HD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

2024

Established the Global Operations Center

2023

Changed the company name to HD Hyundai Construction Equipment

Announced the new BI: Comfort Intelligence

2022

Transferred HD Hyundai Site Solutions

Relocated the GRC headquarters

2021

Completed the construction of the Eumseong Global Training Center

Completed the construction of the Quality Assurance Center

2020

Completed the construction of the Gunsan Plant

Completed the Global Technology Innovation Center

2019

Launched Hyundai Core Motion as an independent company

2018

Established the Vietnam Branch

2017

Established Hyundai Construction Equipment (spun off from HHI)

Completed new building for European subsidiaries

Launched Korea's first used construction equipment auction business

2016

Strategic alliance with HHI CNHI mini excavator

2015

500,000-unit-mark reached for global production of construction equipment

2014

Completion of construction of Hyundai Cummins Engine Plant

2013

Formation of a strategic alliance with Atlas Corp., a German company
Started selling six models of road equipment

Completed the construction of a construction equipment factory in Brazil

2012

Completed the construction of the Hyundai Cummins Engine plant

2011

350,000-unit-mark reached for production of construction equipment

Established Jebel Ali Parts Center in Dubai

2010

Groundbreaking for the construction of a wheel loader factory in China

2009

Established Jiangsu After-Sales Service Training Center

Launched the 9 series of excavators on the market

2008

Built a factory in India

Established the Moscow branch in Russia

150,000-unit-mark reached for production of construction equipment

Established the Panama branch in Latin America

Established the Dubai branch in the UAE

2007

Established the India subsidiary

Established a hydraulic equipment corporation in China

2006

Established the Istanbul Branch in Turkey (present day Türkiye)

Established a technology training center at Eumseong, Chungbuk

Awarded the Grand Prize in the Construction Equipment & Materials category at the Korea Construction Culture Awards

2005

HD HCE's electric reach forklift selected for Best Design at the Hong Kong Design Exhibition

100,000-unit-mark reached for production of construction equipment

Relocated the Parts Center to Eumseong, Chungbuk

2004

Completed the construction of the Hyundai Cummins engine plant

2003

Established a joint venture (Hyundai Jiangsu) in China

The 7 series of excavators selected as World-Class Product

2002

Established a joint venture in Beijing, China

2000

50,000-unit-mark reached for production of construction equipment (in the shortest time ever in Korea)

Unification of production and sales of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

1996

Completed the construction of the Changzhou factory in China

1995

Established an assembly plant in Belgium

Established and relocated a subsidiary in Europe (Netherlands → Belgium)

Established a local joint venture in Changzhou, China

1994

Launched the new-concept ROBEX-3 series excavators

1993

Merged into Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

1992

Started the operation of a second plant in Ulsan Opened an office in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

1991

Started the construction of a second factory in Ulsan Established a subsidiary in Chicago, U.S.A.

1990

Launched the ROBEX series of medium-sized excavators

Developed a wheel loader in-house and started exporting it to Europe

1989

Incorporated as Hyundai Heavy Equipment Industry Co., Ltd. and expanded the factory

1988

Started sales in the domestic market Developed a medium-sized excavator model in-house

1987

Separated as the Construction Equipment Division of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. and completed the first phase of the factory construction

Signed a forklift production agreement with Yale, an American company

1986

Signed a dozer and loader OEM supply contract with Dresser, an American company

1985

Launched the construction equipment development R&D lab in Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.