Hankook machine tools –
a top product on its way into the global market
The Hankook Machine Tools Co., Ltd., founded in 1969, has specialised
in the development and manufacture of machine tools in the 38 years following
its founding, and at the same time promoted the establishment of the Korean
machine tools industry.
Since we started our business activities, we have concentrated on large,
high performance lathes. For this reason our company today occupies a top
position at the forefront of this sector in Korea.
As a medium-sized company, we produce many machines in Korea each year according
to the newest production standards.
We at Hankook Machine Tools Co., Ltd. concentrate on creating strategies
having the development of our own technologies and continuous development
of products according to the requirements of the global market as their
main objective. This is because we wish to satisfy our customers and offer
them with added value.
History
| 1967 | Beginning of technical cooperation as joint venture with Dainichi Kinzoku Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
| 1969 | Founding of the Hankook Machine Tools Co., Ltd. in Dongrae, Pusan, Korea and start of lathe production |
| 1979 | Transfer of administration and production to the Changwon factory (Changwon, Kyungnam, Korea) |
| 1982 | Self-development of very large, conventional lathes |
| 1985 | Self-development of CNC lathes |
| 1989 | Awarded the bronze industrial medal by the President on the occasion of the start-up of the research and development department |
| 1990 | Production of CNC lathe type series with a centre height from 630 to 1,700 mm and expansion of the factory by 2,710 m2 just for the assembly of the CNC lathes |
| 1993 | Development of Korea's largest conventional lathe with a centre height of 3,060 mm for the grinding of turbine generators |
| 1995 | Development of the first Korean semi-CNC lathe |
| 1997 | Obtainment of the EM designation and CE certification with CNC vertical and semi-CNC lathes. Distinguished by the Korean Ministry of Economics. Top position in the top 100 list of Korean industrial companies |
| 1998 | Certification according to ISO 9001 |
| 2000 | Distinguished by the Korean Ministry of Research and the Chamber of Commerce in Kyungnam (Korea) |
| 2001 | First appearance of the Hankook Machine Tools GmbH, Hamburg at the EMO 2001 in Hanover; Hankook introduces its vertical lathes into the European market |
| 2002 | Hankook Machine Tools GmbH, Hamburg exhibits for the first time at the BIMU in Milan |
| 2003 | Hankook Machine Tools GmbH, Hamburg exhibits together with Hankook Machine Tools Co., Ltd at the EMO 2003 in Milan |
| 2004 | Open house event in the new offices at Rahlau 52, Hamburg; first appearance of the Hankook Machine Tools GmbH, Hamburg at the METAV, Dusseldorf |
| 2005 | 2005 Hankook Machine Tools GmbH, Hamburg presents itself at the EMO 2005 in Hanover |
| 2006 | Hankook Machine Tools GmbH, based in Hamburg, presents itself at the METAV 2006 in Dusseldorf |
| 2007 | Change of name, the Hankook Machine Tools GmbH becomes Vertriebsgesellschaft Hankook Machine Tools mbH The Vertriebsgesellschaft Hankook Machine Tools mbH presents itself at the EMO 2007 in Hanover |