Kukdong Electric Wire Co., Ltd

About Kukdong

Founded in 1969, Kukdong Electric Wire Co., Ltd, as an all-round cable maker, occupies the number 1 position in the world in the area of shipboard and offshore cables which require stringent quality features. Furthermore, in 1998 and 2000, Kukdong was selected as having the world ' s best capital equipment for electrical cables for ocean vessel use, and was awarded the Gold Tower for export and the President ' s Award for Labor & Management Culture prize, and established leading technology and labor & management relations not only within the industry but also externally. Kukdong Electric Wire provided an international launching platform by its merger with the Nexans Group of France in 2003, the leading electrical cable manufacturer in the world. The sales revenue in 2012 is USD260M and employs 283 talented people with manufacturing plant in Jincheon.


Welcome to Kukdong!

Founded in 1969, Kukdong Electric Wire Co., Ltd, as an all-round cable maker, occupies the number 1 position in the world in the area of shipboard and offshore cables which require stringent quality features. Furthermore, in 1998 and 2000, Kukdong was selected as having the world ' s best capital equipment for electrical cables for ocean vessel use, and was awarded the Gold Tower for export and the President ' s Award for Labor & Management Culture prize, and established leading technology and labor & management relations not only within the industry but also externally.

Kukdong Electric Wire provided an international launching platform by its merger with the Nexans Group of France in 2003, the leading electrical cable manufacturer in the world. The sales revenue in 2012 is USD260M and employs 283 talented people with manufacturing plant in Jincheon.
Main products are shipboard, offshore, LAN, Nuclear and Power Cables. Through continuous technological development, Kukdong Electric Wire added acceleration to the production of new products and became the nation' s first to develop the CCP-SZ cable for telecommunications use, and also completed the development of disaster reduction cables for ocean use, flame retardant cables, specialized naval vessel cables, F/S cables etc. In

1988, a corporate research division was established to double the R&D efforts for the development of new products and technological innovation, and was awarded the IR52 Jang Young Shil Award as well as receiving the KT (Korea Good Technology) mark for the development of disaster reduction fire prevenion cables with non-toxic flame retardant, low smoke, fireproof qualities in cooperation with the Electrical Engineering & Science Reserch Institute. Kukdong was selected the worlds best product for shipboard cables from Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy in 2002. Major items for marine and shipboard cables includes IEC,JIS,HIS, VG, IEEE, DIN, NEK, BS and MIL.



CEO Message

Since our etablishement in 1969, Kukdong Electric Wire has been contributing to the advancement of the cable industry whichis known as a key national industry. We are especially being recognized by our customers as leaders of the world market in electrical cables for shipboard and offshore.

We are also being appraised as outstanding in the quality and technology of our LAN cables for information telecommunications use. This has not been achieved in just a moment in time. It is a valuable accomplishment gained by ceaseless effort over the last 30 years with a creative and challenging mind. As a one global village through innovative developments in information telecommunications, we have welcomed the era of unlimited competition.
The fact that we cannot survive if we are not number 1 came to us as a clear reality. In the face of this reality, we merged with the Nexans Group of France in May 2003, the largest electrical cable group in the world through their participation in our stocks.

By introducing world standard development capability & quality together with management techniques from Nexans, Kukdong Electric Wire has started a challenge full of hope for our leap into the world market.

Thank you.

In-Koo KANG

CEO of Kukdong Electric Wire Co., Ltd.



History
Oct 69    Establishment of Kukdong Electric Wire Co. Ltd.
Apr 78    Assigned as specialized factory for marine equipments (Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy)
Apr 79    Technology cooperation for cables for ocean vessels use (Fujikura Electrical Cables, Japan)
Nov 83    

Awarded the gold prize for the National Quality Management Exhibition Competition

(Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy)
Mar 84    Technology cooperation for flame retardant cables (Fujikura Electrical Cables, Japan)
Oct 85    Awarded the bronze tower for the savings tower award (president)
Mar 86    Selected the most promising small-medium business
Jul 87    Named in the 1 st level of the utility management factories ( National Technology Management Center )
Nov 87    Awarded the $5,000,000 export tower (president)
Jun 88    Selected the leading corporation in the Quality Management Exhibition Competition ( National Technology Management Center )
Sep 88    Corporate Announcement (total capital \45 billion)
Nov 88    Awarded the gold prize in the Quality Management Exhibition Competition (Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy)
Jan 89    Establishment of the research center division
Oct 89    Received Japanese electrical products manufacture authorization (commerce and industry department, Japan )
Oct 90    Factory relocation (currently Jincheon Factory)
Nov 91    Received the Japanese T-Mark (commerce and industry department, Japan )
Jul 93    Awarded the major prize for manufacture (Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy)
Jul 93    Awarded the IR52 encouragement prize (Science & Technology Department)
Oct 93    Received the new national production (KT) mark (Science & Technology Department)
Aug 94    ISO 9001 certification (DNV-QA)
Apr 95    Awarded the Gold Tower Trlelal (president)
May 96    UTP cable quality certification (UL)
Jan 97    Combined cable distribution system marketing cooperative (HUBBELL, America)
Jan 97    Selected corporation for Labor & Management corporation excellence (Labor Department)
Feb 97    Received BY-PASS & MDPC Cable EM Mark (National Technology & Quality Center)
Sep 97    Selected the leading capital corporation for national production development (Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy)
Jun 98    Optical Cable Quality Certification (UL)
Jul 98    Selected in the top 50 corporations for excellence in quality competitiveness (National Technology & Quality Center)
Nov 98    Awarded the $50 million export tower (president)
Nov 98    Awarded the Gold Tower Trlelal (president)
Dec 98    Selected as having the worl leading capital equipment for cables for shipping and ocean structures use (Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy)
Jan 99    Awarded the major prize for trade development (Korean Trade Institute)
Apr 99    Received the EM mark for cables for shipping and ocean structures use (National Technology & Quality Center)
Sep 99    Increase in capital by share issue (total capital \124 billion)
Oct 99    Received the GQ mark for LAN Cables (small-medium business office)
May 00    Awarded a prize of excellence for small-medium business websites (small-medium business office)
Jul 00    Asset Revaluation (\21 billion difference)
Aug 00    First domestic company to receive CATEGORY 6 UL certification for short distance communications network (UTP)
Dec 00    Selected the leading corporation in Labor & Management culture (Labor Department)
Dec 00    Awarded the major prize for Labor & Management culture, Korean President ' s prize
Jun 01    New admission into the KOSPI 200 category
Oct 01    Awarded the 1 st prize in the konowledge management (Koean Efficiency Association)
Oct 02     IEEE 1580 Type P certification (ETL)
Oct 02     IEEE 1580 Type LSE certification (ETL)
Oct 02     IEEE 45 & 1580 Type P certification (ETL)
Dec 02    Selected the worlds best product for shipboard cables (Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy)
Jan 03    IEEE 1580 Type E certification (Korean Classification)
May 03    Merger with the Nexans Group of France
May 03    Conversion to the ISO 9001:2000 quality management system (DNV)
Jul 03     Special High Voltage TR CNCV-W registration (Korea Power)
Aug 04    Registered as Best Company by Chungbuk Provincial Govenrment
Aug 04    2004 Global Business Management Awards (Korea Economic Daily Newspaper)
Oct 04    2004 The Top Company of the Year Prize Awards (Korea CEO Association)
Nov 04    2004 Global Excellent Awards for R&D Management (Japanese Management Association Consulting)
Mar 06    Took office as CEO, Country manager (In-koo KANG)
Jul 06    ISO 14001 certification (DNV)
Jul 06    Received QPL(Qualified Product List) from US Navy, the first certification in the industry
Nov 06    Won the prize of 100 Million US Dollars for Export
Dec 08    Opened NRC(Nexans Research Centre) Jincheon
Sep 10    Received UL certification about Low Voltage, Wind Energy cable
May 11    Changed certificate authority for Quality & Environmental Management System(DNV -> BV)
Sep 11    Listed on supplier of KEPCO (Q-Class,R-Class)

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