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Selection supports the development of a unified digital backbone for HD Hyundai’s “Future of Shipyard” program and next-generation ship design and production platforms.
Siemens has been selected by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediary holding company of HD Hyundai, as a preferred partner to establish an integrated platform to manage the entire shipbuilding process as a single data flow, supporting consistency across global shipyard facilities.
Key elements of the initiative include:
Development of a unified digital backbone for end-to-end ship design and production consistency.
Application across multiple vessel types, including commercial and specialized ships.
Use of Siemens’ Digital Twin Composer to support an industrial metaverse-based environment for collaboration and learning.
Real-time connection between design and production through a unified data backbone.
The planned platform will form the core foundation of HD Hyundai’s “Future of Shipyard” project, which is targeted for completion by 2030. The initiative aims to address long-standing data discontinuities across ship design and production processes and to create a more structured, digitally enabled shipbuilding environment. Through the integrated platform, HD Hyundai intends to strengthen collaboration between engineering and manufacturing functions and support the stable execution of increasingly complex shipbuilding projects.
Based on the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform, the “Integrated Platform for Ship Design-Production Consistency” project is designed to deliver a consistent digital thread of key data from design through production. Design and production processes will be connected in real time through a unified data backbone, reducing inefficiencies and errors associated with fragmented data across workflows.
Within this unified digital environment, standardized data flows and system interoperability will connect key domains including computer-aided design (CAD), product lifecycle management (PLM), digital manufacturing, automation, and simulation. This structure enables shipyard activities such as planning, construction, expansion, and modification to be reviewed in a virtual environment prior to on-site implementation.
HD Hyundai also plans to expand model-based engineering practices and improve collaboration efficiency across organizations and functional teams. Block assembly, welding information, piping, and electrical data will be managed within an integrated 3D model to improve design accuracy, optimize production planning, and standardize shop-floor operations.
The scope of the integrated digital platform is expected to extend across a range of vessel types, including commercial vessels and specialized ships. Key application areas include structured management of equipment and component data, digital model-based performance analysis, lifecycle-oriented maintenance engineering, and technical support frameworks for overseas shipbuilding projects.
Additionally, HD Hyundai is working to build an industrial metaverse-based digital representation of ships and shipyard sites using Siemens’ Digital Twin technology. This environment will support decision-making, collaboration, and learning, including the use of reinforcement learning with synthetic data and industrial intelligence in complex production environments.
The two companies plan a phased implementation beginning in 2026, with application to operational vessels targeted from 2028.