SL Corporation (old name : Samlip Ind.)

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Company Name : SL Corporation
CEO : Lee, Chunggon / Lee, Seongyeop / Kim, Hanyeong
Type of business : Manufacturing new steering and suspension system
Business contents : Manufacturing and whole sales of automotive parts(automotive lamps, chassis, steering, caster holder)
Form of company : KOSPI, Middle sized company, external audit corporation, export/import company
Established dated : 1968. Nov. 7th
Number of Employee : 2,411 (2019)
Sales turnover : KRW 735,139,560,000 (2018)
Capital : KRW 16,932,550,000 (2018)
Business Profit : KRW 5,529,600,000 (2018)
Representative Tel. +82-53-856-8511
Web site : http://www.slworld.com
Address : 32, Geomdangongdan-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Company History
(Copy+past from : http://www.slworld.com/Global/Introduce/slhistory1970.asp )

Before 1970

1954 Samlip Motor Works established

1958 Starts producing hub, band brake for bicycles for the first time in Korea

1961 Develops dynamo lamps for bicycles for the first time in Korea

1968 Samlip Industrial Co., Ltd. incorporated

1969 Starts to deliver headlamp assemblies to Hyundai Motors

1971 Relocates to Nowon Plant

1980s

1981 Forms technical alliance with STANLEY Electric Co. (Headlamp sector)

1982 Joint business of vertical industries in small- and medium-sized companies approved (Ministry of Commerce and Industry)
Passes ECE regulations on headlamps

1983 Industrial Service Medal received (No.1216)

1985 Acquires UL Mark for injection plant (C-2172)
Acquires the First Class for plant quality management (Da 1-31) (headlamps)
Creates a joint venture agreement between Samlip Industrial and General Motors
Wins the best prize for industrial standardization (No.26 / Quality Control Standardization Competition)

1986 Establishes in-house Research Center (Approved by Ministry of Science and Technology No. 315)
Builds SL Seongsan jointly with GM in Seongseo Industrial Complex

1987 Forms technical alliance with a British company, LUCAS (headlamp)
Wins Ten Million Export Tower Award
Establishes SL Lighting Corporation (formerly, Samlip Electric) in Gumdan Industrial Complex, Daegu

1988 IPO (Korea Stock Exchange 810-52, Capital KRW 6.5 billion)

1989 Wins Korea Management Grand Prix (Best Company) from Korea Management Association (KMA)

1990s

1993 Wins Korea Productivity Grand Prix (Korea Productivity Center / Labor-Management Cooperation Sector)

1994 Establishes SL Seobong Corporation
Forms technical alliance with STANLEY Electric Co. (LAMP systems)
Establishes an office in Detroit

1995 Completes the construction of Jillyang Plant of SL Corporation
Establishes KDS jointly with DELPHI in Jillyang Industrial Complex
Acquires ISO 9001 Certification (TUV Germany)
Wins the President’s Prize in National Quality Management Contest (100 PPM sector)

1996 Wins Labor-Management Harmony Award from the Mayor of Daegu

1997 Wins Prime Minister’s Commendation (Exemplary Taxpayer)
Wins GM QSTP Award (for best supplier of the year)
Establishes SL LUMAX Ltd
Acquires QS 9000 Certification (Certification Center of Small and Medium Companies)

1999 Wins GM QSTP Award for the third consecutive year (for best supplier of the year)
Acquries SL Lightech Corporation

2000s

2000 Establishes HSL Electronics (a joint venture with a German company HELLA, in Daegu Industrial complex 3).
Establishes SL America Corporation

2001 Acquires ISO 14001 Certification (Korea Foundation for Quality)
Completes SL Tennessee
Designated as LEADING COMPANY in parts and materials exportation (Ministry of Industry and Energy)

2002 Establishes SHB (jointly with a German company, HELLA-BEHR, in Jillyang Industrial Complex)
Employs ERP (Enterprise Resources Plan) system
Establishes Shanghai Samlip Huizhong Automotive Manufacturing Co., LTD.

2003 Establishes Beijing Samlip Automotive Lighting Ltd.
Opens EKP (Enterprise Knowledge Portal) system
Acquires ISO/TS 16949 Certification (Korean Foundation for Quality)
Establishes SL Alabama LLC. in USA

2004 Introduces Samlip Ethics Management system
Selected as world first class product (Automotive Lighting)
Changes its corporate name to SL Corporation
Recognized as excellent company for new labor-management culture (Ministry of Labor)

2005 Opens central laboratory of technology institute
Wins Order of Silver Tower Industrial Service Merit and 100 Million Export Tower Award on Trade day
HSL relocated to a new plant at Seongseo Industrial Complex
Establishes SL Yantai, solely invested by China
Enters into mirror industry by acquiring Wooyoung Mirror system

2006 Nominated as excellent company in ethical management
Establishes SL Seobong Foundation
Establishes SL-Hella Slovakia
Certified as Technology 5 Stars Certification from Hyundai Kia Motors
Wins Presidential award for single PPM quality innovation

2007 Acquires CMMI Level 3 certification
Receives Star Enterprise Award from DAEGU City
Receives President’s Commendation for cooperation with large and small- and medium-sized enterprises.

2008 Receives GM QSTP Award for 12 consecutive years (Supplier of the Year, 1997 – 2008)
Certified as Technology 5 Stars Certification from Hyundai Kia Motors
Recruits university students as the 1st SL PR Ambassador

2009 Opens SL training institute
Celebrates the 55th anniversary and declares new vision

After 2010

2010 Acquires SL Seongsan

2011 Designated as World Class 300 (Ministry of Knowledge Economy)
Certified best family friendly management (Ministry of Gender Equality and Family)

2012 Recognized one of top 100 companies for job creation (Ministry of Employment and Labor)
Establishes SL Corporation. China
Establishes SL Poland Sp.zo.o
Wins 20 Million Export Tower Award on Trade Day (Korea International Trade Association)

2013 Wins GM Overdrive Award (Best Supplier, for the first time in Asia)

2014 Wins President’s Commendation on the 13th Fair Trade Day
Celebrates its 60th anniversary and proclaims renewed SL Core Values

2015 Establishes SL Corporation Assessoria Empresari
Wins a commendation from Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (Association of High Potential Enterprises of Korea)
Wins Order of Gold Tower Industrial Service Merit for excellent labor-management culture (Ministry of Employment and Labor)

2016 Wins HKMC Supplier of the Year (in Overseas part) Award (Hyundai-Kia Motors Group)
Recognized one of top 100 companies for job creation (Ministry of Employment and Labor)
Wins Grand Prize at the 16th Award Ceremony on Accounting Transparency ( Korea Accounting Association )

2017 SL Lightech and SL Seobong merged into SL Lighting
Wins 20th GM Supplier of the Year Award
Wins HKMC Best Supplier Award for Product Development (Hyundai-Kia Motors Group)
Establishes Chongqing Qinchuan Samlip
Establishes SL DO BRAZIL COMERCIO DE PECAS LTDA (Brazil)
Establishes SL AP Private Limited (India)

2018 Establishes Hubei Samlip (China)
Wins 21st GM Suppler of the Year Award (Best Supplier)
Korea’s Top Job-Creating Company (Ministry of Employment and Labor)
Wins The 31st IR52 Jang Young-shil Award for Aspheric Lens Using Two-Shot Injection Molding (Korea Industrial Technology Association)
SL Mirrortech, Wins 2018 Presidential Citation of Merit for Promotion of Capital Goods Industry
Wins the 2018 Presidential Award for Laborand Management Culture

2019 Wins 2018 Supplier of the Year Award by HKMC