STX Corporation

STX Corporation

Type	Public
Industry	Heavy equipment
Founded	1976 (1976)
Headquarters	Changwon, South Korea
Key people	Chairman Seo Chung-Il
Products	Trade
Total assets	$ 23 billion USD (2008 2Q)
Number of employees	44,000 (STX Total) 2008 20,000 (STX Europe)
Subsidiaries	STX Marine Sevice STX Resort
Website	STX Corporation

STX Corporation (Hangul: 에스티엑스) is a publicly-held South Korean holding company engaged in the provision of trading services. Headquartered in Gyeongsangnamdo, South Korea, the company operates its business through two divisions: trade and ship maintenance. Its trade business division provides shipping and energy materials such as coal, oil, steel and others. Its ship maintenance business offers cargo management, marine technical, insurance, crew management and other related services.^[1]

The company had five local subsidiaries including STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, STX Engine, STX Heavy Industries, STX PanOcean and STX Energy.

STX Offshore & Shipbuilding was the world's fourth largest shipbuilder and in 2008 acquired Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards, in order to diversify their product line.^[2]

STX business areas

• Trading business

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