HL Group

{{Short description|South Korean conglomerate}} {{Infobox company |name = HL Group INC. |logo = HL logo.png |type = Public |founded = {{Start date and age|1962|09|01}} |founder = Chung In-yung |hq_location_city = Songpa-gu Seoul |hq_location_country = South Korea |num_locations =  |area_served = Worldwide |key_people = Chung Mong-won<br /><small>(Chairman)</small> |industry = |products = |production = |services = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |assets = |equity = |num_employees = |divisions = |subsidiaries = HL Mando |website = {{URL|https://www.hlcompany.com/en/index.jsp}} }} '''HL Group''' ({{Korean|hangul=HL그룹}}), formerly '''Halla Group''', is a South Korean chaebol that engages in automobile, construction, distribution/port, investment, education, and sports businesses in Korea and internationally. Its construction business comprises the provision of civil, architectural, housing, plant, and environmental works; supply of construction materials, such as remicon, compounds, and pile concrete; and manufacture and distribution of remicon and aggregates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=822221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012082458/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=822221|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2012|title=Company Overview|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=}}</ref>

==History== thumb|Halla Group logo Halla Group was founded as '''Hyundai International, Inc.''' in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://halla.com/en/asp/company/overview/info.asp|title=About Halla |accessdate=22 September 2009 |publisher=Halla.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907102533/http://www.halla.com/en/asp/company/overview/info.asp |archivedate=7 September 2009 }}</ref> The Halla name was first used in 1978 as the name of a cement company.<ref name="Hhistory">{{Cite web|url=http://halla.com/en/asp/company/history.asp|title=History|accessdate=22 September 2009|publisher=Halla.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907120351/http://www.halla.com/en/asp/company/history.asp|archivedate=7 September 2009}}</ref> The name Halla is taken from Mount Halla, a mountain on Jeju Island.

Halla collapsed in 1997 during the 1997 Asian financial crisis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/07/world/another-giant-south-korean-conglomerate-falls.html|title=Another Giant South Korean Conglomerate Falls|work=New York Times|accessdate=22 September 2009|date=7 December 1997|author=Andrew Pollack}}</ref>

In 2008 Halla repurchased Mando, a car company they sold during the financial crisis.<ref name="Hhistory" /> The chaebol also sponsors multiple hockey teams, mainly Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey and Kiekko-Vantaa in the Finnish Mestis.

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==External links== *[https://www.hlcompany.com/en/index.jsp hlcompany.com] {{in lang|en}}

Category:Chaebol Category:Conglomerate companies of South Korea Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1962 Category:South Korean companies established in 1962