List of Korean companies with branch offices in Italy

List of Korean companies with branch offices in Italy
November 2016
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1
Sector
Construction and
engineering
mainly in the
chemical sector
Company
SAMSUNG
ENGINEERING
Description
Samsung Engineering is maingly engaged in the engineering construction business. The Company operates its
business through two segments: chemical and non-chemical engineering. Its chemical engineering segment engages
in the construction of petrochemical plants and gas plants. Its non-chemical engineering segment is engaged in the
construction of infrastructures and plants for various sectors such as refinery, hydrocarbon upstream, electric power,
metallurgy, and water treatment and others. Its customers include Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display, Samsung
Total Corp., Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, ONGC Petro addition limited and others.
www.samsungengineering.com/
GS E&C is mainly active in the construction and civil engineering sector and in particular in the following business
segments: 1) Civil engineering; road and railway construction; 2) Residential construction, premises for public use like
offices and factories; 3) Construction of oil, gas petrochemical and water and wastewater treatment plants; 4) Electric
power for power generation plants; 5) Hotel management; 6) Other activities in the resort management and renting
sectors.
On November 19, 2013, it acquired a 22.7% stake in Oksan Ochang Highway Corp. After that, it holds 60.1% stake in
Oksan Ochang Highway Corp.
www.gsconst.co.kr/
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Construction and
engineering
Infrastructure
GS E&C
3
Construction and
engineering
Infrastructure
KOLON GLOBAL
KOLON GLOBAL CORPORATION is mainly engaged in the construction, merchandise sale and automobile sale
businesses. The Company mainly operates its businesses in four divisions: construction division, which involves in the
construction of residential buildings, power and chemical plants, offices, roads, subways, sewage treatment facilities
and others; information technology division, which involves in the IT system, IT solution and relevant repair and
maintenance services; merchandise sale division, which involves in the trading of industrial materials, fertilizers, fine
chemicals, steel products, pharmaceuticals and others, as well as automobile sale division, which involves in the sale of
imported automobiles. On August 27, 2013, it transferred a certain shares of Kimcheon Energy Co.,Ltd., engaged in the
group energy business. After that, the Company's stake in Kimcheon Energy Co.,Ltd. decreased to 20.0%.
www.kolonglobal.com/eng/intro/introduce
4
Distribution
Apparels and
accessories
LF CORP
LF Corp, formerly LG Fashion Corp., is a company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of men's and women's
apparels. The Company provides its products through four categories: 1) Men’s apparels under the brand names of
DAKS, HAZZYS, TNCT, MAESTRO, TOWNGENT, JILLSTUART, VINCE; 2) Women’s apparels under the brand names of
MAX MARA, LEONARD, ISABEL MARANT, JOSEPH, VANESSA BRUNO, JILL, JILLSTUART, MOGG, TNGTW; 3)
accessories, including belts and handbags, under the brand names of LIPAULT, HUNTER, TNCT; 4) Sportswear and
outdoor wear under the brand names of LAFUMA, BURTON, INTERSPORT. The Company distributes its products
through department stores, Internet shopping malls and others.
http://www.lfcorp.com/rn14_eng/rn14_main.jsp
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6
Sector
Distribution
Apparels and
accessories
Manufacturing
Automobile and
components
Company
SAMSUNG
FASHION
Description
The company’s core business is focused on the wholesale distribution of fashion products.
https://www.samsungfashion.com/contents_eng/home.jsp/
HYUNDAI MOTOR
Hyundai Motor Company is principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of automobiles and automobile
parts. Along with its subsidiaries, the Company operates in three business divisions: 1) Vehicle division; 2) Financial
division; Other business divisions. The ‘Vehicle’ division manufactures automobiles under the brand names of Genesis,
Tucson, Equus, Veloster, Azera, Sonata, Elantra, Accent and and commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses, special
vehicles. It also provides automobile maintenance services and related components. The ‘Financial’ division mainly
provides automobile financing services and credit card services. The ‘Other business’ division includes construction of
railways and other infrastructures.
www.hyundai.com/
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Manufacturing
Automobile and
Trucks
KIA MOTORS
KIA Motors is principally engaged in the automobile manufacturing. The Company's products include passenger
vehicles, recreational vehicles (RVs), taxi/bus/commercial vehicles as well as hybrid vehicles.
KIA Motors is strengthening its global management through diversified activities in the foreign markets, amongh
which the construction of a plant in Mexico, which is expected to be completed by 2016.
Presently KIA’s plants are in the United States (production: 366thousand cars/year), Slovakia (production: 323thousand
cars/year), China (production: 646thousand cars/year) and Korea (production: 1.7million cars/year).
China Mexico ?
