Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipbuilding
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Hyundai Rolex 55-3 excavator
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) is the world's
largest shipbuilder company, headquartered in Ulsan
, South Korea
. The company is a subsidiary of
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Group.
Introduction
Hyundai Heavy Industries is the world's largest
shipbuilder, producing 10% of the world's
ships. a major builder of
Floating Production
Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, one of the fastest
growing companies in construction equipment.
Divisions
- Shipbuilding
- Offshore & Engineering
- Industrial Plant & Engineering
- Construction Equipment
- Electro Electric Systems
- Engine & Machinery
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.
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.
Solar
Hyundai Heavy Industries has moved ahead more rapidly in the solar
panel manufacturing space.
In May it announced plans to invest 300
billion won ($270 million) in the expansion of its solar panel and solar
cell production line by 2009, and last year completed a $30
million, 20-megawatt solar panel
plant in Umsung, South Korea .
In February 2008, China's
LDK Solar
announced it had signed an eight-year deal to supply HHI with a
total of 450 megawatts of
solar wafers,
and in June Germany's
centrotherm photovoltaics AG said
it would supply HHI with five solar cell manufacturing lines with a
total capacity of 250 megawatts .
Affiliated companies
Competitors
See also
References
- http://www.hhiir.com/upload/presentation/PT2008_9_Eng.pdf
-
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/lg-plots-solar-partnership-with-conergy-1395.html
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