South Korea—SSANGYONG

SsangYong Group is a South Korean based Chaebol or conglomerate

SSANGYONG's website: http://www.smotor.com/

Company Information

SsangYong Group is a South Korean based Chaebol or conglomerate. SsangYong, literally translated, means "Double Dragon". It was largely broken up by the East Asian financial crisis in 1997. The chaebol was forced to sell or relinquish control in many of their subsidiary interests including the SsangYong Motor Company, originally joining the Daewoo Group in 1998 and now controlled by the Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation), the Ssangyong Paper Co., now controlled by Procter & Gamble, Ssangyong Cement (Singapore) Ltd., now owned by the shipping company, Afro-Asia, Yongpyung Resort, Ssangyong Heavy Industries, Ssangyong Precision Industry Co., Ssangyong Engineering Co., Riverside Cement sold to Texas Industries, Inc, and Ssangyong Oil Refining Co. sold to Aramco in 1999.

The Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co., Ltd is now the core company in the SsangYong chaebol. Its largest shareholder is the Japanese concrete manufacturer, Taiheiyo Cement. Ssangyong Cement's primary subsidiaries are Shanghai Pulong Concrete Product Co., Ltd. (China); Tianjin Yanlong New Building Material Co., Ltd.; Ssangyong Materials; Shanghai Baotailong Concrete Products Co., Ltd. (China).