HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
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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.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Anduril Industries
Outbound - Manufacturing Services - HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is building the first hull for Anduril's autonomous surface-vessel programme at Ulsan
Source - HII
Outbound - Manufacturing Services - HD Hyundai supplies intelligent mechanised welding systems deployed in HII Ingalls fabrication areas
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Financials
- 329180.KS - KRX - KRW
Team
- Won-ho Joo - Chief Executive, Naval & Special Ship Business Unit - Executive sponsor of the HII cooperation and the intelligent welding pilot at Ingalls Shipbuilding.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-06 - Production Milestone - HD Hyundai delivers vessel with Lashing-Free container technology
HD Hyundai Samho handled detailed design and vessel construction; the system extends cell guides above deck and uses portable benches. The company reports more than 10% additional allowable on-deck cargo weight compared with conventional vessels of the same type. September sea trials showed reduced vibration; a future version is being developed with weathertight features.
Source - 2026-08-04 - Deployment - HII and HD Hyundai begin intelligent welding pilot at Ingalls
The systems automatically recognise workpieces and welding conditions and correct weld positions in real time. Captured process data will support quality control, process improvement and traceability. The pilot extends a 2025 cooperation agreement into fabrication areas that had relied predominantly on manual welding.
Source - 2026-08-04 - Deployment - MakinaRocks field-tests anomaly detection across 12 HD KSOE welding robots
The system analyses robot operating data to identify abnormal behaviour during automated welding. Field testing covered 12 robots in a live shipyard production environment. The project connects MakinaRocks software to existing industrial robots rather than introducing a new welding-robot model.
Source - 2026-04-20 - Partnership - Anduril names shipbuilding partners for proposed autonomous vessels
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is one of the named shipbuilding partners. Edison Chouest Offshore is the second named shipbuilding partner. The collaboration supports a proposed programme responding to the Navy’s autonomous-vessel requirement.
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Relations
Relationships
- MakinaRocks
Verified Deployment - MakinaRocks field-tested anomaly-detection software across 12 HD KSOE welding robots.
- Skaramangas Shipyards
Shipbuilding Partner - Skaramangas and HD Hyundai are cooperating on naval and coast-guard vessel construction for Europe.
- Anduril Industries
Documented Qualified Partnership - Anduril selected HD Hyundai Heavy Industries as a shipbuilding partner for its proposed autonomous surface-vessel programme.