A Futuristic Building located at the center of Pangyo 2^nd Techno Valley,

Next-M to be a Global HQ / State-of-the-Art R&D Center

 "New dreams will be achieved with the Best Talents in a Top-Notch Environment," said

Yoon Pal-Joo, CEO of HL Klemove.

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HL Klemove, an affiliate of HL Group, specializing in autonomous driving solutions opened its new office building called 'Next-M' on December 1, 2022. The cube-shaped building located at the center of Pangyo 2^nd Techno Valley, has 12 floors above and 5 floors below ground, with an area of 30,644 m². The opening ceremony was attended by around 120 people including Chung Mong-Won, Chairman of HL Group, Kim Kwang-Heon, CEO of HL Holdings and Cho Seong-Hyeon, CEO of HL Mando.

Next-M serves as the headquarters of HL Klemove; it is a Business Center that oversees commercialization across North America, China, India and other locations and it is also a Global R&D Center. The company plans to grow and develop Next-M into an Autonomous Driving Mobility-Hub, along with various tech companies and mobility start-ups. Equipped with cutting-edge spaces and equipment for open innovation, Next-M provides the optimal environment for developing advanced autonomous driving technologies and products. It constitutes of state-of-the-art R&D infrastructure for autonomous driving including High-Precision Optical equipment for Lidar, Imaging Radar and Camera products as well as VR-based VIL(Vehicle-in-the-loop) equipment that uses SW and other equipment such as high-speed Ethernet Communication, High-Performance Autonomous Driving Integrated Controller Evaluator and more.

The exterior of the building is futuristically cube-shaped and upon entering the building, one is greeted by an open atrium. The new building opened under the slogan 'New Experiment Teams of Mobility' and it has 60 high-tech conference rooms as well as 41 private rooms that has smart functions. The 'Step Up Lounge,' a place connecting the third and fourth floors, will be used for Town Hall meetings for staff members and managements. The day of the opening ceremony for the new building, December 1^st, was also the day when HL Klemove celebrated its first year anniversary, since it's spin-off from HL Mando.

Yoon Pal-Joo, CEO of HL Klemove said, "We will achieve new dreams with the best talents in a top-notch environment," adding, "By persistently striving for future mobility development, we will develop and grow Next-M to be the world-class cradle for cutting-edge technologies."

Meanwhile, HL Klemove has currently secured about 2,180 patents and provides autonomous driving solutions to world leading automobile manufacturers and EV start-ups. HL Klemove operates manufacturing plants in Songdo (Korea), Suzhou (China), and Chennai (India) and it is currently constructing a plant in Mexico as well. The company plans to complete the development of core products such as Lidar, 4D imaging radar, high-resolution camera, in-cabin sensor, and high-performance integrated autonomous driving domain controller, to be able to support a full autonomous driving system, by 2025.