Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

Sungdong Shipbuilding Group's members are 4 companies

ungdong Machinery & Engineering co., Ltd (성동기공)

*1985 Founded Seoyeong Machinery (Gamjeon-dong, Busan)
*1987 Began development and production of steel production equipment (roll & chocks, hydraulic machines)
*1990 Apr. Developed hourglass-shaped worm gears
*1993 Mar. Signed technical partnership, production and sales agreement with Uedachi Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan)
*1993 Sep. Signed technical partnership agreement with Sumitomo Heavy Industries from Japan
*1994 Dec. Developed new hourglass-shaped worm gear machine/grinding machine

*2001 Mar. Supplemented equipment (Gear grinding machines)
*2003 Nov. ISO 9001 Quality System Certified (Reg. No. E152-320)
*2006 Dec. Changed company name to Sungdong Machinery & Engineering Co., Ltd.

*2007 Jan. Manufactured crane/panel line equipment - Manufactured a 300T g crane and 13 other cranes for Mirae Shipbuilding - Installed 200T O.H. crane and seven other cranes for Sungdong Shipbuilding
*2007 Jan. Relocated to Deokgye-ri, Ungsang-eup, Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam

ungdong Industries co. Ltd (성동산업)

*1991.04 Established SUNG DONG Industry Co., Ltd
*1991.05 Designated cooperating company of technical development by Hyundai Heavy Industries
*1992.03 Designated cooperating company of Shipbuilding technical development by Samsung Heavy Industries
*1992.03 Designated cooperating company of Welding technical development by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
*1992.07 Designated as the promising small & medium enterprise by Busan bank
*1993.06 Moved a factory to Jeongwan-myun, gijang-gun , Busan(2,720坪)
*1994.07 Changed corporation company
*1994.08 Export & import business permited
*1994.10 Designated cooperating company of Automatic welding system development by Hanjin Heavy Industries
*1994.10 Designated cooperating company of Welding system support by Hanla heavy industry
*1996.09 Designated as the promising small & medium enterprise by Busan bank
*1996.09 Designated as the military service exception enterprise by Military Manpower Administration
*1997.02 Export one million dollar to China and East asia
*1999.02 Install many precision machines
*2000.10 Obtained ISO 9002 quality certificate from ABS
*2001.12 Designated as best cooperation comnany by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
*2004.11 Designated as best partner by Korea credit guarantee fund
*2006.03 Officially commended for a model payment of taxes by Ministry of Finance and Economy
*2007.12 bought Masan Ship Yard from Hanjin Heavy Industries

ungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (성동조선해양)

*2003 01. established

Although Sungdong Shipbuilding is Rookie, they hits World Rank 8

*2006.05. World Ranked 33
*2007.12. World Ranked 9
*2008.04. World Ranked 8

ungdong Masan Shipbuilding (성동산업 마산조선소)

*1972 Korea Tacoma was established

*1983~1993 built 6 Pohang class(PCC) of 24 ships for Korean navy
*1985 built 1 Ulsan class (FFX) of 9 ships for Korean Navy
*1994~1999 built 4 LST(고준봉) for Korean Navy

at that time, there were 5 Major Naval Shipbuilding Companies in Korea

대한조선공사(Hanjin heavy, 1937) 코리아타코마(Korea Tacoma, 1972) 현대중공업(HYUNDAI heavy, 1973) 삼성중공업(SAMSUNG heavy, 1977) 대우중공업(DAEWOO heavy, 1978)

*1999 Hanjin heavy bought Korea Tacoma (it is Masan Ship Yard)
*2007 Sungdong bought "Masan Ship Yard" from Hanjin Heavy Industries
*2008 produce Blocks of ships
*2009 start building Ships on enlarged Yard

Reference

http://www.sdms.co.kr/company03.html

External links

* [http://www.sdhi.co.kr Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering]
* [http://www.sungdongkk.co.kr Sungdong Machinery & Engineering co., Ltd]
* [http://www.sdwelder.com Sungdong Industries co. Ltd]
* [http://www.sdms.co.kr/ Sungdong Masan Yard]