In 2014 the sales reached the 2,907thousand units/year, most of them abroad (2,442 cars). 14% of the cars sold abroad
are sold in the European market
www.kia.com/
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Manufacturing
Consumer
electronics
LG ELECTRONICS
LG Electronics is a manufacturer specialized in the provision of electronic products. The Company mainly operates in
the 1) Home entertainment division, which provides liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions (TVs), plasma display panel
(PDP) TVs, LCD monitors, as well as audio, video and security equipment; 2) Mobile communications division, which
provides mobile terminals, tablet personal computers (PCs) and network equipment; 3) Home appliance division, which
provides refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, healthcare equipment, cleaners, water treatment
machines and others; 4) Air conditioning and energy solution division, which mainly provides industrial and household
air conditionings, as well as other business division. It also involves in the 5) light-emitting diode (LED) business, 6)
optics solutions business, 7) vehicle components business. LG is active in 119 countries.
http://www.lg.com/
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Sector
Manufacturing
Consumer
electronics
Company
SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS
10 Manufacturing
LG CHEMICAL
Production, sales, and R&D networks at home and abroad, have contributed to expanding LG Chemical’s business into
the global market. The company aims at providing innovative materials and solutions by sharpening our competitive
edge in high-value added core businesses while expanding new business opportunities in IT & Electronic materials and
Energy Solutions.
Main products: Basic materials and chemicals such as ethylene and propylene, IT&E materials such as polarizers and
hydric solutions; advanced materials such as OLED and Energy solutions such as lithium batteries
http://www.lgchem.com/global/main
POSCO ITPC
POSCO is an integrated steel producer. The Company mainly operates in three segments: 1) Steel; 2) Trading; 3) 4)
Construction and others. The steel segment includes production of steel products and sale of such products. The
trading segment consists of global trading activities of Daewoo International, exporting and importing a range of steel
products that are both obtained from and supplied to POSCO, as well as between other suppliers and purchasers in
Korea and overseas. The construction segment includes planning, designing and construction of industrial plants, civil
engineering projects and commercial and residential buildings, both in Korea and overseas. The others segment
includes power generation, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) logistics, and network and system integration. The Company
is engaged in businesses that complements its steel manufacturing operations, as well as seeks out investment
opportunities to diversify its businesses both vertically and horizontally.
http://www.posco.com/homepage/docs/eng5/jsp/s91a0000001i.jsp
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Chemicals
11
Manufacturing
Steel
12 Manufacturing
Tires
HANKOOK TIRE
Description
Samsung Electronics is mainly engaged in the production of consumer electronic products. It operates in three
business divisions: 1) Consumer electronics (CE) division, which involves in the color televisions (CTVs), monitors,
printers, air conditioners, refrigerators, laundry machines; 2) Information technology & mobile communications (IM)
division, which involves in the production of computers, handhold phones (HHPs), network systems, digital cameras; 3)
Device solutions (DM) division, which is divided into semiconductor and display business parts, providing dynamic
random access memories (DRAMs), flashes, thin film transistor-liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs). The Company
distributes its products within domestic market and to overseas markets. On September 2, 2014, it announced that it
has acquired Printer On, engaged in mobile cloud printing solutions based in Ontario.
www.samsung.com/
Hankook Tire is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of tires. The Company operates in two business
segments: 1) Tire and 2) general machinery. Its tire segment manufactures automobile tires, which are applied in
passenger cars, trucks, buses, industrial cars and others, as well as provides automobile batteries and engages in the
leasing of non-residential buildings. Its general machinery segment manufactures tire manufacturing equipment,
molds, as well as provides equipment maintenance services. The Company distributes its products within domestic
market and to overseas markets.
www.hankooktire.com/
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Sector
Manufacturing
Tires
Company
KUMHO TIRES
14 Manufacturing
NEXEN TIRES
Established in 1942, it started producing tires in Korea in 1956. In 2000, it changed its name from Woosung Tire to
Nexen Tire Corporation. In 2005, Nexen Tire was awarded a patent for the technology to manufacture rubber/stratified
silicate nano-composite tires. By 2006, they had completed development on the new UHP and Winter LTR/SUV
pattern. To accommodate increased global demand for the Nexen brand, they opened yet another tire manufacturing
plant in Qingdao, China in 2007. Nexen Tire currently exports to 120 countries, through its 250 dealers.
http://it.nexentire.com/
HYOSUNG
Hyosung Corp. is an industrial conglomerate that engages in textile, industrial materials, chemical, heavy industry,
construction, trading and financial businesses. Its textile business manufactures spandex yarns, polyester yarns and
nylon yarns. Its industrial materials business provides tire cords, steel cords, carpets and others. Its chemical business
mainly provides propane propylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, nylon films and polyester films. Its
heavy industry business provides transformers, circuit breakers, motors and speed reducers. Its construction business
constructs commercial buildings, environment facilities, industry plants and others. Its trading business engages in the
trading of chemical and steel products, imported automobiles and others. Its financial business involves in the
installment financing and leasing of industrial machineries and others. It also involves in the property leasing services.
