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| - | '''So International''' is a Korean based manufacturing operation and is owned by Am-Kor Limited. So International was founded in 1951 by Kim So as a bicycle shop in Seoul, South Korea.
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| - | Kim So passed away in August 1997. His company was purchased by Am-Kor Limited, a business owned by [[United States|American]] Alex Michaels and Korean Han Lee. In 1998, Am-Kor was merged with So Manufacturing and the name was changed to So International.
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| - | ==So Motors==
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| - | '''So Motors''' was created in 1980 as an experiment. It was a test to see if So Manufacturing could create a successful car. The car was the [[So Shi-Tei]] and was a minor success until 1987 when sales began to fall. Production of the Shi-Tei Stopped in January 1994.
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| - | The Shi-Tei was brought back into production in 2002.
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| - | ==Am-Kor Industrial Equipment Ltd.==
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| - | '''Am-Kor Industrial Equipment Ltd.''' is So's division of heavy equipment. The company was founded in 1978 by Chan Yoon. The company was purchased in 1988 by Am-Kor. The company was renamed So Industrial Equipment in 1999. In 2001, Am-Kor Industrial began making the engine for the [[So Shi-Tei]]. Chan Yoon was CEO of the company until 2004 when he retired.
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| - | ==Foreign Markets==
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| - | * [[Japan]]: So Manufacturing Japan
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| - | * Russia : So International Russia (closed and sold to a Russian company).
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| - | * [[United States]]: So America (known as Am-Kor North America)
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Current revision as of 04:16, 29 May 2012
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