Samsung

Samsung (which means "three stars" in Korean) started out as a small export business in Taegu, Korea, back in the 1930s and has since grown to become one of the world's leading electronics manufacturers. The company is actually made up of a number of smaller businesses with very diverse interests, including finance, hotels, construction, fashion and medicine. Most of us will know the products of the flagship Samsung Electronics company - a leader in the global high-tech market.

Contents 1 The History of Samsung 2 Products 2.1 Consumer Product 2.2 COMPONENTS 2.3 Mechanics & Heavy Industries 2.4 Chemical 2.5 Defense 3 Subsidiaries of the Samsung Group 3.1 Electronics industries 3.2 Machinery and heavy industries 3.3 Chemical industries 3.4 Financial services 3.5 Retail services 3.6 Engineering and construction 3.7 Entertainment 3.8 Others 3.9 Joint ventures 3.10 Sub-brand 4 External Resources 4.1 Samsung Sites 4.2 Other Sites

The History of Samsung

• 1938 - Founded by Byung-Chull Lee on March 1st in Taegu, Korea. The business started out selling dried Korean fish, vegetables and fruit!
• 1951 - SAMSUNG Moolsan established (now SAMSUNG Corporation)
• 1969 - SAMSUNG-Sanyo Electronic established
• 1970s - Diversified into heavy, chemical and petrochemical industries, thus laying the foundations for the future
• 1980s - Continued expansion during this time saw Samsung become a global company
• 1990s - In the early part of the decade Samsung saw many products gain leading market share in fields from computer monitors to semiconductors. The latter half of the decade saw difficult financial conditions throughout Korea but Samsung pulled through after restructuring.
• Present - Samsung has continued to innovate and develop to firmly establish itself as a leader of the digital technology industry

For more detail, visit the Samsung corporate history page.

Products

Consumer Product

• Mobile phones- CDMA, GSM
• Televisions - LED TV, LCD TV, Plasma TV, DLP TV
• Audio / Video - Blu-ray ,Home theater, Home theater projectors, MP3 players, DVD players, Digital set top box
• Cameras & Camcorders - Digital cameras, Camcorders
• Computers & Peripherals - Mobile computing, Desktop monitors, Data projectors, Digital photo frame, Hard disk drive, Optical disc drive
• Printers & Multifunction - Monochrome laser printers ,Color laser printers ,Monochrome laser multifunction printers & faxes, Color laser multifunction printers & faxes, Supplies & Accessories
• Home appliances-Refrigerators, Washers & Dryers, Ranges, Dishwashers, Microwaves, Air conditioners, Vacuum cleaner
• CCTV - Camera, Monitor, DVR, Network,Controller,EZ View, Housing & Mount
• Business Products - Mobile computing, LCD monitors, Data projector
• Telecommunication- Business telephone systems
• Set Top Box- Digital video recorder, Digital satellite receiver, Digital terrestrial receiver,Digital cable receiver

COMPONENTS

• Memory-DRAM, SRAM, Fusion Memory
• System LSI - Mobile SoC, Media/Storage SoC, Display Driver IC, Microcontrollers, Imaging Solutions
• Flash - NAND Flash, Flash SSD, NOR Flash,Card, Flash Software
• Foundry - Manufacturing Process technology, Design technology Services ,Security
• Storage - HDD(Hard disk drive), ODD(Optical disc drive), SSD(Solid-state drive)
• LCD Panels- LCD OEM, Monitor,Notebook PC,Mobile display,Digital display
• Fiber optics - Optical fibers, Fiber optic cables,Interconnection products
• Compressor - Recipro, Rotary
• Rechargeable battery - HEV battery(Hybrid Electric Vehicles), Fuel cell, Solar cell ,Lithium-ion batteries
• LED - LED Module, LED BLU
• TFT-LCD Glass, PDP Filter
• MLCC(Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor), FC-BGA(Flip Chip Ball Grid Array)

Mechanics & Heavy Industries

• Shipbuilding- Tanker, Container ships, LNG carrier, Passenger ships, Icebreaker
• Offshore - FPSO, FDS, Drill ship,
• Plant - Power (CHP) Plants, new & renewable energy, Steel Plants, Semiconductor plants, Rail system, Oil refinery Plant, Gas plants, Fixed process platforms- FPSO and FLNG, Ethylene plants, EO/EG (ethylene)plants, Polymer plant, PMC (project management consulting)
• Turbo Compressor
• Power Generation- Gas Turbine, Aero Derivative, Gas Engine
• Wind Turbine

Chemical

• PE(polyethylene),PP(polypropylene), Solvent
• PTA(purified terephthalic acid)
• Acetic acid, VAM(Vinyl Acetate Monomer),Hydrogen
• Urea for agricultural
• EMC(Epoxy Molding Compound), CMP(Chemical Mechanical Polishing) Slurry, LE(Liquid Encapsulant), DAF (Die Attach Film or Dicing Attach Film), SWC(Specialty Wet Chemical)
• LCD fabrication materials encompass color resists (CR) organic black matrix (BM), and over coat (OC)
• Anisotropic conductive film (ADF)
• Light diffusion plate (LDP)
• Multi angle sheet (MAS), Polarizing film , PI (polymide), Paste, FCCL, TCP
• Styrene Polymers, Special Polymers, Artificial Marble

