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  • 2024

    2024.05
    • Kumho Engineering & Construction's residential brand 'ARTERA' launches
  • 2023

    2023.12
    • Reorganization under President Cho Wan Seok
  • 2021

    2021.03
    • Renamed as Kumho E&C Co., Ltd. (Engineering & Construction)
  • 2018

    2018.10
    • Signed the agreement for establishing a standard workplace for the disabled in the form of a subsidiary company for the first time in the construction industry.
  • 2017

    2017.02
    • Changed the BI design of the apartment brand ‘Eoulim’.
  • 2016

    2016.07
    • Reorganized with Jae Hwan Seo as CEO.
    2016.05
    • Completed Kumho Tire USA factory in Georgia.
  • 2015

    2015.09
    • Completed Yonsei Kumho Art Hall.
  • 2014

    2014.07
    • Signed a sisterhood relationship with Sagok-ri village, Jeungpyeong-gun, Chungbuk.
  • 2013

    2013.08
    • Completed the 2nd hanger in Incheon International Airport.
    • Completed the Central Research Lab of Kumho Tire.
  • 2012

    2012.03
    • Multi-purpose Smart Switch is awarded the Red.dot Design prize.
    2012.02
    • Completed the Times Square project in Vietnam.
  • 2011

    2011.12
    • Started construction of Shinboryeong Power Plants 1 and 2.
    2011.10
    • Signed MOU for ¡®Partnership with distinguished vendors¡¯ with 21 vendors in Vietnam.
    2011.08
    • Developed Bit Grin Eullim Village 2.
    2011.04
    • Grand open of the control tower of Abu Dhabi Airport in UAE.
    • Set up a sisterhood relationship with Shincheon Village in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do.
  • 2010

    2010.11
    • Completed Center1, the largest downtown office building
    2010.10
    • Completed the control tower of Abu Dhabi Airport in UAE.
  • 2009

    2009.09
    • Completed the Kumho Asiana Plaza project in Vietnam.
    2009.08
    • Developed Bit Grin Eullim Village 1.
    2009.06
    • Achieved the orders of 1 trillion Won in the public sector in the first half, which is the largest amount in the industry.
    2009.04
    • Made MOU for 500 billion won wind power generation project
      with Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do.
    2009.03
    • Aromatic door phone is awarded the Red.dot Design Prize.
    • Acquired certificate for KEPIC (Korea Electric Power Industry Code).
  • 2008

    2008.10
    • Made MOU for renewable energy project with Yeosu-si.
    2008.09
    • Completed the Kumho Asiana main building.
    2008.07
    • Achieved the lowest accident rate in the construction industry.
    2008.06
    • Acquired the largest number of GD marks in the construction industry in the fist half of 2008.
    • Love House No. 9 in Vietnam.
  • 2007

    2007.03
    • Established Hanoi Branch.
  • 2006

    2006.12
    • Established Dubai Branch.
  • 2005

    2005.09
    • Started construction of Kumho Asiana Plaza in Vietnam,
      and restarted overseas projects.
  • 1999

    1999.02
    • Renamed as Kumho E&C Co., Ltd. (Industrial)
  • 1998

    1998.07
    • KIDA Process certified as the 111th Innovative Technology
      by the Ministry of Construction & Transportation.
    1998.06
    • ¡®Kumho Bestville APT¡® named as an attractive apartment
      by Maeil Business Newspaper.
  • 1996

    1996.12
    • Excellence in the 1996 Safety Environment Award.
    1996.11
    • Presidential Award in the 22nd Nat¡¯l Quality Management Competition.
    1996.02
    • Named a premier contractor by Incheon Int¡¯l Airport Construction Authority.
  • 1995

    1995.11
    • Presidential Award in corporate category of the Nat¡¯l Quality
      Management Competition.
    1995.08
    • Received ISO14001 and BS7550 certificate.
    1995.06
    • Established Ho Chi Minh Branch.
  • 1994

    1994.04
    • Received the first ISO 9001 certificate in PC category in Korea.
  • 1993

    1993.12
    • Renamed as Kumho Construction Co., Ltd.
  • 1992

    1992.07
    • Named a premier contractor by Korea National Housing Corporation.
  • 1989

    1989.12
    • Established Research Center.
  • 1984

    1989.12
    • Acquired by Gwangju Express Bus Co., Ltd.
  • 1982

    1982.07
    • Established a local subsidiary in Saudi Arabia.
  • 1978

    1978.02
    • Renamed as Kumho Construction Co., Ltd.
  • 1973

    1973.05
    • Renamed as Cheil Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
  • 1967

    1967.02
    • Cheil Construction Co., Ltd. was incorporated.

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