Company History

IntroduceCompany History

Present

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2010

  • February 2017
    • Acquired COSMOLINK VINA, a Vietnamese subsidiary
  • December 2013
    • Added business purpose related to steam business
  • March 2013
    • Acquired COSMOLINK Co., Ltd.
  • March 2011
    • Change of CEO (Inauguration of CEO H.S. Park)
  • December 2010
    • Graduated from a loan workout by joining KBI Group
    • Change of the largest shareholders (KBI AutoTech and 3 others) with paid-in capital increase (22 billion KRW)
    • Resolutions of the creditors’ debt-equity swap of 8 banks (62 billion KRW)
  • July 2010
    • Applied for a loan workout

2009

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2002

  • February 2008
    • A merger of MB Metal by MB Seongsan
  • March 2006
    • Changed the company name to MB Metal Co., Ltd. (Seonjin Metal Co., Ltd. → MB Metal Co., Ltd.)
  • December 2005
    • Determination to terminate a reconciliation (Suwon District Court on Dec. 16, 2005)
  • November 2005
    • Debt reconciliation and paid-in capital increase (13.2 billion KRW after capital increase)
  • April 2002
    • Delisting from the Korea Stock Exchange (May 21, 2002)
  • March 2002
    • Capital reduction (Capital after reduction 1,164,510,000 KRW)

1999

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1991

  • January 1999
    • Approval of a reconciliation (Suwon District Court)
  • May 1997
    • Started the operation of the expanded JCR Line of Eumseong Factory (85,000 MT per year)
    • Started the operation of the expanded AL Rod of Ansan Factory (30,000 MT per year)
  • September 1996
    • Started the operation of the SCR Line of Eumseong Factory (135,000 MT per year)
  • July 1996
    • Listed on the Korea Stock Exchange
  • October 1995
    • Completed new SCR Line at Eumseong Factory
  • May 1994
    • Established and completed the R&D Center
  • November 1993
    • Registered to the OTC stock market
  • June 1991
    • Copper production by completion of Eumseong Factory and continuous casting facility

1988

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1985

  • January 1988
    • Started the production of high-purity aluminum wire
  • December 1987
    • Started the production of copper rod by 3-stage rolling mill
  • February 1986
    • Started the production of aluminum rod (annual production volume of 18,000 tons)
  • August 1985
    • Established the company in Moknae-dong, Ansan

2008

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2000

  • November 2008
    • A small scale merger with OSK International Co., Ltd.
  • December 2007
    • Changed the company name from Hankook Seongsan Co., Ltd. to MB Seongsan Co., Ltd.
  • November 2007
    • Established the R&D center
  • March 2005
    • Added the business purpose (production and sales of automotive electronic parts)
  • June 2004
    • Constructed a new R&D building (758.46㎡)
  • July 2003
    • Acquired a factory site (9,971㎡) and building (1,997.73㎡)
    • 103-5 Bonri-ri, Nongong-eup, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, Republic of Korea
  • January 2003
    • Constructed the 3rd factory (2,303.8㎡)
  • June 2000
    • Signed a technical guidance contract for processing of motor cases with Nippon Sanso Electronics Co., Ltd. and RK Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

1997

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1992

  • June 1997
    • Signed a support contract for winding processing technology with Nippon Sanso Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • November 1995
    • Received $10 Million Export Tower Award
  • December 1994
    • Registered to the Korea Securities Dealers Association Brokage Market
  • February 1994
    • Developed the automatic additive tooling of the motor core for the first time as the Production Technology Development Institute of the Ministry of Commerce-Industry and Seoul National University of Science and Technology
  • November 1992
    • Received the Daegu Metropolitan City SMEs Award

1989

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1987

  • November 1989
    • Received $5 Million Export Tower Award
  • July 1988
    • Designated as a technology-intensive SME (Minister of Commerce-Industry)
  • February 1987
    • Established Korea-Japan Joint Venture to produce motors and transformer cores