Hyundai Mobis (short for ''Mobile'' and ''System'') is a public

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n car parts company. Founded as Hyundai Precision & Industries Corporation ( ko, 현대정공/現代精工) in 1977, the company forms the "parts and service" arm for the South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor Company, Genesis Motors and

Kia Motors Kia Corporation, commonly known as Kia (, ; formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry and Kia Motors Corporation), is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second lar ...

. As of 2014, it was the "world's No. 6 automotive supplier."

History

Headquartered in

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, it was founded on June 25, 1977 as Hyundai Precision & Industries Corporation. In 2000, the company changed its name to Hyundai Mobis. The company forms the "parts and service" arm for the South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor Company, Genesis Motors and

. In 2013, the company had revenue of US$ 33 billion. As of 2014, it was "the world's No. 6 automotive supplier" in ''Bloomberg''. In May 2016, the company ranked #297 on the Forbes Global 2000, with a market cap of US $21.3 billion. In 2015, it had revenues of $32.11 billion.

Products

The company offers chassis, cockpit, and front-end modules; safety products, including

airbags An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate extremely quickly, then quickly deflate during a collision. It consists of the airbag cushion, a flexible fabric bag, an inflation module, and an impact sensor. T ...

; headlights;

anti-lock brake An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, thereby maintai ...

system and electronic stability control products;

steering Steering is a system of components, linkages, and other parts that allows a driver to control the direction of the vehicle. Introduction The most conventional steering arrangement allows a driver to turn the front wheels of a vehicle using ...

parts; multimedia systems; UVO systems;

injection-molded Injection moulding (U.S. spelling: injection molding) is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting molten material into a mould, or mold. Injection moulding can be performed with a host of materials mainly including metals (for ...

plastic parts, such as instrument panels, carriers, and bumpers; and steel wheel rims and decks. It also supplies after-sales service parts for vehicles. Concentrating its resources on A/S parts sales, module parts manufacture and parts export, Hyundai MOBIS has firmly established its position as the leading auto parts specialist company.

Car production

In the 1990s, Hyundai Precision produced the

Hyundai Galloper The Hyundai Galloper (), also known as the Galloper Exceed, Galloper Innovation, Mitsubishi Galloper, Asia Galloper or Hawtai Jitian, is a full-size SUV manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai from 1991 to 2004. It was a rebadged ...

and Santamo cars at the

Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...

plant next to Giant Hyundai motor complex. Hyundai motor Ulsan complex was at that time the world's single largest motor plant of 1.5 million units production capacity. I.E 5 assembly plant of 30,000 car production annual capacity since 2000s, but production shifted to the Hyundai Motor Company in 1999.

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History

Products

Car production

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