SK takes aim at chips, batteries, bio with $195 billion investment

SK takes aim at chips, batteries, bio with $195 billion investment

SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate after Samsung, on Thursday announced a plan to invest 247 trillion won ($195 billion) in k...

Hyundai to spend $30 bn on improving quality of combustion engine cars

Hyundai to spend $30 bn on improving quality of combustion engine cars

Hyundai Motor Group will invest 63 trillion won ($50 billion) in its domestic businesses through 2025 to strengthen its competitiveness in electrifi...

Samsung SDI, Stellantis pick Indiana for US EV battery plant

Samsung SDI, Stellantis pick Indiana for US EV battery plant

Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest battery maker, and Dutch-domiciled multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. picked the state of...

Hyundai Wia likely to deploy smart robots at Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Wia likely to deploy smart robots at Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, will likely deploy smart robots at the group’s first dedicated electric vehicle ...

Georgia state to provide $1.6 bn in incentives to Hyundai

Georgia state to provide $1.6 bn in incentives to Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Group is expected to receive about $1.6 billion in incentives including tax breaks from Georgia as South Korea’s top automaker i...

Hyundai Marine sees huge potential in global data centers

Hyundai Marine sees huge potential in global data centers

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. of South Korea is seeking investment opportunities for distressed and special situation strategies with a se...

Hyundai Mobis unveils 34-inch swivel screen

Hyundai Mobis unveils 34-inch swivel screen

Hyundai Mobis, the car parts manufacturing arms of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Sunday it developed the world’s first variable display te...

Hyundai to invest $10.5 bn in US EV, future mobility sectors

Hyundai to invest $10.5 bn in US EV, future mobility sectors

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, unveiled plans to spend $10.5 billion on the auto industry in the US through 2025 as it aims...

Hyundai Card shelves IPO after Fubon buys 20% stake

Hyundai Card shelves IPO after Fubon buys 20% stake

South Korea’s Hyundai Card Co. has shelved a plan to go public after Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Holding Co. completed the purchase of its ...

Hyundai Glovis forms Thailand JV to expand SE Asia biz

Hyundai Glovis forms Thailand JV to expand SE Asia biz

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. set up a logistics joint venture in Thailand to expand its business in Southeast Asia.The logistics unit of S...

Hyundai, Kia to inject $16.6 bn into EV production in South Korea 

Hyundai, Kia to inject $16.6 bn into EV production in South Korea 

The Hyundai Motor Group announced the conglomerate’s domestic investment blueprint on Wednesday. The backbone of the investment plan is to ma...

LG Energy, SK On to add prismatic types to EV cell lineups

LG Energy, SK On to add prismatic types to EV cell lineups

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 battery makers, respectively, are set to add prismatic batteries to their l...

SK On bolsters M&A team with new executive hires

SK On bolsters M&A team with new executive hires

SK On Co., an electric vehicle battery maker of SK Innovation Co., is bolstering its M&A team by hiring M&A experts from a leading law firm ...

Korea’s Iljin to build $391 mn battery materials plant in Spain

Korea’s Iljin to build $391 mn battery materials plant in Spain

South Korea’s Iljin Materials Co. plans to invest 500 billion won ($391.2 million) in a battery materials plant in Spain, its first production...

Hyundai Motor to take Korean ondol heating system to GV90

Hyundai Motor to take Korean ondol heating system to GV90

In the era of autonomous driving, the definition of the space inside a car is expanded into a moving living space, and Hyundai Motor Co. aims to tak...

KG-led consortium named preferred buyer of Ssangyong Motor

KG-led consortium named preferred buyer of Ssangyong Motor

A consortium led by chemicals-to-steel conglomerate KG Group has been named the preferred buyer of South Korea’s troubled sport utility vehicl...

SK On to build $2.3 bn EV battery plant for Hyundai in US

SK On to build $2.3 bn EV battery plant for Hyundai in US

SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, plans to build a new US factory to supply batteries to a planned E...

LG Energy completes LFP battery development for Tesla

LG Energy completes LFP battery development for Tesla

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery producer, boosted its muscle to court industry leader China’s Con...

LG Energy begins joint research on smart factory tech with elite institute

LG Energy begins joint research on smart factory tech with elite institute

LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Pohang-based Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) announced Wednesday they will embark on join...

Hyundai Oilbank steps up eco-friendly white bio business

Hyundai Oilbank steps up eco-friendly white bio business

Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean petroleum and refinery company, is slated to tap into the white biotechnology market. The company has selected w...

POSCO to invest $20 billion in battery materials to rival Chinese firms

POSCO to invest $20 billion in battery materials to rival Chinese firms

POSCO Group, which owns South Korea’s largest steelmaker, plans to invest 25 trillion won ($20 billion) to secure a stable supply of key raw m...

Hyundai likely to unveil US EV plant plans in May

Hyundai likely to unveil US EV plant plans in May

Hyundai Motor Co. is preparing to announce a plan to build its first electric vehicle plant in the US, a source familiar with the matter said on Mon...

Korea’s SFA Engineering aims for top spot in smart factory market

Korea’s SFA Engineering aims for top spot in smart factory market

SFA Engineering Corp., a small South Korean equipment maker, has for decades been known for its automated machines used in the manufacture of displa...

Hyundai Motor to build LNG plant to power its factories

 Hyundai Motor to build LNG plant to power its factories

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to build a liquefied natural gas-fueled power plant to secure a stable supply of electricity for its factories and embrace t...

Hyundai Heavy likely to be added to MSCI Korea index

Hyundai Heavy likely to be added to MSCI Korea index

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, is the strongest candidate to be included in the MSCI Korea Index next week as part o...

Korea’s new govt. aims to export 10 nuclear power plants

Korea’s new govt. aims to export 10 nuclear power plants

South Korea’s incoming administration seeks to export 10 nuclear power plants by 2030 as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to rescind the ...

Hyundai Heavy's engine unit emerges as golden goose

Hyundai Heavy's engine unit emerges as golden goose

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean shipbuilding giant, is seeing its marine engine business unit emerge as the company’s cash cow.Th...

Hyundai Motor, battery firms strive to limit China lockdown disruptions

Hyundai Motor, battery firms strive to limit China lockdown disruptions

The growing fears of a Beijing lockdown are prompting South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and battery makers, already suffering from...

Hyundai Electric's monthly orders hit record in April

Hyundai Electric's monthly orders hit record in April

Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., an electric system spinoff from South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., said on May...

SK Innovation logs record profit in Q1 on strong refining biz

SK Innovation logs record profit in Q1 on strong refining biz

SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top refiner, enjoyed the record quarterly earnings on strong crude prices and margins, joining the list of do...

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