Hanjin Heavy Industries

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The Hanjin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. is a Korean shipbuilding company, founded in 1937.It is a multinational company, handling over 10% of all Chinese exports.

1 Company Budget
2 Board of Directors
3 Major Industries
4 History
5 References

[edit] Company Budget

Paid-in Capital : 331.7 billion Won

Assets : 3,359 billion Won (as of Dec. 2004)

The Status of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (First shipbuilding company in Korea, among the top 100 companies in Korea)

10th in Domestic Construction Engineering Capacity (June, 2004)

[edit] Board of Directors

Chairman : N.H. Cho

Vice Chairman : J.H. Kim

Representative-Director: S.I. Hong, President, Shipbuilding Division

Representative-Director: J.W. Kim, President, Construction Division

[edit] Major Industries

Shipbuilding & repair, Infrastructure/Architecture/Engineering, Plants & Logistics Equipment Manufacturing

[edit] History

A brief timeline of the history of the Chosun Heavy Industry Co. Ltd.

Jul. 1937 Chosun Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., established
Aug. 1945 Company placed under government management, name changed to Korea Shipbuilding Engineering Corp. (KSEC)
Mar. 1956 Listed stocks on the Korea Stock Exchange.
Aug. 1967 Korea Dredging Corporation established (name changed to Hanjin Construction Co., Ltd., in 1990)
Aug. 1968 Hanil Development Co., Ltd., established (name changed to Hanjin Engineering Construction Co., Ltd., in 1994)
Nov. 1968 KSEC privatized
Dec. 1969 Company begins to export ships
Mar. 1983 Industrial Technology Research established
May. 1989 Company name changed to Hanjin Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Mar. 1999 Merged with Korea Tacoma Marine Ind., Ltd. (present 'Masan Shipyard')
Jul. 1999 Rolling stock business transferred to Korea Rolling Stock Corp.
Aug. 1999 Hanjin Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. and Hanjin Construction Co., Ltd., merged (present construction division)
Mar. 2001 Honored Kumtop medal in industry section
Jun. 2002 Acquisition of MND quality management system certificate