A Study on the Start-up and Growth Business Model of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises: Hyunsung Techno

제조기업의 창업과 성장의 비즈니스 모델 연구: 현성테크노

  • Choi, In-Hyok (Department of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Do-Yeon (Department of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University)
  • Received : 2019.11.01
  • Accepted : 2019.12.25
  • Published : 2019.12.31

Abstract

Under the uncertainties and the consequent turmoils of the IMF financial crisis in Korea, Hyunsung Techno was founded in 1997 on the basis of automobile press molding which is critical for the quality of automobile. Ever since, Hyunsung Techno has grown rapidly based on the domestic market; however, gradually, it had faced a stalemate in terms of the saturation, on the supply side and the growth limit, on the demand side, of the domestic molding market. Accordingly, Hyunsung pushed for a strategy to localize overseas markets and a new acquisition strategy instead of resting on the domestic mold industry's growth, and the success of these strategies enabled it to leap forward into a global company with five companies including affiliates and 70 billion won in sales. The main reason why Hyunsung Techno evolved from a small and medium-sized manufacturing company into a global businesses is due to the success of Boa Constrictor M&A strategy. Its acquisition strategy is not just a successful case of any acquisition, but a rare, maybe the first domestic case of a successful acquisition of a primary supplier by a secondary supplier. Through the success of this strategy, Hyunsung Techno has achieved a continuous growth of businesses, an increase in sales volume, and expansion into new businesses. And on top of that, this achievements is leading it to be a global conglomerate In this study, Hyunsung Techno's success strategy, which is transformed from a small domestic manufacturing company into a global enterprise, was analyzed in detail with its development stages divided into start-up, overseas expansion, acquisitions, and business diversification. Eventually, this case study is meant to offer strategic implications for other small and medium-sized businesses under the current, gloomy economy of low or zero growth of today.

1997년 IMF 외환위기의 불확실한 경기 상황 속에서 (주)현성테크노는 완성 자동차 품질의 필수적 요소 중 하나인 프레스금형을 바탕으로 창업하였다. 이후, 현성테크노는 내수시장을 기반으로 빠른 성장을 하였으나 점차적으로 국내 금형시장의 포화상태와 금형산업의 성장 한계점에 직면하게 되었다. 이에 현성테크노는 국내 금형산업의 성장에만 안주하지 않고 적극적인 해외 투자를 통해 해외현지화 전략과 작은 기업이 큰 기업을 인수하는 독특한 인수 전략을 전개하였고 결국, 이를 통해 5개의 계열사를 가진 글로벌 복합기업으로 도약할 수 있었다. 현성테크노가 중소 제조기업에서 글로벌 복합기업으로 도약할 수 있었던 가장 큰 이유는 '보아뱀 인수 전략'의 성공 때문이다. 현성테크노의 인수 전략은 단순한 인수 사례가 아닌 2차 협력사가 1차 협력사를 인수한 국내 사상초유의 성공 사례이다. 현성테크노는 해외현지화 전략과 보아뱀 인수 전략의 성공을 통해 1999년 연 매출 10억원에서 2017년 연 매출 223억의 기업으로, 인수한 자회사인 현성오토텍은 2005년 연 매출 50억원에서 2017년 연 매출 430억원의 기업으로 성장하였다. 또한, 현재 현성테크노는 10객 30여개의 글로벌 회사와 거래를 하고 있으며, 매출의 70%를 해외수출을 통해 이루고 있다. 오늘날, 저성장의 경제 환경 속에서 대다수 중소기업이 성장의 어려움을 겪고 있는 상황에서 본 연구는 현성테크노의 성장 과정을 창업, 해외진출, 기업인수, 사업 다각화 등으로 나누어 분석하고 이에 따른 시사점을 제시하는 데에 목적이 있다.

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