Hyundai Motor Company is responding to growing demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) by producing HEVs at its U.S. electric vehicle factory, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA), which is scheduled to go live in the fourth quarter of 2024.“We will begin to run HMGMA in October,” said L
A cutting-edge CXL IP startup, Panmnesia, announced its participation as the main sponsor at the inaugural CXL Consortium Developer Conference 2024 (CXL DevCon 2024), set to take place in April in Santa Clara, California, USA. Panmnesia will showcase the Compute Express Link (CXL) interoperability o
Hanwha Aerospace has signed an additional executive contract with Polish Armaments Agency for supplying 72 more Chunmoo Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems (MRLS), preceded by the framework contract and first executive contract, both signed in 2022.Worth around 2.27 trillion KRW (1.6 B USD), the contra
With Canadian Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng leading a large-scale trade mission to Korea, high-level business leaders from both countries have come together to call for expanding cooperation in not only traditional industries such as energy but in cu
Hyundai Mobis, a global leading company in the electric vehicle supplier, announced the construction of a new plant in Spain, the heart of Europe's automotive market. Mobis currently operates battery system production facilities in Korea, China, and the Czech Republic and is building several more in
As Samsung Electronics launches its new all-in-one personal computer (PC), Intel, the provider of the central processing unit (CPU), has announced its intention to work with Samsung Electronics to develop the AI PC market together.Bae Tae-won, vice president of the Intel Korea Samsung Business Divis
lecom. The goal is to boost AI service competitiveness by leveraging Korea’s world-leading semiconductor and communication technologies. As Microsoft and the Tech Big 4 have much to offer each other in business structures, this AI collaboration is expected to be a win-win for both parties.On April 2
Hanon Systems, a leading global automotive thermal management supplier for electrified mobility, has been named a GM Supplier of the Year in General Motors’ 32nd annual Supplier of the Year awards in Miami, Florida.A global, cross-functional team at GM recognized 86 of its best suppliers for perform
The collective net worth of Korea’s 50 Richest on the 2024 Forbes list rose slightly to US$115 billion from $106 billion, amid the country’s global chipmaking ambitions. The complete list can be found at www.forbes.com/korea, as well as in the April/May issue of Forbes Asia and the May issue of Forb
After years of double-digit growth, the global electric vehicle market is entering a chasm, considered to be a slowdown in demand just before mass adoption. Global automakers that have been aggressively investing to expand their electric vehicle lineups are scrambling for survival by making use of a
Tension was palpable in front of Samsung Electronics’ DSR Tower in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province at noon on April 17. It marked the first collective action in the history of Samsung, initiated by the National Samsung Electronics Union (National Samsung Union), with an event named “Gather 1,000.” The o
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has developed the industry's first LPDDR5X DRAM supporting the industry’s highest performance of up to 10.7 gigabits-per-second (Gbps).Leveraging 12 nanometer (nm)-class process technology, Samsung h
Starting this year, the Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) agreements agreed upon by the heads of conglomerates and their family members will be subject to mandatory disclosure. Consequently, companies affiliated with major corporate groups are obligated to disclose the status of RSUs, not only for listed
Following its supply of a 27-inch Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display to Hyundai Motor’s Genesis last year, LG Display recently secured an order for a large Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) from a foreign premium automaker. This display, being the longest among the automotive displays produced b
Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp. have decided to use lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries produced by Indian companies in their customized electric vehicle models for the Indian market. Localizing batteries that account for 40 percent of the cost of producing electric vehicles is a way to lower prices
Seegene Inc., a leading South Korean company providing a total solution for PCR molecular diagnostics, announced today that Prof. Dame Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), visited its headquarters located in Seoul Korea, on March 27.According to the company, Prof.
Samsung E&A (formerly known as Samsung Engineering) has announced its first overseas order from Saudi Arabia after changing its name.Samsung E&A announced on April 3 that it held a signing ceremony with Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Aramco for the Fadhili Gas Increment Program’s Packages 1 and
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and Purdue University President Mung Chiang joined federal partners and executives of South Korea-based SK hynix Inc., the world’s leading producer of High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips, today as the company announced plans to establish
The global automotive industry is at a crossroads with respect to supplying advanced semiconductors for autonomous driving. There are two options. One is to purchase and equip high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) semiconductors from Nvidia, which has a virtual monopoly on Level 3 and higher autonom
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai, has teamed up with a German company that is the world’s No. 1 power semiconductor maker to develop ship electrification technology.HD KSOE announced on March 28 that it has signed a memorandum of unde