
MABA CREATIVE INNOVATION CENTER
MABA CIC, striving to become the leading future automotive
research center in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Company History
1988
- Founded company
- Registered as an affiliate company of Hyundai Motor Company
- Established Ulsan Plant
1988
- Founded Maba Decal Alliance
- Invested in SCREEN printers and TOMSON processors
- Established a design research center
- Internally developed STRIPES for POTER, GRACE and TRUCK
1995
- Established Jeonju Design Research Center (inside Hyundai Motor Company Jeonju Plant)
2005
- Established Seoul Design Studio (work assistance, external design, and public design tasks for domestic and overseas Hyundai Motor Company sales offices
- Registered as a professional design company by Korea Institute of Design Promotion
2009
- Designed for trial run vehicles of Seoul Haechi Taxis
2010
- Started a service work for car body design (including interior design)
- Designed and worked on eco-friendly vehicles for G20 preparation committee
2012
- Designed and worked on business-use vehicles for Yeosu Expo
2015
- Gu, Hyo-jeong inaugurated as CEO of Maba Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Developed the emblem for POTER
- Developed the emblem for Hyundai Motor Company’s special vehicles
- Registered as a venture company
- Established and registered the research center
2016
- Acquired ISO certifications (9001,14000)
- Expanded its office (design and materials teams relocated to Jeonbuk Techno Park)
- Registered as an subsidiary of Samsung Heavy Industries
2017
- Formed a technical partnership in the charging solution area
- Selected as the Korean sales partner of Yukuma (company based in Hong Kong, Russia, China and United Kingdome)
- Formed a technical partnership in the display area – Jehyun Sihyun (car navigation system supplier to Hyundai Motor Company)
- Selected as the supplier of navigation system and black box for the purpose of improving customer satisfaction of Hyundai Motor Company
- Selected as the only company for the design change of public transportation in Jeju-do
2018
- Conducted Mighty Wing Body promotion
- Established MABA CIC
- Conducted Xcient Wing Body promotion
- Designed the Hardox emblem of Trago
- Designed the special edition of Xcient exhibit vehicle