Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. KSE: 009540 (HHI) is a company in South Korea. It belongs to the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group. Korea Stock Exchange is the traditional stock market division of Korea Exchange. ... The Hyundai Heavy Industries Group refers to the group of affiliated companies interconnected by complex shareholding arrangements, with Hyundai Heavy Industries regarded as de facto representative of the Group. ...

Introduction

Hyundai Heavy Industries is the world's largest shipbuilder, a major builder of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, and one of the fastest growing companies in construction equipment. Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... It has been suggested that Floating_oil_production_system be merged into this article or section. ...

Divisions

• Shipbuilding
• Offshore & Engineering
• Industrial Plant & Engineering
• Construction Equipment
• electric & electronic system
• machine engine

Products

HHI produces tankers, bulk carriers, containerships, gas and chemical carriers. Ships built by Hyundai include the iron ore carrier Berge Stahl, which at 364,768 dead weight tons is one of the world's largest bulk haulers. The company makes ship engines, provides offshore oil and gas drilling platforms, and undersea pipelines. The MS Berge Stahl is the largest bulk cargo ship in the world. ...

Furthermore, the company produces a wide array of powerplant products, construction equipment, and industrial robots. The construction equipment is sold all over the world and include mini-excavators, crawler excavators, wheeled excavators, wheel loaders, skid steer loaders and forklift trucks (diesel, lpg and battery powered). It is the market leader in China for excavators. A tracked excavator by Daewoo. ...

History

The company was founded by Chung Ju-yung on March 23, 1972 Chung Ju-yung (November 25, 1915—March 21, 2001) was along with his brothers, the founder of Hyundai Group, at one time South Koreas largest multinational conglomerate (chaebol). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

It was spun off from the Hyundai Group in February 2002. The Hyundai Group, founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction company, was once South Koreas biggest conglomerate (chaebol). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Affiliated companies

• Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries(HSHI)
• Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD)
• Hyundai Venture Investment
• Hyundai Futures
• Hyundai Finance

Competitors

• Aker Kværner
• General Dynamics
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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See also

• Hyundai
• Hyundai Motor Company, a division of Hyundai Motor Group
• Hyundai Asan, a division of Hyundai Group
• Hyundai Engineering and Construction, a division of Hyundai Development Group
• Hyundai Department Store Group
• Hyundai Development Group
• Hyundai Electronics, renamed as Hynix in 2001
• List of Korea-related topics
• List of shipbuilders and shipyards

Hyundai is a South Korean group of companies founded by Chung Joo-young in 1947 as a construction company and was once South Koreas biggest conglomerate company (Jaebul). ... The Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) (KSE: 005380, LSE: HYUD), a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is South Koreas largest car maker. ... The Hyundai Motor Group refers to a group of affiliated companies. ... Hyundai Asan is an arm of the Hyundai Group and a major investor in North Korea. ... The Hyundai Group, founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction company, was once South Koreas biggest conglomerate (chaebol). ... Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. ... Hyundai Department Company Info ... Hynix Semiconductor Inc. ... Hynix Semiconductor Inc. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... This is a list of shipbuilding companies with mention of their respective shipyards. ...

External links

• Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) English website
• Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Korean website
• HHI Construction Equipment
• Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd (HMD)