Company profile
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries designs and builds commercial ships and naval surface platforms at its Ulsan shipyard. Its robotics relevance comes from intell...
Facts
- Segment
- DEFENSE
- Country
- KR
- Headquarters
- Ulsan, Ulsan
- Founded
- 1972
- Website
- https://www.hhi.co.kr/en/main
About HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries operates one of the world's largest shipbuilding complexes and supplies merchant vessels, naval ships, engines and related marine systems. Its Naval & Special Ship business has built destroyers, frigates and support vessels while pursuing international production and technology partnerships.
The company's smart-yard programme applies digital twins, automated logistics and robotic fabrication to shipbuilding processes that involve large, variable structures. Its cooperation with HII moved from a 2025 memorandum and technical exchanges into an August 2026 pilot that places intelligent mechanised welding systems inside Ingalls unit-fabrication areas. The machines recognise workpieces, correct weld positions and capture production data for quality and traceability.
Market context
PRODUCTION
Summary
Type: Shipbuilder
Core: Naval platforms
Function: Build surface vessels
Audience: Commercial and defence