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{{Short description|South Korean conglomerate}}
{{Infobox company
|name             = HL Group INC.
|logo             = HL logo.png
|type             = [[Public]]
|foundation       = {{Start date and age|1962|09|01}}
|founder          = Chung In-yung
|location_city    = [[Songpa-gu]] [[Seoul]]
|location_country = [[South Korea]]
|locations        = <!-- Number of locations the company has physical properties, expressed as a number, with the applicable year in parentheses. Example: 800 stores (2004) -->
|area_served      = Worldwide
|key_people       = [[Chung Mong-won]]<br /><small>(Chairman)</small>
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|homepage         = {{URL|https://www.hlcompany.com/en/index.jsp}}
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'''HL Group''' ({{Korean|hangul=HL그룹}}), formerly '''Halla Group''', is a South Korean [[chaebol]] that engages in [[automobile]], construction, distribution/port, investment, education, and sports businesses in Korea and internationally. Its construction business comprises the provision of civil, architectural, housing, plant, and environmental works; supply of construction materials, such as [[remicon]], compounds, and pile concrete; and manufacture and distribution of remicon and aggregates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=822221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012082458/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=822221|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2012|title=Company Overview|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Hallagroup_logo.gif|thumb|Halla Group logo]]
Halla Group was founded as  '''Hyundai International, Inc.''' in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://halla.com/en/asp/company/overview/info.asp|title=About Halla |accessdate=22 September 2009 |publisher=Halla.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907102533/http://www.halla.com/en/asp/company/overview/info.asp |archivedate=7 September 2009 }}</ref> The Halla name was first used in 1978 as the name of a cement company.<ref name="Hhistory">{{Cite web|url=http://halla.com/en/asp/company/history.asp|title=History|accessdate=22 September 2009|publisher=Halla.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907120351/http://www.halla.com/en/asp/company/history.asp|archivedate=7 September 2009}}</ref> The name Halla is taken from [[Mount Halla]], a mountain on [[Jeju Island]].
Halla collapsed in 1997 during the [[1997 Asian Financial Crisis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/07/world/another-giant-south-korean-conglomerate-falls.html|title=Another Giant South Korean Conglomerate Falls|work=New York Times|accessdate=22 September 2009|date=7 December 1997|author=[[Andrew Pollack (journalist)|Andrew Pollack]]}}</ref>
In 2008 Halla repurchased Mando, a car company they sold during the financial crisis.<ref name="Hhistory" /> The chaebol also sponsors multiple hockey teams, mainly [[Anyang Halla]] in the [[Asia League Ice Hockey]] and [[Kiekko-Vantaa]] in the Finnish [[Mestis]].
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.hlcompany.com/en/index.jsp hlcompany.com] {{in lang|en}}
{{Hyundai}}
[[Category:Chaebol]]
[[Category:Conglomerate companies of South Korea]]
[[Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1962]]
[[Category:South Korean companies established in 1962]]
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