SL Corporation
Company Profile
Business Overview
-Manufacture of automotive lamps, chassis parts, mirrors, and other automotive products.
-Introduced technology based on partnership agreements formed with Hella, Stanley Electric, Aptiv and others.
Business division | Products | Customer | Location | Sales (in KRW million) |
Lamp | Head Lamp, Rear Lamp, HMSL, High (Mounted Stop Lamp), Fog Lamp | Hyundai, Kia, GM, Geely, Dongfeng Motor | Korea US India China Brazil |
3,891,310 (80.4%) |
Electrification | Shift Lever | Hyundai, Kia, GM, Ford | Korea US Poland |
528,767 (10.9%) |
Others | Mirrors, dies, electronic products | - | Korea Poland |
418,770 (8.7%) |
Total | 4,838,847 (100.0%) |
Market Share by Product |
(According to the Company) |
Product | FY ended Dec. 31, 2023 | FY ended Dec. 31, 2022 | FY ended Dec. 31, 2021 |
Headlamp (%) | 66.4 | 68.5 | 66.9% |
Shareholders
(As of Dec. 31, 2023)
Major Shareholders | Interest Ratio (%) |
Lee, Sung Yeop | 26.46 |
Lee, Choong Kon | 14.68 |
Lee, Seung Hoon | 11.74 |
National Pension System | 8.08 |
Stanley Electric Co. Ltd | 7.01 |
Products
Lamp Systems
Headlamps
-Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB)
-Projection Type Head Lamp
-MFR Type Head Lamp
-Low & High Beam
-Bi function
Rear lamps
-FUll LED R/C
-LED + Bulb Type
Fog lamps / CHMSL
-Fog Lamp
-Center High Mount Stop Lamp
Electronic Systems
Auto Lever
-H-Matic Type
-Straight type
-Steptronic type
-Common core type
MT Lever
-Cable type
-Rod type
e-shifter
-Joystick type
-Rotary type
-Button type
-Column type
-Sphere type
Actuator for Shift By Wire
-SBW Control Unit
-Gen1 Actuator
-Gen2 Actuator
-Gen2.5 Actuator
Charge Port Door
Pedals
-Accelerator pedal
-Brake pedal
-Clutch pedal
Others
-Wireless Charger Modules
-Fuel filler caps
-IBS
-Carrier-Spare Tire
Mirrors
Outside mirrors
Inside mirrors
Camera Monitor System
Front End Modules
Active air flap
ADAS
-Around View Monitoring (AVM)
-Head Up Display (HUD)
Electronics
-Side Body Control Module
-Battery Management System
-Sensor integrated application
History
May. 1954 | The Company was established. |
Nov. 1968 | The Company's name was changed to Samlip Industrial Co., Ltd. |
Feb. 1981 | The Company conducted technical collaboration on headlamps with Stanley Electrics of Japan. |
Feb. 1986 | The Company opened R&D center. |
Mar. 1986 | The Company established Sungsan Corporation as a joint-venture with GM of USA. |
Mar. 1987 | The Company formed technical alliance dealing with head lamps with Lucas Co., Ltd. of UK. |
Dec. 1987 | The Company established Samlip Electric Co., Ltd. |
Nov. 1988 | The Company was listed on the Korea Stock Exchange. |
Apr. 1994 | The Company established Seobong Industrial Co., Ltd. |
Aug. 1995 | The Company established a joint venture, KDS Co., Ltd., with Delphi of USA. |
Sep. 1995 | The Company acquired ISO9001 certification. |
Dec. 1997 | The Company acquired QS9000 certification. |
Oct. 1999 | The Company acquired a company and renamed it Seobong Tech Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 2000 | The Company acquired Seogu Industrial Co., Ltd. |
Oct. 2000 | The Company established Samlip America, Inc. |
Jan. 2001 | The Company acquired ISO14001 certification. |
Apr. 2002 | The Company established a Joint-venture S.H.B. Automotive Module Co., Ltd. with HBPO GmbH of Germany. |
Nov. 2002 | The Company established Shanghai Samlip Huizhong Automotive Components Co., Ltd. in China. |
Jan. 2003 | The Company established Beijing Samlip Automotive Lighting Ltd. in China. |
May 2003 | The Company acquired ISO/TS16949 certification. |
Jul. 2003 | The Company established Samlip Alabama, LLC in USA. |
Sep. 2003 | The Company established Samlip Tennessee, LLC in USA. |
Oct. 2003 | Samlip America Inc. of the U.S.A. became a holding company. |
