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Hyundai Robotics Attracts Investment of 50 Billion KRW From KT

Author 홈페이지관리 | Date 2020.06.22

Signs pre-IPO Investment Contract with KT... Scheduled to be Listed Starting 2022

 

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Signs Business Partnership Agreement with KT and Plans to Strengthen Partnership in Various Fields Including Service Robots and Smart Factories

 

“We are hoping to strengthen our competitive edge as the world's leading companies through digital innovation”

 

Hyundai Robotics, a specialized robot company and subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings, secured an investment of 50 billion KRW from KT.

On June 16th (Tue), Hyundai Robotics signed a pre-IPO investment contract worth 50 billion with KT at KT Gwanghwamun Building East in Jongno, Seoul.

 

Ki-Sun Chung who is a shareholder of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings and the head of the Administrative Support Department (Vice President), Yoo-Seong Seo who is a representative of Hyundai Robotics (Vice President), Hyeon-Mo Koo who is a representative of KT (President), and various other important executives of the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and KT were in attendance at the signing ceremony.

 

Through this contract, Hyundai Robotics is scheduled to be listed on the market starting 2022 and KT appraised the corporate value of Hyundai Robotics at 500 billion KRW and invested 50 billion KRW to acquire 10% of shares.

 

KT's investment conveyed their belief that Hyundai Robotics has great potential to grow in the future, shown through their competitive edge as the No. 1 company in the industrial robot market in Korea and because they are already collaborating in the service robot market.

 

At the signing ceremony, Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings signed a business partnership with KT and they discussed how they will work together in the face of rapid changes in the market of various fields, such as AI and ICT.

 

Moreover, they will be establishing a cooperation committee of 6 members (3 members from each company) headed by Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Vice President Ki-Sun Chung and KT President Hyeon-Mo Koo to strengthen business cooperation around Hyundai Robotics and discover new ways to cooperate with other subsidiary companies.

 

This agreement also started the discussion on a business partnership both in the field of service robots that are used in hotels and restaurants, and smart factories which are based on ICT.

 

The two companies are planning to co-develop a self-driving algorithm in the service robot field, with Hyundai Robotics developing the hardware while KT takes charge of developing and applying the operational software.

 

They have the blueprint for global top-tier robot companies by going beyond industrial robots and entering the service robot market by co-developing food and beverage robots, cleaning & patrol robots loaded with cleaning and security functions, and more.

 

Further, they will be developing a joint operated and controlled platform in the field of the smart factory. And based on the platform, they can provide robots from Hyundai Robotics and wireless cloud services from KT.

 

These two companies will also be expanding their integrated smart platform business to the smart hospital and smart logistics fields.

 

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Vice President Chung stated, “The competitive edge of manufacturing companies is no longer to simply manufacture products, but to read and actively change with the market flow of digitalization,” and "Our cooperation with KT will become an opportunity for “digital innovation” that will help Hyundai Robotics and further, the entire Hyundai Heavy Industries Group strengthen our competitive edge as leading corporations in the world.”

 

KT President Koo stated, “This strategic partnership is a new driving force of growth for the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and we expect it to become a stepping stone so that Hyundai Robotics, with its core competitiveness, to grow into a global robot company,” and “KT will start with the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and expand our “digital innovation” into various fields and contribute to improving the country's competitive edge.”

 

After Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings and KT signed a “5G-based Smart Project” MOU in May of the last year, they also participated in the “AI One Team” that started with the goal of becoming the No. 1 AI country in March of this year and also signed an MOU to co-develop “5G smart construction equipment & industrial vehicle solutions” in May of the same year. It shows that they are strengthening their business partnership through various projects from smart



shipyards, robots, and construction equipment.

 


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