SECO SEOJIN AUTOMOTIVE

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※Many people doesn’t know about SECO. Most of buyers think that only PHC Valeo is a manufacturer for Hyundai/Kia car.
As I know, about 40% of clutched are supplied from SECO Seojin Automotive to Hyundai/Kia.

Company Name : Seco Seojin Automotive Co., Ltd.
CEO : Choi, Kangshik
Type of business : Manufacturing the new automotive power transfer unit
Business contents : Manufacturing and selling automotive parts(power transfer unit, automotive clutch, clutch disk, auto transmission)
Form of company : Middle sized company, external audit corporation, authorized company special cases on Military Service, export/import company
Established dated : 1990. Oct. 5th
Number of Employee : 299 (2018)
Sales turnover : KRW 142,497,580,000 (2018)
Capital : KRW 11,272,000,000 (2018)
Business Profit : KRW 9,013,390,000(2018)
Representative Tel. +82-31-496-1500
Web site : http://www.secoautomotive.com
Address : #609, 313, Gongdan 1-daero, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

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Company History
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1960~70

1966. 10 Founded as SEOUL GANGEOPSA
1968. Designated as a specialized plant for automotive parts by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
1975. Designated as a specialized company for automotive parts by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
1976. Acquired KS mark for Clutch Cover

1980

1980. Acquired KS mark for Clutch Cover
1980. Awarded as Excellence at 7th National Quality Management Contest.
1980. Received Ministry of Commerce and Industry Citation at National Quality Management Competition.
1985. Certified as first-class plant for quality management
1989. 06 Established R&D center

1990

1990. 10. 05 SEOJIN DAEGEUM established – EXEDY Japan Co., Ltd. 51% invested
1990. 12. 01 Began business operation
1990. 12. 10 Acquired C/C, C/D “Poom” mark
1991. 01. 22 Acquired C/C, C/D “KS” mark
1991. 04. 04 Registered to Ministry of Commerce and Industry for technology sourcing
1992. 06. 09 Acquired Class A trading license
1994. 01. 24 Acquired R&D center certification
1994. 07. 04 Transfer headquarter from Gunpo to Siwa Industrial Complex
1994. 08.~12. New plant construction
1995. 01. 28 Siwa plant construction completed
1995. 12. 28 Acquired ISO 9001 certification (Korea Standards Association)
1996. 11. 30 Received “$10 Million Export Tower” award on 33rd of Trade Day
1996. 12. 23 Acquired Quality 100 PPM certification
1997. 10 SEOJIN INDUSTRY acquired the all share which the Japanese company had.
1997. 11. 13 Comany name changed to SEOJIN CLUTCH
1998. 09. 17 Received 100 PPM Presidential Award
1999. 01. 21 Designated as an outstanding tech company (SMBA)
1999. 05. 26 Selected as a small enterprise for promising export
1999. 10. 20 Acquired QS-9000 certification (Korea Quality Certification Center)

2000

2002. 09. SEOJIN CLUTCH China was established.
2003. 02. 04 Acquired ISO/TS-16949 certification (Korea Quality Certification Center)
2006. 03. 01 Acquired ISO-14001 Environmental Management System certification (SGS United Kingdom Ltd)
2006. 05. 10 Registered as a technologically innovative SME (INNO-BIZ) (SMBA)
2008. 06. 10 Registered as a tech-venture company (Korea Technology Finance Corporation)
2009. 02. 24 Renewed environmental system IS014001 certification (Korea Standards Association)
2009. 04. 16 Renewed quality system TS16949 certification (Korea Standards Association)
2009. 07. 09 Certified for outstanding labor culture in 2009
2009. 08. 11 Certified as an outstanding company for labor relation (Ministry of Labor)
2009. 11. 25 Received Presidential Award (First place) at National Quality duty allocation competition 2009
2009. 11. 25 Received Presidential Award for Quality Management at The 35th National Quality Management Competition

2010

2010. 11. 02 Received First place for labor relation in 2010 (Ministry of Labor)
2011. 06. 03 Changed the company name to SEOJIN AUTOMOTIVE from SEOJIN CLUTCH
2012. 04. 19Listed on KOSDAQ
2013. 07. 15Selected as a Korean Hidden Champion Company by EXIM
2013. 08. 05Selected as an outstanding company for labor relation
2013. 08. 27Acquired OHSAS 18001 certification (British Standards Institution)
2013. 10. 10Won GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award
2015. 10. 18Selected as a participant in Tech-day of HYUNDAI MOTOR and KIA MOTOROS