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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor may buy Boston Dynamics to bolster robotics business
Hyundai Motor Co. may acquire Boston Dynamics Inc., a US-based robotics company, from Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. in a deal worth as much as $1...
Nov 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to unveil unmanned cargo aircraft in 2026
Hyundai Motor Co. plans to unveil unmanned cargo aircraft in 2026 as the South Korean automaker aims to enhance its foothold in the future mobility ma...
Nov 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai seeks cut in $1.9 bn Daewoo Shipbuilding deal price
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. is seeking to cut the 2.1 trillion won ($1.9 billion) acquisition price for a majority stake in South Korean riv...
Nov 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor eyes entry into China’s hydrogen truck market, signs MOU
Hyundai Motor Co. has signed two initial agreements with several Chinese companies toward establishing business platforms for hydrogen trucks in China...
Nov 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s EV battery stocks surge on Europe sales, US vote
Shares of South Korea’s three leading electric vehicle battery makers surged Tuesday, on strong electric car sales in Europe and expectations th...
Nov 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Corp to rival China's CRCC in bid for $18 bn Ukrainian infra deal
South Korea’s trading company Hyundai Corporation will face China’s Railway Construction Corporate (CRCC) in a bid to secure an $18 billio...
Nov 03, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s ex-design chief Donckerwolke named chief creative officer
Hyundai Motor Co. has appointed former design chief Luc Donckerwolke as the automaking group’s chief creative officer, a new post created as par...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy affiliate wins $375 mn order for 2 LNG carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., a shipbuilding arm of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, has won a 425 billion won ($375 million) orde...
Nov 02, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s five-year journey to build a luxury car brand
At Hyundai Motor Co.'s brand launch event held on Nov. 4, 2015, someone made an unexpected appearance on the stage, surprising the crowd. It was curre...
Nov 01, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery spin-off
LG Chem shareholders approve plan to split off battery business
LG Chem Ltd. shareholders have approved the South Korean chemical maker’s plan to hive off its battery business, paving the way for the standalo...
Oct 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
LG Chem’s No. 2 shareholder NPS opposes battery spin-off
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has decided to vote against LG Chem Ltd.’s plan to split off its battery business at a shareh...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Brokerage firms at odds on Hyundai Glovis outlook
Brokerage firms are showing sharp divide in the share price outlook of Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of the Hyundai Automotive Group. The optim...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Quarterly earnings
Hyundai Motor reports Q3 loss on $2 bn provisioning
Hyundai Motor Co. turned to an operating loss in the third quarter, after it booked 2.1 trillion won ($1.9 billion) as one-off charges related to its ...
Oct 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robot chefs
Hyundai Robotics, KFC team up to make chicken-frying robot chefs
Hyundai Robotics Co. and global fried chicken franchise KFC have agreed to jointly develop automated chicken-frying robots as the South Korean industr...
Oct 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
KKR mulls investment in Hyundai Heavy's maintenance arm
South Korea's leading shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. is in talks with global private equity firm KKR to secure investments as part ...
Oct 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cylindrical batteries
LG Chem gears up to supply new batteries to Tesla; shares surge
Shares of LG Chem Ltd. surged on Oct. 22 as investors snapped up the electric vehicle battery maker on Tesla Inc.’s record quarterly earnings, a...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Doosan Infracore
GS E&C challenges Hyundai Heavy in Doosan deal
GS Engineering & Construction Co. (GS E&C) has joined the bidding for a stake in Doosan Infracore Co. after the bid submission deadline, a mov...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hydrogen tank supplier to Hyundai prepares for 2021 IPO
Iljin Composites Corp., the only South Korean manufacturer of composite fuel tanks, is set to mandate Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. and Samsung Securities Co...
Oct 22, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Chem’s Q3 profit soars, battery earnings at record high
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. reported on Oct. 21 that its quarterly revenue and operating profit rose to all-time highs in the July-September peri...
Oct 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholding restructuring
Hyundai Gloivis, Mobis shares jump on ownership revamp hopes
Two Hyundai Motor Group arms – Hyundai Glovis Co. and Hyundai Mobis Co. – saw their shares rocket Oct. 20 on growing market talk of a poss...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery recycling
Hyundai Glovis, Hyundai Motor, LG Chem get nod on EV battery recycling
The South Korean government has eased regulations to allow local automakers and battery makers to collaborate on recycling used electric-vehicle batte...
Oct 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Quality cost
Hyundai, Kia to reflect $2.94 bn quality costs in Q3 results
Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said on Oct. 19 that a combined 3.36 trillion won ($2.94 billion) in quality-related costs will be re...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Chem to hold market lead with tenfold battery patents vs CATL: executive
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd., which has heavily invested in research and development projects, says it will retain its market lead over close riva...
Oct 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Interview
Now Systems looks to metal detector market for EV batteries
Now Systems Co., a South Korean metal detector maker, is looking to enter the digital detection equipment market to check metals used in rechargeable ...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Proxy adviser
Top proxy adviser ISS approves of LG Chem’s battery spin-off
LG Chem Ltd.’s plan to spin off its promising battery business has won support from the world’s top proxy adviser Institutional Shareholde...
Oct 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Proxy adviser
Glass Lewis recommends LG Chem investors approve battery spin-off
Leading proxy adviser Glass Lewis has recommended that LG Chem Ltd. investors vote to approve the company’s plan to split off its battery busine...
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai’s hydrogen push gains steam under new leadership
Hyundai Motor Co. is taking the lead in the South Korean government drive to push the hydrogen economy as one of the country’s new growth engine...
Oct 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership change
New Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Euisun sets sights on future mobility
Chung Euisun, executive vice chairman of Hyundai Motor Co., has assumed the chairmanship of Hyundai Motor Group, officially confirming his ascension t...
Oct 14, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor begins Singapore innovation lab construction
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest automaker, has begun building an innovation lab in Singapore as part of its efforts to explore new mobi...
Oct 13, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Motor
Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials
Hyundai Motor Co. displayed fashion items made of discarded materials from the automotive manufacturing and scrapping process on Oct. 8, calling it a ...
Oct 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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