http://www.hyosungpni.com/eng/main/main1.do
SAMSUNG C&T
Founded in 1938 as a parent company of Samsung Group, in 1975, Samsung C&T was designated as the first general
trading company by the Korean government to lead overseas sales operations. After the merger with Samsung
Construction in Dec. 1995, Samsung C&T has engaged in global business with offices in around 50 countries. Samsung
Everland, established in 1963 with a mission for land development, has been leading the service industry in Korea by
expanding its business scope to resort, food and beverage, and construction. In Dec.2013, Samsung Everland acquired
Cheil Industries Fashion Group, a prominent industry player founded in 1954. It has changed its company name to Cheil
Industries following the merger, and has focused on projects related to lifestyle design. After the merger of Samsung
C&T and Cheil Industries in Sep. 2015, Samsung C&T aims to become a global business partner and lifestyle innovator
in fashion, food, housing, leisure and bio businesses with its Engineering & Construction, Trading & Investment,
Fashion and Resort Groups.
http://www.samsungcnt.com/EN/cnt/index.do
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Tires
15
Manufacturing
and Trading
Textile, metal,
chemical
16 Manufacturing
and Trading
Construction and
others
Description
Kumho Tires manufactures and distributes a full range of tire under the Kumho and Marshal brands. Together with
Asiana Airlines, it is a subsidiary of Kumho Asiana Group. It exports tires in more than 146 foreign countries through a
global net. It has 4 R&D centers, with the largest in Gwangju, South Korea. The others are in Akron, Ohio (USA),Tianjin
(China) and Morfelden-Walldorf (Germany). The latter, known with the name of Kumho Europe Technical Center
(KETC) developes new products for the European market, especially equipments. On 15 Feb. 2014 Kumho Tire and
Yokohama Rubber Company signed an agreement of technological alliance to increase their competitiveness on the
International markets. Kumho Tires sponsors the Lampre-Merida Italian male bicycle racing team and in 2011-2013, it
sponsored some Italian major league soccer clubs (Roma, Firenze, etc.).
http://www.kumho-eu-tyre-label.eu/
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Sector
Manufacturing
semiconductors
18 Logistics
19 Trading and
Company
SK HYNIX
Services
SK Hynix Inc. is a Korea-based company engaged in the manufacture of semiconductors. The Company mainly
develops and manufactures memory and non-memory semiconductors. Its memory semiconductors include dynamic
random access memory (DRAM) products, multi-chip products (MCPs) and NAND flash memory semiconductors,
which are used for cellular phones, personal computers (PCs), digital televisions (TVs), digital cameras, set-top boxes,
digital versatile disk (DVD) players, printers, notebooks and other electronic products. Its non-memory semiconductors
include complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors, which are used in digital imaging products.
The Company distributes its products within the domestic market and to overseas markets. On April 22, 2014, it
acquired entire shares by acquiring the remaining 72.06% interest in Siliconfile Technologies Inc. On August 23, 2014,
the Company sold its entire shares in Fidelix Co. Ltd.
http://www.skhynix.com
HYUNDAI
LOGISTICS
Hyundai Logistics provides logistics services in South Korea and Internationally. The company offers parcel delivery
services that include agency and corporate delivery services; door-to-door delivery services; third party logistics
services that comprise agency for franchise logistics, cooling delivery, warehouse inventory management, consulting,
bulk, distribution, packing and moving, and specialized logistic services; and ocean freight forwarding services, such as
container, bulk transportation, and project cargo services. It also provides air freight forwarding services, which include
import/export transportation, warehouse storage, customs clearance, and bonded transportation; intermodal services,
including inland trucking, domestic rail, coasting feeder, warehouse management, and real time IT system services;
domestic services; and port logistics services that include dock services.
