대동 DAEDONG

2023.12

Daedong, the first in the industry to receive the “600 Million Dollar Export Tower” award

2023.09

Daedong autonomous agricultural machinery becomes the first in the industry to pass national testing for autonomous driving

Level-3 autonomous driving agricultural machinery (autonomous operating) HX tractor and DH6135 combine

2023.01

Entered the robot markets

Daedong has become the first Korean agricultural machinery company that enters the agricultural and non-agricultural robot markets

2022.12

Daedong becomes the first in the industry to be awarded the ‘$400 Million Export Tower’

2022.11

Daedong Mobility completes construction of smart production facility, 'S-Factory'

2022.09

Daedong participates in GaLaBau in Germany

2022.08

Daedong-GS Global signed MOU for strategic business cooperation

2022.07

Daedong Mobility, showcasing electric motorcycles for the first time at Busan Motor Show

2022.06

Daedong presents 75th-anniversary emblem

2022.05

Daedong and NGeneBio to develop customized nutrition service using smart farm crops

2022.05

Established the Daedong-KAIST Research Center for Mobility

2022.03

Entered the BSS-type electric motorcycle market

2022.02

Future agriculture platform leading company ‘Daedong Agtech Co. Ltd.’ established

2022.02

Sales exceed KRW 1 trillion for the first time since foundation

2022.01

Signed a strategic financial partnership agreement with BC Card and Hankook Capital

2021.12

Awarded the $300 Million Export Tower

Awarded the $300 Million Export Tower on the Day of Trade

2021.11

JV investment MOU signed with Hyundai AutoEver

2021.11

Daedong Group signs an MOU for a Daegu-style job creation project with 11 different labor-management, civil, and government institutions

2021.10

Ranked 1st in KS-QEI

The first in the tractor industry to be ranked 1st in the KS-QEI (Korean Standard-Quality Excellence Index)

2021.05

Daedong Group declared a full-scale entry into the e-mobility business

Daedong Mobility Corporation signed a new project investment with Daegu National Industrial Complex

2021.03

Agricultural solution platform, the "Daedong Connect" app, now available

2021.01

The first tractor in the domestic industry with 10-year quality assurance

2020.12

Change of company name and CI renewal

Removing ‘Industrial’ and changing the company name to ‘Daedong’

2020.11

Completed the first-stage space innovation for future agricultural creation

2020.07

Daedong Industrial & Intel & Funzin technology development cooperation

Agricultural machine autonomous driving and precision agricultural technology development cooperation

2020.04

DSF85 certified as new technology agricultural machine by the Rural Development Administration

2020.02

Launched the 6-row straight-line autonomous driving rice transplanter DRP60

2019.07

Selected as the ‘2019 Best Employer of the Year’ with satisfactory work and life

2019.07

Foundation of the first Canada corporation in the domestic agricultural machine industry

2019.06

Autonomous/electric vehicle joint research MOU signed with KAIST

Strengthening the development of commercial and agricultural electric vehicle

2019.03

Signed a strategic partnership for skid loader with Hyundai Construction

2019.03

Launched a straight-line autonomous driving rice transplanter ERP80DZFA, the first in the domestic agricultural machine industry

2019.02

Signed an OEM with Doosan Bobcat for 30,000 tractors

2018.12

House brand ‘KIOTI’ sold over 10,000 units in the US

The first domestic agricultural machine company to sell over 10,000 units

2018.09

Supplied agricultural machine to Angola

Supplied Daedong agricultural machine worth $100 million to the Angola government

2018.01

Signed OEM contract with Hyundai Construction

Signed a forklift OEM contact with Hyundai Construction

2017.02

Daedong Industrial emblem

Launched the 70th-anniversary emblem

2017.01

Opening of Consortium Training Center

2016.07

Started an installment financing service

Started a wholesale installment financing service for the North American market

2016.06

Awarded the ‘Gold Level Status’

Awarded the ‘Gold Level Status’ from the North American Agricultural Machine Dealers Association (first domestic agricultural machine company to win 3 consecutive years)

2016.05

Partnership signed with Doosan Infracore

Signed a mass production engine supply contract and strategic partnership with Doosan Infracore

2015.12

Launch of EVO100LA, electronic car for agriculture

2015.12

Selected as a GD (Good Design) product

6-row rice transplanter ERP60 was selected as a GD product

2015.12

Signed as an official sponsor of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

Signed as an official tractor sponsor of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

2015.10

Signed a technical cooperation contract with TAFE India

2015.05

Cooperation with Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries

Signed business cooperation with Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries for agricultural machine training and support

2014

Award the Export Tower

Awarded the $200 million Export Tower on the Day of Trade

2014

Awarded the Grand Prize at ‘Korea Business Communication Awards’ (Newspaper advertising)

2014

Myanmar agricultural machine supply project

Won the order of agricultural machine supply project worth $100 million from the Myanmar central government

2014

Awarded the ‘Gold Level Status’

Awarded the ‘Gold Level Status’ from the North American Agricultural Machine Dealers Association

2014

Launched NX tractor

Launched NA tractor, the first in the industry to use the Tier 4 engine

2013

MOA signed between JDC and Daedong Industrial

2013

Selected as World Class 300

2012

PX tractor selected as a GD (Good Design) product

2012

Awarded the Silver Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit

2011

Relocation of Daedong China (Anhui)

2010

Foundation of Europe local corporation in the Netherlands

2009

Launched MECHRON2200-UTV

2008

Award the $100 million Export Tower on the Day of Trade

2007

Foundation of Daedong China (Nanjing)

2006

Foundation of the Parts Center in Europe

2006

Implementation of cutting-edge engine production facilities

2004

Construction of the Daedong USA company building

2004

Implementation of Daedong New CI System

2003

Acquisition of OHSAS 18001 certification

2002

Re-acquisition of ISO 9001 certification

2001

Acquisition of the EEC certification in Europe

2000

D500 tractor selected as a GD product and award the Millennium Award

1999

Acquisition of EPA certification in the US

1997

Construction of the Institute of Advanced Technology

1996

Acquisition of ISO9001, ISO14001 certification

1994

Expansion of the automation line in the engine factory

1993

Foundation of Daedong USA, a local corporation in the US

1991

Appointed as a first-grade quality management company

1990

Opening of Changnyeong Training Center

1987

Foundation of Daedong Metals Corporation

1985

Started exporting Daedong tractors to the US

1984

Construction of the Daegu Factory

1982

Award the Stone Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit

1981

Construction of the Seoul Office building

1977

Foundation of Hankuk Chain Industrial Corporation

1975

Award the Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit

1975

Daedong Industrial IPA (listed in the Korea Stock Exchange)

1973

Awarded the Bronze Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit

1973

Foundation of Daedong Gear

1973

Started producing rice transplanters

1972

Awarded the Stone Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit

1972

Appointed as a first-grade precision technology factory by the Ministry of Commercial and Industrial Affairs

1971

Started producing combine harvesters

1969

Signed technical cooperation with Ford

1968

Started producing tractors for agriculture

1966

The business name changed to Daedong Industrial Corporation

1966

Started producing 7-horse power engines for ships

1962

Started manufacturing power tillers

1961

Opening of the Seoul Contact Office

1960

Construction of a large-scale factory in Juyak-dong, Jinju

1958

Awarded the Minister of Agriculture and Forest in the exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of the government’s establishment

1955

Awarded the President Award in the Industrial Exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of liberation

1952

Appointed as a key production factory by the Ministry of Commercial and Industrial Affairs

1949

Started motor production

1947

Foundation of Daedong Industrial (Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do)