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Hyundai Heavy Industries

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a South Korean multidisciplinary concern.

Hyundai Heavy Industries
Type ofpublic company
Base1973
LocationFlag of the Republic of Korea Ulsan , South Korea
Industryshipbuilding , ship repair , trade , financing
ProductsEarth moving machinery
Parent companyHyundai Heavy Industries Group
Sitewww.english.hhi.co.kr

The company is one of the world leaders in the production of heavy equipment and is the largest shipbuilding company in the world [1] , it produces 17% of the world ship production, 30% of the world ship engine production.

The company's plants are located in Korea, Bulgaria, China and the USA. The research and development center is located in Budapest (Hungary).

The company employs over 25 thousand employees.

In the ranking of the five hundred largest world companies “Fortune Global 500” according to the results of 2009, Hyundai took 355th place in the general list and 4th place in the “Industrial equipment” section.

Layout of the company's production buildings

Content

History

Financial Performance

year 2009:

  • Capitalization - $ 26.64 billion.
  • Turnover - $ 18.1 billion,
  • Net income - $ 1.8 billion.

Divisions and Activities

The company is divided into 6 main divisions:

  • Shipbuilding - shipbuilding.
  • Offshore & Engineering - marine structures manufacturing and design
  • Industrial plant & engineering
  • Engine & machinery
  • Electro Electric Systems - production and installation of electrical equipment
  • Construction Equipment - production of special equipment

Green Energy - production of wind and solar equipment for the production of clean energy.

Shipbuilding

The production base of the company’s division is Hyundai's Ulsan shipyard [2] . The shipyard covers an area of ​​7,200,000 sq.m. with 9 dry docks from 170 to 672 meters long [2] .

As of 2012, more than 1,686 vessels were built for 268 different customers from 48 countries. [3]

The main products of the division are tankers for the transportation of oil, oil products and chemicals, bulk carriers, tankers for the transportation of oil products, container ships, vessels for transportation of cars, liquefied natural gas, floating oil production systems, drilling vessels, special-purpose vessels, destroyers and submarines.

In addition to the shipbuilding division of Hyundai Heavy Industries, the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group , which includes Hyundai Heavy Industries, owns three more plants [4] :

  • Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries
  • Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
  • Hyundai Gunsan

Offshore & Engineering Division is also involved in shipbuilding.

The construction of warships is carried out by The Special and Naval Shipbuilding Division (SNSD) ( site )

 
 
 
 
Hyundai Liberty Container Ship (IMO 9110389), built by HHI in 1996Container ship COSCO Long Beach (IMO 9285677), built by HHI in 2004Glasgow Maersk container ship (IMO 9193240), built by HHI in 1999Container ship Jaeger Arrow (IMO 9215347) built by HHI in 2001

Shore equipment and engineering

The production site of Offshore & Engineering Division is located in the port of Ulsan, 5 kilometers from Hyundai's Ulsan shipyard [5] .

The department produced onshore equipment and laid subsea pipelines in 160 projects for more than 30 clients around the world [6] .

At the HYUNDAI shipyard (Offshore & Engineering Division), for the first time in shipbuilding practice, a ship was built according to the “On-ground Build” method - on the coastal shipbuilding site [7] .

Industrial equipment and engineering

Electrical Equipment

The company specializes in the design, manufacture and supply of electrical equipment for power plants, transmission and distribution facilities, small and alternative energy [8] .

The main products of the company are: transformers, SF6 equipment, switchgear, medium and low voltage circuit breakers, electric motors, generators, automated control and monitoring systems, power electronics and renewable energy sources [8] .

Production of special equipment

Hyundai Heavy Industries Construction Equipments is a department for the production of special equipment - a division of Hyundai Heavy Industries, whose main focus is the development and production of construction equipment. This unit was founded in 1985. Currently mastered the production of the following types of machines:

  • crawler excavators;
  • wheeled excavators;
  • front loaders;
  • forklift trucks.

In 2012, the dealer network totaled 500 representative offices in 130 countries. 33,500 pieces of equipment were sold worldwide in 2011.

In 2011, Hyundai Heavy Industries sold more than 2 thousand units of large construction equipment (excavators and wheel loaders) in Russia, which allowed the company to occupy about 30% of the Russian market, and more than 50% among wheeled excavators [9] .

 
 
 
Loader Hyundai HL-740Hyundai 3000LC-7A excavatorHyundai 160LC-3 excavator

Production of wind and solar equipment

Hyundai Heavy Industries Green Energy is a research and development company in the fields of solar, wind and tidal energy. This unit makes every effort to ensure the well-being of consumers, offering innovative solutions in the field of environmental protection and introducing new technologies in the field of alternative energy [10] .

Activities in Russia

January 25, 2013 the company opened a factory for the production of electrical equipment near the airport of Vladivostok [11] . It was expected that the plant’s capacity will be 350 complete switchgears (switchgear, used to receive and distribute electricity between substations) per year (one device provides the operation of one transmission line). The plant is currently mothballed.

Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures

Subsidiaries

  • Heavy Industries Co. Bulgaria Bulgaria - In 1997, Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd., Electro Electric Systems privatized the Bulgarian company Elprom-Trafo, a well-known manufacturer of transformers and voltage regulation devices under load. In 2001, the Bulgarian company reached the standards of the mother company and it was renamed to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Bulgaria".

Joint ventures

  • Hyundai Cummins Engine Company is a joint venture for the production of engines for construction machinery owned by Hyundai Heavy Industries and Cummins. In 2012, the construction of a plant in Daegu (South Korea) began. It is planned that the plant will begin production in May 2014 with an annual output of 50,000 engines.

Sites

Hyundai Heavy Industries Construction Equipments

The Special and Naval Shipbuilding Division (SNSD)

TechMashUnit LLC is an official distributor of Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., Ltd. on Russian territory.

Sources

  1. ↑ The two largest shipbuilding companies in the world thought about a merger (neopr.) . Interfax (February 1, 2019). Date of treatment July 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ 1 2 Facilities Archived on April 19, 2012. // Shipbuilding Division page on Hyundai Heavy Industries website, 02.17.2013
  3. ↑ Introduction Archived on April 16, 2012. // Shipbuilding Division page on Hyundai Heavy Industries website, 02.17.2013
  4. ↑ Morekhodov M. A. - Shipbuilding abroad. South Korea // Korabel.ru, 04/22/2011
  5. ↑ Overview Archived January 18, 2012. // Offshore & Engineering Division page on Hyundai Heavy Industries website, 02.17.2013
  6. ↑ Business area Archived on April 16, 2012. // Offshore & Engineering Division page on Hyundai Heavy Industries website, 02.17.2013
  7. ↑ Morekhodov M. A. - Coastal assembly complexes and modern methods of launching ships // Korabel.ru, 06.24.2011
  8. ↑ 1 2 About the company // Website of the distributor of Electro Electric System equipment in the territory of the Russian Federation, 02.17.2013
  9. ↑ The turnover of Hyundai Heavy Industries in the Russian Federation exceeded $ 300 million // RosBusinessConsulting, 02.15.2012
  10. ↑ “Green” energy // Official website of CJSC “H Di Energy” - the official distributor of Electro Electric System equipment in the Russian Federation, 02.17.2013
  11. ↑ Hyundai launched the production of electrical equipment in the suburbs of Vladivostok // Vladivostok News, January 26, 2013
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyundai_Heavy_Industries&oldid=100815652


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