Hyundai Logistics Co, Ltd. was formerly known as Hyundai Logiem Co., Ltd. and changed its name to the current one
in March 2011. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It operates as a
subsidiary of LGIS Corporation.
http://www.hlc.co.kr/english/main
POSCO DAEWOO
POSCO Daewoo is mainly engaged in the trading, resource development and manufacturing businesses. The Company
operates in three business divisions: 1) Trading division, engaged in the international trading of steel products, metals,
machineries, chemical products, automobile components, electronics, textiles, fibers and others;2) Resource and
development division, engaged in the development of energy, minerals and food resources in domestic and overseas,
as well as manufacture; 3) Other division, engaged in the operation of textile factories and department stores.
http://www.daewoo.com/eng/
Asiana Airlines is a company principally engaged in the provision of air transportation services. Along with its
subsidiaries, the Company operates in four business segments: 1) Air transportation segment, mainly engaged in the
passenger and freight air transportation services, and sale of in-flight duty free products and others;2) Information and
communication segment, engaged in the construction, management and maintenance of integrated systems, and sale
of computer products; 3) Air transportation support segment, mainly engaged in the air cargo handling, cargo terminal
leasing and other support businesses, and other business segment, mainly engaged in the leasing and management of
bus terminals.
us.flyasiana.com/
Distribution
Metals and other
products
20 Air transportation
Description
ASIANA AIRLINES
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Sector
Air transportation
Services
22 Marine
transportation
Containers and
bulk
23 Advisory for
maritime industry
Company
KOREAN AIR
HYUNDAI
MERCHANT
MARINE
Description
Korean Airlines is engaged in the passenger airline transportation business. Its principal activities consist of the
provision of domestic and international airline services; the production of aircrafts; the provision of military aircraft
maintenance and upgrade services, and the development of satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles. It is also provides
in-flight meals and commodities for third parties, as well as cargo transportation business. In addition, it operates
hotels and provides limousine services. Through its subsidiaries, it provides information technology (IT) services, travel
services, properties leasing, sale of limestone, air auxiliary transport services, securities investment and others.
https://www.koreanair.com/
Hyundai Merchant Marine is specialized in the provision of shipping services. The Company provides its services under
two main segments: 1) Container segment and 2) bulk segment. The container segment provides dangerous cargo
service, reefer cargo services, over-sized cargo service and others. Its container services provide container carrier
transportation services, which include transpacific services, Asia-Europe services, transatlantic services, intra-Asia
services and Latin America services, with more than 40 sea routes. Its bulk segment provides transportation services
with vessels such as tankers, liquid natural gas (LNG) carriers, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) carriers and trampers for
LNG, LPG, steel mills, power plants, coals and iron ores suppliers. It also engages in the harbor operation.
www.hmm21.com/
KOREAN REGISTER KR is a world-leading, technical advisor to the maritime industry, safeguarding life, property and the environment
through the pursuit of excellence in its rules and standards. Founded in 1960 and becoming a member of the
International association of Classification societies (IACS) in 1988, KR ensures its customers receive immediate and
high quality service through a comprehensive network of more than 60 offices with its headquarters in Busan.
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE :
- Survey KR’s class survey regime aims to help customers register their vessels and operate them in a safe and
responsible way throughout their service life.
-Certification: KR offers a range of certification services from their offices around the world. Their membership
of IACS coupled with more than 50 years’ industry experience allows highly qualified and motivated teams of experts
to deliver a tailored service that is both timely and cost effective.
-Energy & Environmental services KR offers survey and certification services for renewable energies, including
for wind and ocean power. KR is continuously working on new and innovative green ship technologies to reduce
emissions and fuel usage. These advances allow customers to meet their environmental goals.
-Naval services: KR provides verification of technical documentation for naval vessel designs and contributes to
stability and combats the performance of all types of warships and submarines.
-Information & Technology/Research & Development/Academy: Dedicated KR professionals deliver a range of high
quality technical services throughout the entire life-cycle of the vessel.
http://www.krs.co.kr/eng/main/main.aspx
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Sector
24 Advertising and
Marketing
Services
25 Consulting,
Marketing,
communication
Company
CHEIL
WORLDWIDE
INNOCEAN
WORLDWIDE
Description
Cheil Worldwide is principally engaged in the advertising business. The Company engages in the provision of media
services, including targeting, analyzing, budgeting, allocating, forecasting, managing and planning services; promotion
services, such as planning and production of exhibition decorations and holistic marketing services, and advertising
production services, including production of television, radio, newspaper, magazine, online, cable television and digital
multimedia broadcasting (DMB) advertising services. On April 1, 2014, it acquired the entire shares of Samsung
Electronics Football Club Co Ltd, a Suwon-based sports teams and clubs, from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
www.cheil.com/
Innocean Worldwide, a Hyundai Motor Company’s global marketing communication enterprise, provides a marketing
solution for companies with respect to their consumers. They communicate at 360 degrees with the consumer, and
work to provide groundbreaking ideas and communication services. Launched in May 2005 as the marketing vanguard
for Hyundai Motor Group, it is now spearheading marketing and communication projects for many of the group’s
affiliates. With its overseas bases consisting of 22 offices in 17 countries including South and North America, Europe,
China, Australia, India and the Middle East, Innocean is turning into a global marketing and communications company
that operates not only in Korea, but also in the entire world.
http://www.innocean.com/ww-en/