Doosan Robotics
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Machinery
Hyundai Doosan Infracore wins orders for 62 excavators in Philippines
South Korea-based heavy machinery and construction equipment maker Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co. has secured orders for 62 excavators in the Philippi...
Oct 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT, Samsung Medical Center extend ties in building robot-driven hospitals
KT Corp. and Samsung Group’s medical facility Samsung Medical Center (SMC) have made another step forward in creating a next-generation hospit...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job
South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is considering employing Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., in its ...
Sep 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Coffeebanhada, known for robot barista, seeks investment for expansion
Coffeebanhada, a South Korean budget coffee chain operator, is seeking to attract investment from private equity funds and strategic investors.Accor...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
MBK Partners to sell Doosan Machine Tools for $2.1 bn
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, agreed to sell South Korean Doosan Machine Tools at $2.1 billion to the country’s DTR ...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Infracore expands Middle East market share with more orders
Doosan Infracore Co., a leading South Korean heavy machinery and construction equipment maker, secured more orders in the Middle East where rising c...
Aug 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK seeks to exit Japan's top golf course operator
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity firm, is seeking to exit Japan's largest golf course operator Accordia Next Golf to capitalize on ...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Delta variant, rate hike views hurt Korean lower-rated corporate bond sales
South Korean companies with low credit ratings around BBB are suffering weaker demand in the primary market. A spread in the Delta coronavirus varia...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Heavy to invest $60 mn more in US NuScale Power
South Korea’s major power plant builder Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. will further invest in NuScale Power LLC, a US small mo...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO, Doosan join hands on ammonia-fueled gas turbines
POSCO and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., the two key members of Korea’s ambitious green ammonia alliance formed last week, wi...
Jul 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Woowa Brothers launches last-mile indoor food delivery robot in Seoul
Woowa Brothers Corp., South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, has launched a last-mile indoor robot food delivery service, as people inc...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Koh Young’s medical robot KYMERO expands foothold in Korean hospitals
Koh Young Technology Inc., Korea’s leading maker of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, has further strengthened ...
Jul 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Neosapience develops AI voice actors that sound like humans, not robots
In February 2020, a South Korean broadcasting network aired a virtual reality (VR) reunion between a grieving mother and her late daughter. The docu...
Jul 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver says it's constructing world’s first robot-friendly building
The world’s first “robot-friendly” building will complete construction in the second half of this year by South Korea’s tech...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai innovates EV manufacturing with smart factory system
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. is making innovations in its electric vehicle manufacturing processes. The company on July 1 reve...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
BTS performs epic dance-off with Boston Dynamics robots
The global sensation BTS, topping the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for the fifth week with its latest hit Butter, has stepped outside the human realm in ...
Jun 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai eyes smart mobility with Boston Dynamics acquisition
Hyundai Motor Co. said on Monday it is shifting its business focus toward smart mobility from brick-and-mortar carmaking following its acquisition l...
Jun 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor chairman sees future in self-driving, robot businesses
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is in the United States seeking business opportunities in one of the South Korean automotive group’s...
Jun 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung Electronics to market wearable robot for healthcare by year-end
Samsung Electronics Co. will commercialize a wearable robot for healthcare by the end of this year as the South Korean tech giant is delving into th...
Jun 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan Group pushes painful restructuring, bears fruit in Q1
Established in 1896 as a small fabric store in downtown Seoul, Doosan Corp. is the oldest surviving company in South Korea. Throughout the 20th cent...
May 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Doosan sets sights on hydrogen business as future growth engine
South Korea’s Doosan Group has launched a task force to foster its hydrogen fuel cell business as one of its key growth drivers.The heavy mach...
Apr 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Infracore to build 15,000 forklift engines for China’s Linde
Doosan Infracore Co., a leading South Korean heavy machinery and construction equipment maker, has won an order to build 15,000 forklift engines fro...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan taps PEFs to sell copper clad board division
Doosan Co., the holding company of South Korea's Doosan Group, is in contact with several private equity firms to sell its in-house electronic mater...
Apr 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai, Woowa Brothers tie up to develop last-mile delivery robot
Hyundai Motor Group and Woowa Brothers Corp., the country’s top food delivery app operator, have agreed to jointly develop delivery robots cap...
Mar 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor invests in Clearpath Robotics in push for future mobility
Hyundai Motor Co. has invested $5 million in Clearpath Robotics Inc., a Canada-based robotics startup, in a stepped-up push to transform into a comp...
Mar 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Doosan to spin off No. 1 forklift business to Bobcat
South Korea-based power plant builder Doosan Group is planning to spin off its profitable forklift business into construction equipment affiliate Do...
Feb 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Heavy seals $757 mn stake purchase in Doosan Infracore
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. signed a definitive agreement on Friday to buy a controlling stake in Doosan Infracore Co....
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Top court rules in favor of Doosan Infracore; sale to Hyundai to proceed
The sale process for Doosan Infracore Co. is gaining traction after it won a legal dispute with financial investors over a case involving the top So...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Heavy clinches $562 mn Guam power plant deal
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has clinched an order to build a combined cycle power plant in Guam from a consortium of Kore...
Dec 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
See Spot trot: Hyundai Motor wows crowd with robotic dog
This is Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc. – the US robotics company acquired by Hyundai Motor Co. earlier this mon...
Dec 18, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)