Jan. 2004 | The Company established Shiyan Dongfeng-Samlip Autolighting Co., Ltd. in China. |
Nov. 2004 | The Company's name was changed from Samlip Industrial Co., Ltd. to SL Corporation. |
Nov. 2004 | The Company renamed Sungsan Corporation "SL Sungsan Corporation". |
Nov. 2004 | The Company renamed Sam Lip Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. "SL Lighting Corporation". |
Nov. 2004 | The Company renamed Seobong Industrial Co., Ltd. "SL Seobong Corporation". |
Nov. 2004 | The Company renamed Seogu Industrial Co., Ltd. "SL Lightec Corporation". |
Nov. 2004 | The Company renamed Samlip America Inc. "SL America Corporation". |
Nov. 2004 | The Company renamed Alabama, LLC "SL Alabama, LLC". |
Nov. 2004 | The Company renamed Samlip Tennessee, LLC "SL Tennessee, LLC". |
Mar. 2005 | The Company established SL Asia Pacific Holdings Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong. |
Mar. 2005 | The Company established SL Yantai Auto Lighting Co., Ltd. in China. |
Sep. 2006 | The Company established SL-Hella Slovakia s.r.o in Slovakia. |
Oct. 2007 | The Company absorbed SL Tech Corporation. |
Mar. 2009 | The Company established Samlip GmbH in Austria. |
Apr. 2010 | The Company absorbed SL Sungsan Corporation. |
Aug. 2012 | The Company established SL Poland Sp. z o. o in Poland. |
Mar. 2013 | The Company received QSTP award from GM 17 years in a row. |
Dec. 2014 | The Company established SL Thailand Co., Ltd. in Thailand. |
Mar. 2015 | The Company established SL Corporation Assessoria Empresari in Brasil. |
Sep. 2017 | The Company established Chongqing Qiachuan Samlip Automotive Lighting Ltd. in China. |
Nov. 2017 | The Company established SL AP Private Limited in India. |
Dec. 2019 | The Company acquired 50 percent of the equity in HSL Electronics Corporation. |
Jan. 2020 | The company Acquired HSL Electronics Corporation. |
May 2022 | Acquired 51% of the stock shares in SL Mirrortech, making it a subsidiary |
Supplemental Information 1
Alliance
Company (Country) |
Date | Remarks |
Hella-Behr Fahrzeugsysteme GmbH (Germany) |
Apr. 2002 |
-Established S.H.B. Automotive Module Co., Ltd. on a 50-50 basis. |
Shanghai Huizhong Automotive Mfg. Co., Ltd. (China) |
Oct. 2002 |
-Established a joint-venture Shanghai Samlip Huizhong Automotive Components Co., Ltd. -Investment ratio The Company : 60.0% Shanghai Huizhong Automotive Mfg. : 40.0% |
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. (Germany) |
Jan. 2003 |
-Established a joint-venture Beijing Samlip Automotive Lighting Ltd. -Investment ratio The Company : 51.0% Hella 49.0% |
Dongfeng Industrial Co., Ltd. (China) |
Mar. 2003 |
-Established Shiyan Dongfeng-Samlip Autolighting Co., Ltd. on a 50-50 basis. |
Chongqing Qinchuan Industry Group (China) |
Apr. 2017 |
-Established a joint-venture Chongqing Qiachuan Samlip Automotive Lighting Ltd. -Investment ratio The Company : 50.0% Chongqing Qinchuan Industry Group : 50.0% |
Honghu People’s Government and Shiyan Dongfeng-Samlip Auto lighting Co., Ltd. | Nov. 2017 |
-Established joint venture to manufacture automotive lamps. -The Company invested 50% and Shiyan Dongfeng-Samlip Auto Lighting Co., Ltd. invested 50%. |
Shiyan Dongfeng-Samlip Auto lighting Co., Ltd. | Jan. 2018 |
-Established Hubei SL Automotive Lighting Co., Ltd. as a joint venture. -The Company invested 50% and Shiyan Dongfeng-Samlip Auto Lighting Co., Ltd invested 50% |
PT. B.S. Indonesia (Indonesia) |
Jun. 2020 |
-5-year contract to transfer production technology -Running royalty: 3% of sales amount |
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. | Apr. 2022 |
-Renewed agreement on automotive-lamp technology for three years. -Running royalty is JPY 15 million annually. |
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