South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai is accelerating the creation of an integrated platform for design and production integration to accomplish a smart shipyard, as it has selected preferred negotiating partners.

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI), HD Hyundai Mipo, and HD Hyundai Samho recently selected global solution companies Siemens Industry Software and Aviva as the first preferred negotiating partners for the establishment of a ‘design and production integration platform’ and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development of the platform.