CTR Mobility

CTR Mobility (Korean: CTR모빌리티) is a South Korean automotive components manufacturer headquartered in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do. The company was established in 1994 and listed on the KOSDAQ market on 25 November 2019, with Korea Investment & Securities and BNK Investment & Securities as lead underwriters and an offering price of KRW 6,000 per share. In 2023 the company changed its name from Central Motec (센트랄모텍) to its current name, CTR Mobility. The company positions itself around the slogan "Central to Your Safe Mobility," framing its business as supplying safety-critical parts and services across all forms of mobility. Its product portfolio spans drivetrain and chassis components such as inner race assemblies, ball screws, axle assemblies, drum clutches, output shafts, control arms, hybrid rotor assemblies, engine clutch retainers and sleeve gears. These parts serve both conventional internal-combustion vehicles and electrified platforms, reflecting the industry's shift toward electric and autonomous vehicles. CTR Mobility operates a network of manufacturing and technology sites in South Korea, including plants in Ulsan, Seosan and Daegu, plus a Smart Campus in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do. It also operates internationally through CTR America, which runs a plant in Monterrey, Mexico. The company belongs to CTR Group, whose founding dates back to 1 May 1952 in Busan, and which marked its 74th anniversary in 2026. CTR Group chairman Kang Tae-ryong (강태룡) has led the group and delivered anniversary messages to employees. Strategically, CTR Mobility has been expanding into future-vehicle technologies. In April 2026 it absorbed JS Tech (제이에스테크), a specialist in electronic and electrical components, adding an electronics business division and a Cheonan plant. The company also invests in eco-friendly technologies for future generations and states an ambition to become a core mobility company supplying safe products and services for every means of transport. Its stated core values center on employee happiness, customer trust and social development, with safety as the organizing principle of its business philosophy.

CTR Mobility's corporate roots lie in CTR Group, whose founding is traced to 1 May 1952 in a small alley in Busan, South Korea. The group marked its 74th anniversary in 2026, and chairman Kang Tae-ryong has been a long-standing leader of the group, delivering anniversary messages to employees. The operating company that became CTR Mobility was established in 1994. For much of its history it was known as Central Motec (센트랄모텍), and earlier references in the group's news archive refer to the automotive parts business simply as 'Central' (센트랄). Under that name, the company built a reputation as an automotive components specialist, with CEOs including Kim Jong-tae and Lee Yong-rae and chairman Kang Tae-ryong. In the 2010s the company sharpened its strategic focus. In April 2017 it held its first standalone R&D exhibition, the Central Tech Festival, signaling a push to showcase its engineering capabilities. In November 2017 it declared a new vision summarized as making safe products to make a safe world, tying innovation to employee happiness, customer trust and social development. In early 2018 it was featured in a ChosunBiz mid-sized company conference for its persistence in making automotive parts lighter amid the rise of electric and autonomous vehicles, and it also engaged in community social contribution, signing a love-sharing agreement with Seongsan-gu in Changwon. A major turning point came on 25 November 2019, when the company listed on the KOSDAQ market. Korea Investment & Securities and BNK Investment & Securities acted as lead underwriters, and the offering price was set at KRW 6,000 per share. This listing gave the automotive parts maker access to public capital markets. In 2023 the company changed its name from Central Motec to CTR Mobility, aligning its corporate identity with the CTR Group brand and with a broader mobility-oriented strategy. The new identity emphasizes safety across all forms of transport, expressed in the slogan 'Central to Your Safe Mobility.' By the mid-2020s CTR Mobility operated a network of South Korean sites: plants in Ulsan, Seosan and Daegu, and a Smart Campus in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do. Internationally, CTR America operates a plant in Monterrey, Mexico, where it has held community events such as Children's Day activities for employees' families. The company continued to expand into future-vehicle technologies. On 1 April 2026 it integrated JS Tech (제이에스테크), a company with strong production know-how in electronic and electrical components, creating an electronics business division and adding a Cheonan plant. This move was framed as a response to the rapid electrification and intelligentization of the automotive industry. In the same period CTR Group also experimented with new ways of working, including the adoption of generative AI 'Claude' and the Claude Cowork team automation feature. CTR was also recognized as a meritorious taxpayer on the 60th Taxpayers' Day and sponsored cultural and charitable events such as the Changwon Spring Song Festival and the Save the Children International Children's Marathon.

• 2026

  Integrates JS Tech, adding an electronics business division and Cheonan plant.

• 2026

  CTR Group celebrates its 74th founding anniversary.

• 2023

  Renamed from Central Motec (센트랄모텍) to CTR Mobility.

• 2019

  Lists on KOSDAQ with Korea Investment & Securities and BNK Investment & Securities as lead underwriters at KRW 6,000 per share.

• 2018

  Signs love-sharing social contribution agreement with Seongsan-gu, Changwon.

• 2017

  First standalone R&D exhibition, the Central Tech Festival, is held.

• 2017

  New vision declared: 'Make safe products to make a safe world.'

• 1994

  The operating company that became CTR Mobility is established.

• 1952

  CTR Group founded in a small alley in Busan, South Korea.

A safety-focused automotive components and mobility solutions provider, positioning itself as "Central to Your Safe Mobility" and expanding from conventional parts into future-vehicle electrification and electronics.

• Inner Race Assembly

• Ball Screw

• Axle Assembly

• Drum-35R Clutch

• Drum Clutch

• Output Shaft

• Control Arm

• HEV Rotor Assembly

• Engine Clutch Retainer

• Sleeve-Gear

1. 1CTR Mobility official websitectrmobility.co.kr
2. 2CTR Mobility - Aboutctrmobility.co.kr
3. 3CTR Mobility - Storyctrmobility.co.kr
4. 4CTR모빌리티 - Wikipedia (Korean)ko.wikipedia.org
5. 5CTR Mobility - Wikidatawikidata.org