Hyundai Wia Opens Partnership Day: "Securing Technological Leadership Through Mutual Growth"

Sharing Business Strategies and Vision with Over 120 Partner Companies

Hyundai Wia is taking steps to strengthen mutual growth with its partner companies.

On March 9, Hyundai Wia announced that it had held the '2026 Partnership Day' at Haevichi Hotel & Resort in Seogwipo, Jeju Island from March 6 to 7, sharing its business strategies and vision. Partnership Day is an event that seeks sustainable mutual growth directions together with Hyundai Wia's 123 key partner companies. Hyundai Wia holds this event every year at the beginning of the year in Jeju Island.

Kwon Osung, CEO of Hyundai Wia (center), and executives are taking a commemorative photo with representatives of partner companies from each division at the '2026 Partnership Day' held on the 6th at Haevichi Hotel & Resort in Seogwipo, Jeju Island. Hyundai Wia

The theme of this year's Partnership Day was set as "Our Journey Together Creates a Greater Future," clearly expressing the goal of growing capabilities and achieving growth together with partner companies.

In his opening address, Hyundai Wia CEO Kwon Oh-sung emphasized, "At the foundation of the 50-year history that Hyundai Wia has built are our partner companies," adding, "Partners are more than just business counterparts; they are true co-creators who contemplate technology, overcome crises, and share achievements, making Hyundai Wia what it is today."

Hyundai Wia has decided to build technological leadership together with its partners. To this end, the company will collaborate with partners from the product planning stage, jointly promote innovation in development and mass production costs, and accelerate digital transformation utilizing artificial intelligence (AI). By leveraging AI, Hyundai Wia plans to shorten development times and prevent errors in production and quality processes at their source.

Hyundai Wia will also strengthen educational support to help partner companies with AI transformation and technological advancement. Utilizing the Hyundai Motor Group Global Partnership Center, the company supports a variety of training programs that can be applied in actual work. During this year's Partnership Day, Hyundai Wia hosted a lecture on artificial intelligence by Professor Park Heejun of Yonsei University's Department of Industrial Engineering, helping partners enhance their AI and digital transformation capabilities.

Hyundai Wia is further expanding its mutual growth programs. First, the company will utilize a mutual growth fund totaling approximately 68 billion won to provide partner companies with low-interest loans. For small and medium-sized partners with annual sales below 100 billion won, all payments will be made in cash, and all payments will be made in advance during holidays. Hyundai Wia also assists its partners in safety management. Using the 'S+' experiential safety training center at its Changwon headquarters in Gyeongsangnam-do, partner company employees can receive safety training. In addition, the company offers consulting to assess and enhance on-site safety levels.

To further strengthen the competitiveness of its partners, Hyundai Wia will support the expansion of their sales channels. The company plans to support participation costs when partners attend overseas exhibitions. Additionally, to reinforce export and import operations, it will support the acquisition of the Korea Customs Service's 'Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) certification.' This certification is a system in which the Korea Customs Service selects outstanding companies based on World Customs Organization (WCO) standards for export and import safety management, enabling them to enhance their export and import competitiveness.

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