Siemens, HD Hyundai Open Digital Shipbuilding Center in South Korea

MT Newswires · 3d ago
04:49 AM EDT, 10/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Siemens (SIE.F) and HD Hyundai launched a joint facility to accelerate the shipbuilding industry's digital transformation in Busan, South Korea, The Korea Times reported Tuesday. The Global Marine Center, staffed by 50 professionals from both companies, will act as a key hub combining the South Korean industrial group's shipbuilding expertise with the German technology group's digital engineering capabilities. The new facility will help the companies further develop a next-generation marine platform they agreed to establish in July, according to the report. Siemens and HD Hyundai did not immediately respond to requests for comment from MT Newswires.