parent company.[4] HHI has four core business divisions: Shipbuilding, Offshore & Engineering, Industrial Plant & Engineering, and Engine & Machinery. HHI also has five non-core related subsidiaries: Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems, Hyundai Construction Equipment, Hyundai Robotics, Hyundai Heavy Industries Green Energy, and Hyundai Global Service.[5]
The Hyundai Group started as a small South Korean construction firm in 1947, headed by its founder, Korean entrepreneur Chung Ju-yung.[6] Another widely known and closely related South Korea company, the Hyundai Motor Company, was founded in 1967, five years prior to the founding of the Heavy Industry Group. The motor company was also founded by Chung.
The name is an informal romanisation of the Korean 현대 (hyeondae) meaning "contemporary", which was Chung's vision for the group of companies that he founded.