HD Hyundai, Siemens Establish Shipbuilding Digital Innovation Hub in Busan
Global Marine Center Opens in Busan, Employing 50
Developing a Platform to Integrate Ship Design, Production and Maintenance Data
Aims to Cut Shipbuilding Time by 30% by 2030
HD Hyundai has joined forces with Germany's Siemens to establish a key hub in Busan for the digital transformation of the shipbuilding industry.
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering CEO Kim Hyungkwan (fourth from left), Siemens Chief Revenue Officer Robert Jones (fifth from left) and other representatives from the two companies applaud at the opening ceremony of the Global Marine Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan, on the 13th. HD Hyundai
View original imageHD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the intermediate holding company for HD Hyundai's shipbuilding businesses, said on the 13th that it had held the opening ceremony for the Global Marine Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan, jointly with Siemens Digital Industries Software.
About 50 specialists from both companies in ship design and production, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital engineering will work at the Global Marine Center. They will develop a "next-generation marine platform" that integrates data from every stage, from ship design and production to maintenance, into three-dimensional (3D) models.
The two companies also plan to build a digital shipyard that will allow them to validate ship production processes and equipment operations in advance in a virtual environment. HD Hyundai Global R&D Center will provide technology strategy and foundational technologies, while the platform's functions and efficiency will be tested at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' Ulsan Shipyard and HD Hyundai Samho's Yeongam Shipyard.
HD Hyundai signed a definitive agreement with Siemens last July to build the next-generation marine platform. Based on this agreement, the company aims to build an "intelligent autonomous shipyard (FOS)" by 2030, cutting shipbuilding time by 30% and increasing productivity by 30%.
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Kim Hyung-kwan, CEO of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, said, "The next-generation marine platform will play a key role in enhancing shipyard productivity and competitiveness by enabling the entire ship design and production process to be validated in advance in a digital environment. By combining HD Hyundai's shipbuilding expertise with Siemens' digital capabilities, we will accelerate the development of next-generation intelligent shipyards."
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