▲ Hyundai E&C Unveils Future Growth Strategy “H-Road” at <2025 CEO Investor Day> 

▲ Energy-focused growth and profitability-oriented business structure to drive sustainable growth and maximize returns 

Hyundai E&C has unveiled its mid- to long-term growth strategy, focusing on leading the global energy transition and strengthening its core competitiveness with the aim of becoming a global innovator.

The company unveiled the strategy at the “2025 CEO Investor Day” held on Friday 28 March at the Fairmont Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul. Attended by key investors and analysts, the event served as a platform for the official launch of “H-Road”, Hyundai E&C's future growth plan to realise its long-term vision and set new industry standards in construction. The company also presnented its plan to expand its energy business with a strong focus on nuclear power, and shared its financial targets and shareholder return policy.

At the CEO Investor Day - marking the first event of its kind hosted by a publicly traded construction company - Hyundai E&C presented its mid- to long-term growth strategy through key executives: CEO Lee Han-woo, Head of the New Energy Division Choi Young, and Head of the Finance Division Kim Do-hyung. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session featuring the heads of each business division. The event was streamed live online, allowing shareholders, investors, and Hyundai E&C employees in Korea and abroad who could not attend in person to engage with the company’s vision and future strategy.

Hyundai E&C is laying the groundwork for the future through its “H-Road” strategy, which is anchored by three core themes: ▲Energy Transition Leader ▲Global Key Player ▲Core Competency Focus.

■ <Energy Transition Leader> Leading Energy Innovation Through Large-Scale Nuclear Power Plants and SMRs

As energy resource security and supply chain stability emerge as key issues in the global economy, Hyundai E&C plans to lead sustainable energy innovation as an “Energy Transition Leader”, focusing on nuclear power projects such as large-scale nuclear power plants and SMRs (small modular reactors). 

To this end, the company will expand its presence in large-scale nuclear power plants, SMRs, hydrogen production plants, and power grid sectors, while also introducing new packaged solutions such as nuclear power plant-associated data centers, thereby aiming to establish a comprehensive energy value chain that encompasses production, storage, transportation, and utilization.

Hyundai E&C will strengthen its business competitiveness across the full life cycle of nuclear power plants, including large-scale reactors and SMRs, decommissioning, spent fuel storage, hydrogen production linked to nuclear facilities, and nuclear fusion, based on its unrivaled performance and technological expertise accumulated over the past 50 years. The company also plans to secure original technologies for MSRs (Molten Salt Reactors) and SFRs (Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors), fourth-generation reactors gaining attention as next-generation SMRs, to prepare for industry diversification and to establish its own nuclear power brand that consolidates its technological capabilities.

Hyundai E&C is strengthening strategic partnerships with leading global companies in the nuclear power sector, leveraging its exceptional competitiveness in nuclear power plant construction. Under the U.S.-Korea Energy Alliance, the company is closely collaborating with Westinghouse on large-scale nuclear projects and with Holtec on SMRs. It is also conducting joint research with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on MSRs, SFRs, nuclear hydrogen production, and decommissioning to enhance its capabilities in leading the future nuclear power market.

CEO Lee Han-woo stated, “The contract for the design of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria marks the culmination of our collaboration with Westinghouse. We are also looking forward to breaking ground of SMR-300 Unit 1 with Holtec at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant site in Michigan, US. We have made significant progress with our partners to expand our footprint in the global nuclear power market, including in the US and just last week met with key members of Bulgaria's new cabinet, who assured us of smooth progress for the Kozloduy project. We will leverage this strong partnership as a bridgehead to accelerate Hyundai E&C’s global nuclear power expansion.”

■ <Global Key Player> Expanding Global Market Dominance Through Technology-Oriented, High-Value-Added Businesses

The second pillar of the “H-Road” strategy is “Global Key Player”. Hyundai E&C aims to optimize its country-specific portfolio based on high-value-added technologies and strengthen its market leadership in advanced economies such as Europe, the U.S., and Oceania by implementing localization strategies in partnership with leading local companies.

In Europe, where infrastructure construction opportunities are growing amid efforts to enhance energy security, Hyundai E&C plans to establish a business base for large-scale nuclear power plants in Bulgaria, Sweden, Slovenia, and Finland, and gradually expand its presence across the continent. The company also intends to develop standard SMR designs in key European countries, including the UK, while focusing on securing essential local supply chains to solidify its position as a global leader in the SMR sector.

In the US, where electricity demand is rapidly increasing due to the growth of the AI industry, Hyundai E&C will focus on energy sectors such as nuclear power, solar power, LNG, and data centers. In Oceania, where a rational investment and development framework has been established, the company will pursue green hydrogen and power grid expansion projects centered on its solar power business in Australia. It also plans to expand its overseas housing business, beginning with New Zealand, where demand for residential facilities is rising due to rapid population growth.

In addition, Hyundai E&C aims to build a business model that generates stable profits across the entire power generation value chain by expanding its scope to include business development, operation, and power trading, leveraging its EPC capabilities.

■ <Core Competency Focus> Enhancing the Global Construction Leadership by Enhancing Core Products and Fundamental Competitiveness

The keyword of the last pillar of the strategy is “Core Competency Focus,” and Hyundai E&C declared that it would solidify its leadership role in the global construction sector by enhancing its core competitiveness and improving its competitive products.

As digital transformation accelerates, the world is moving toward expanding renewable energy roadmaps and realizing net zero carbon. In response, Hyundai E&C said it will focus on data centers, offshore wind power, and hydrogen and ammonia, where it already has excellent capabilities and track records, to build an agile response system to global environmental changes.

Hyundai E&C has built more data centers than any other Korean builder, including the only data center for a global big-tech company, showcasing its world-class technology and expertise. It is also the only Korean builder with experience in offshore wind farm construction, having secured industry-leading construction capabilities and technological competitiveness through the operation of a dedicated fleet and continues to strengthen its core competencies through demonstration research, design experience in hydrogen and ammonia, and close collaboration with global license holders.

Hyundai E&C is also accelerating technological innovation to deliver differentiated residential experiences. The company is actively developing next-generation housing models such as the “All-Life Care House”, which integrates healthcare technologies based on genetic analysis, and the “Neo Frame”, a customizable spatial system that allows flexible use of floor space through a wall-free design.

Building on its unmatched brand power and technological expertise, Hyundai E&C, ranked No. 1 in the urban redevelopment sector for six consecutive years and holding the highest cumulative order volume, continues to deliver top-tier design, products, quality, and service. Under this philosophy, the company not only provides post-construction residential operation and maintenance services for multi-family housing but also pledged to enhance customer satisfaction by introducing various initiatives, including extending the free defect liability period for its high-end brand to five years, which is the industry’s first among Korean builders.

Hyundai E&C is also accelerating mixed-use development projects to boost profitability. Leveraging its solid capital strength and stable financial network, the company is pushing forward with large-scale projects currently underway, such as the CJ site in Gayang-dong, the Hilton Hotel redevelopment, and the Songpa Bokjeong station area development, thereby aiming to secure both construction and development profits while taking a leading role in the rapidly evolving mixed-use development market, which is emerging as a new trend in commercial facility development.

CEO Lee Han-woo stated, “By successfully implementing the pillars of H-Road strategy, we aim to increase our order volume from the current KRW 17.5 trillion to KRW 25 trillion by 2030 and expand the energy sector’s share of our revenue to 21%,” adding that, “With a sense of mission to go beyond creating spaces and to shape the era itself, we will strive to create a sustainable society through the harmony of humanity, technology, and nature.”