List of Korean Companies with Branch Offices in Italy
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List of Korean companies with branch offices in Italy November 2016 # Sector Company Description 1 Construction and SAMSUNG Samsung Engineering is maingly engaged in the engineering construction business. The Company operates its engineering ENGINEERING business through two segments: chemical and non-chemical engineering. Its chemical engineering segment engages mainly in the in the construction of petrochemical plants and gas plants. Its non-chemical engineering segment is engaged in the chemical sector 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/ 2 Construction and GS E&C GS E&C is mainly active in the construction and civil engineering sector and in particular in the following business engineering segments: 1) Civil engineering; road and railway construction; 2) Residential construction, premises for public use like Infrastructure 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/ 3 Construction and KOLON GLOBAL KOLON GLOBAL CORPORATION is mainly engaged in the construction, merchandise sale and automobile sale engineering businesses. The Company mainly operates its businesses in four divisions: construction division, which involves in the Infrastructure 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 LF CORP LF Corp, formerly LG Fashion Corp., is a company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of men's and women's Apparels and apparels. The Company provides its products through four categories: 1) Men’s apparels under the brand names of accessories 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 # Sector Company Description 5 Distribution SAMSUNG The company’s core business is focused on the wholesale distribution of fashion products. Apparels and FASHION https://www.samsungfashion.com/contents_eng/home.jsp/ accessories 6 Manufacturing HYUNDAI MOTOR Hyundai Motor Company is principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of automobiles and automobile Automobile and parts. Along with its subsidiaries, the Company operates in three business divisions: 1) Vehicle division; 2) Financial components 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/ 7 Manufacturing KIA MOTORS KIA Motors is principally engaged in the automobile manufacturing. The Company's products include passenger Automobile and vehicles, recreational vehicles (RVs), taxi/bus/commercial vehicles as well as hybrid vehicles. Trucks 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/ 8 Manufacturing LG ELECTRONICS LG Electronics is a manufacturer specialized in the provision of electronic products. The Company mainly operates in Consumer the 1) Home entertainment division, which provides liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions (TVs), plasma display panel electronics (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/ # Sector Company Description 9 Manufacturing SAMSUNG Samsung Electronics is mainly engaged in the production of consumer electronic products. It operates in three Consumer ELECTRONICS business divisions: 1) Consumer electronics (CE) division, which involves in the color televisions (CTVs), monitors, electronics 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/ 10 Manufacturing LG CHEMICAL Production, sales, and R&D networks at home and abroad, have contributed to expanding LG Chemical’s business into Chemicals 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 11 Manufacturing POSCO ITPC POSCO is an integrated steel producer. The Company mainly operates in three segments: 1) Steel; 2) Trading; 3) 4) Steel 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 12 Manufacturing HANKOOK TIRE Hankook Tire is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of tires. The Company operates in two business Tires 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/