Interview with Jean-Marie Hurtiger, CEO of Renault Samsung Motors

- 80.1 % owned Renault subsidiary
- 5,548 employees (excluding sales), 5% of Renault group's work force
- 136,467 vehicles sold, 6% of the Group's total sales
- 4th in the South Korean market with a 10.8% market share
- 191 dealers in South Korea
- Ranked 1st in Customer Satisfaction for 8 consecutive years (2009 Automotive Syndicated Research comparing 5 South Korean car makers)
- A range of 5 vehicles: SM3 CE, SM3,, New SM5, SM7 and QM5
- Most exported cars receive the Renault badge, including Scala, Safrane, Latitude and Koleos

- Ultra-modern production facilities
- A plant at the forefront of technology
- Production capacity of 300,000 units/year
- A young, well-trained work force: 2,576 people at December 31, 2009 with an average age of 31
- ISO 14 001 certification (environmental management standard) obtained in 2003 and renewed in 2006
- Highly-automated powertrain and body-work shops and production processes

The Kihueng Renault Samsung Technical Center (RSTC) near Seoul brings together Korean, Japanese and French engineers and technicians.
It includes a prototype center and specialized test facilities (chassis, powertrain, emission control, electronics, safety, etc.).

The RSM Design center as a part of the Renault Design network, is the design bridgehead for the Renault group in Asia. It is also a window on the latest Asian trends.
Key fact: the concept car eMX Concept, presented during the Seoul Motor Show in April 2009, was the first one to be designed and engineered in Kihueng.