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The 80+ Year History of
HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE
HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE
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The 80+ Year History of
HD HYUNDAI INFRACOREEstablished in 1937 as the first large-scalemachine plant in Korea, HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE has growninto a global company that leads the global constructionequipment/engine business. Meet HD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT,which continues to innovate even after eight decades.
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- 1937 - 1960 | The 1st Age
- Beginnings & Modernization
- The inaugural assembly of the Chosun Machine Factory (predecessor of HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE) was held at the Hansung Bank meeting place in Seoul on June 4, 1937. The factory was constructed at a site in Manseokjeong (now Hwasu-dong), Incheon, and our main office was located in Seoul.
The Chosun Machine Factory was both the first large-scale machine shop in Korea and the beginning of Korea's modern machine industry.
At the time of our foundation, the company manufactured mining machinery for gold mine development, together with materials processing such as steelmaking casting, forging, and canning. The company also manufactured war supplies such as ship engines and submarines according to military demand when the Pacific War broke out in 1941. -
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Incheon factory at the beginning of foundation(Source : Good Morning Incheon)
1937
Production facilities in the early years of foundation
1937
Article about company foundation published in the 「Dong-A Ilbo」
1937.6.6
The production facilities
1950s
Casting work
1960s
Factory production facilities
1960s
Products during the initial stage of the engine business
1960s
Incheon plant construction site
1960s
Ceremony for the foundation of Korea Machinery Industries
1963.5.21
- 1960s | The 2nd Age
- Design, Beginning of Machine Production
- In the 1960s, employees working in the design team had to get through the tough competition rate of 50:1 to join the company.
With the 'Manual of Machine Drawing' and 'Collection of Industrial Machine Drawings' as their only textbooks, these talented people created drawings for mining equipment, constrution equipment and transporters with ease. -
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- 1970s | The 3rd Age
- Building a Mass Production System
- The company expanded the scope of our business by manufacturing marine diesel engines, railway vehicles, and forklifts under a technical alliance with several advanced companies in the 1960s. A large-scale production system was established by manufacturing machinery products massively and increasing localization at the beginning of the 1970s. In 1975, the company completed the construction of a diesel engine factory with an annual production capacity of 60,000 units (the largest capacity in Asia at that time), laying the foundations for a new chapter in the development of the automotive industry in Korea.
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Ceremony of completing public waters reclamation
1970s
Engine products
1970s
Diesel engine plant (1)
1970s
Diesel engine plant (2)
1970s
Diesel engine plant (3)
1970s
Technician dispatch to M.A.N. Company in Germany(Source : Good Morning Incheon)
1971
Officials of M.A.N. in West Germany visited our company
Signed a technical tie-up agreement with the M.A.N. diesel engine factory in Germany
1972.4
Completion of diesel engine plant construction (1)
1972.5.20
Completion of diesel engine plant construction (2)
1972.5.20
Exported diesel engines to Bolivia for the first time
1977.3.15
Established a mass production system by constructing the excavator production plant
1977
The first export model DH07-3 excavator
1978.4
Constructed the marine engine plant
1978.12
Completed construction of the small diesel engine plant
1979.5
- 1980s - 1990s | The 4th Age
- Technology Development & Entry on the Global Stage
- Even though the world economy faced a severe recession in the aftermath of the second oil shock in the early 1980s, Hd overcame the crisis by carrying out our TQC quality planning, expanding A/S system and research institute organization, developing new technologies, and diversifying our production models.
In particular, the company succeessfully developed Solar excavators and Storm engines using our own technology. -
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Great feats in the 1981 International Vocational Olympics(Every participant Won 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal.)
1981
Developed Solar model excavators with own technology
1985
Ceremony for unveiling of STORM Engine, which contributed greatly to the development of Korea's automobile industry with the independent technology of the company
1985.9
Ceremony for mass production of STORM Engine, which was developed with HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE's own technology.
1985.9
Ceremony celebrating the shipping of the 6,000th excavator
1985.7.30
STORM Engine draws praises from a professional US magazine(Source: Maeil Business News)
1985.12.25
Exported the wheel loader for the first time
1988.1.26
Celebrated the first sale of the wheel loader in Korea
1988.3.19
Preparing for the BAUMA Exhibition in Germany
1989
Held the Solar driving competition
1990.4.30
Export of SOLAR, an independent model
1991
Completion of Korea’s largest general service center
1993.7.10
Held the Solar demonstration event
1997
Construction site of the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall in Tiananmen, China
1998.11.13
Worksite at the White House of the US
Working at the British Museum in the UK
- 2000s | The 5th Age
- Aiming to Become a Global Leader
- The mission of the company, renamed as HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE in 2021, embodies our wish to become the key agent in infrastructure support projects around the world.
As part of our global strategy, is actively growing our businesses through strategic investments including the construction of the Gunsan construction equipement plant, Incheon small diesel engine plant, and global R&D center.
HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE will realize continual growth and become a global leader in the infra-solutions industry by securing smart solutions, advancing business portflolios, and maximizing customer value provision. -
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Provided Iraq with recovery equipment
2003.4.28
Sold more than 10,000 excavators in China
2003.4
Held a ship engine tour exhibition
2003
Established HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE, with the board of directors meeting for the first time
2005.5
Acquisition of Moxy of Norway
2008.12
CX got the award for Red Dot Design:Best of the Best
2009.8
Held a building completion ceremony for Hope Primary School in China
2010.2
Completed construction of the Gunsan construction equipment plant
2010.10
Held a completion ceremony for the Incheon G2 Engine Plant
2012.10.26
First graduation ceremony of 'Dream School', a social contribution program for children of low-income families
2012.12
Completion of China Wheel Loader R&D Center for the first time among foreign companies doing business in China
2013.1
Completion of Global R&D Center
2014.7
Held the 20th anniversary ceremony of entry into the Chinese market
2014.10.14
Unveiling of HdCONNECT™, a Telematics service brand
2015
Manufactured the 1st mass-produced next-generation tank 「K2」 engine
2015.12
DX Series got the award for Red Dot Design:Honourable Mention
2016.3
Manufactured and delivered 100,000 units of the G2 engine
2016.7
Held a completion ceremony for the excavator advancement plant
2016.9.30
Group participation in a marathon celebrating the 80th anniversary of the company
2017.3
Held a demonstration of the 80-ton excavator DX800LC
2017.4
Conclusion of a joint venture agreement with Lovol, China’s No. 1 agricultural machinery manufacturer
2017.11.12
Gunsan Factory celebrated cumulative production of 20,000 units
2018.2
Demonstration of ultra-long 5G remote control of construction equipment
2018.11.25
Official announcement of HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE’s corporate slogan 'Powered by Innovation'
2019
Demonstration of remote control of excavator from a Distance of 8,500km in Bauma 2019 (Germany)
2019.4.9
Completed construction 'Boryeong Proving Ground' in Boryeong, Korea
2019.10.23
World's first demonstration of 'Concept-X', a unmanned autonomous solution
2019.11.20
Held the Concept-X demonstration event
2019
CES
2020
Unveiling of 'XiteCloud', a smart construction solution
2020.5.19
XiteCloud got the award for Smart Challenge 2020
2020
Unveiling of Transparent Bucket
2021
Company name changed to Hyundai Hd Infracore
2021
CES
2022
Completion of Global R&D Center (GRC)
2023
Company name changed to HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE
2023
Launch the new brand DEVELON
2023.1
CES
2024.1