Defense

• Artillery System - K9 Thunder(155mm 52Cal. Self Propelled Howitzer), K10 ARV, FDCV
• Marine Corps System - KAAV7A1: Korea Amphibious Assault Vehicle(KAAV)
• Other System - War Game Solutions, Combat Training Center,Realistic training simulation,MILES(multiple integrated laser engagement system)
• C4I(Command, Control, Communication, Computer and Intelligence)- UHF transceiver, Tactical Multi-purpose Multi-function Radio, High speed radio transceiver
• Electro-optics business - EOTS(electro-optical tracking system), Night Vision, Ground Surveillance Radar, Portable thermal image binocular, FLIR(forward looking infra-red), Coastal Surveillance Radar, SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar)
• Jet Engine - GE licensed production(F110, F404, T700) Rolls-Royce licensed production( LM2500, GEM42, T56-A-14) P&W licensed production(F100, PT6-62) Honeywell licensed production(T53, T55)

Subsidiaries of the Samsung Group

Electronics industries Samsung Austin Semiconductor Samsung Corning Precision Glass Samsung Electro-Mechanics Samsung Electronics Samsung Fiberoptics Samsung LED Samsung Mobile Display Samsung Multi-campus Samsung Networks Samsung Opto-Electronics Samsung SDI (Samsung Display Interface) Samsung SDS (Samsung Data System) Samsung Semiconductor Samsung Techwin Samsung Telecommunications Machinery and heavy industries Samsung Engineering Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Techwin Chemical industries Samsung BP Chemicals Samsung Cheil Industries Samsung Fine Chemicals Samsung Petrochemicals Samsung Total Financial services Samsung Card Samsung Fire Samsung Investment Trust Management Samsung Life Samsung Securities Samsung Venture Investment

Retail services Home Plus (Joint Venture between Tesco & Samsung) Samsung Mall Samsung Plaza Engineering and construction Samsung Engineering Samsung C&T Corporation Samsung Texas Construction Inc. Entertainment Everland and Caribbean Bay Hotel Shilla Samsung Lions Seoul Samsung Thunders Suwon Samsung Bluewings Yongin Samsung Life Insurance Bichumi Daejeon Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Bluefangs Others Cheil Communications Cheil Industries Renault Samsung Motors S1 Corp. Samsung C&T Corporation Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Samsung Cheil Apparel Samsung Culture Association Samsung Economic Research Institute Samsung Hoam Association Samsung iMarketKorea Samsung Manpower Association Samsung Media Association Samsung Medical Center Samsung Welfare Association Sungkyunkwan University

Joint ventures

• GE Samsung Lighting Joint venture between GE(US) and Samsung
• Samsung Corning Precision Glass Joint venture between Samsung and Corning Incorporated(US)
• Samsung Hewlett-Packard(1984~1998) Joint venture between Samsung and HP(US)
• SD Flex Company Joint venture between Samsung and DuPont(US)
• SIGMA SAMSUNG COATINGS Joint venture between PPG Industries(US) and Samsung
• SB LiMotive Joint venture between Samsung and BOSCH(Germany)
• Siltronic Samsung Wafer Joint venture between Siltronic(Germany)and Samsung
• Home Plus Joint Venture between Tesco(UK) & Samsung
• Samsung BP Chemicals Joint venture between Samsung and BP(UK)
• Renault Samsung Motors Joint venture between Renault(France) and Samsung
• Samsung Total Joint venture between Samsung and Total S.A.(France)
• Samsung Thales Joint venture between Samsung and Thales Group(France/Dutch)
• S-LCD Corporation Joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Sony(Japan)
• Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation joint venture between Toshiba(Japan) and Samsung

Sub-brand

• Anycall - Mobile Phone brand (Used in some countries)
• SENS - Laptop computer brand
• Magic Station - PC brand
• SyncMaster, Samtron - Monitor brand (Being Phased out for ToC Monitors)
• SpinPoint - PC hard disk drive brand
• Hauzen - Premium home appliances brand
• Zipel - Home refrigerator brand
• PAVV -Premium TV, home theater brand
• VLUU, Kenox - Digital camera brand
• Yepp - MP3 player brand
• Mobile WiMAX - Telecommunications equipment
• COMBO - Optical disc drives
• BEAN POLE, FUBU - Apparel
• UNIERP - Solution
• RAEMIAN - Construction
• Staron, Starex- Plastic chemical resin (Starex) and solid surface materials (Staron)
• THE SHILLA - Hotel
• S1 - security
• Everland, Caribbean Bay - Theme park
• Zaigen - Samsung computer support centre
• MagicBright - LCD display technology brand
• Magic Tune - Mouse operated OSD panel
• Magic Rotation - Image is automatically rotated by pivoting the monitor
• Magic Clear - Providing Vivid color and crystal clear image
• Ultra Edition - Slim Mobile Phone brand
• Pleomax - PC peripheral and battery brand
• CLP - Laser printer brand
• MyMy - Cassette player brand
• Nexus - MP3 player and XM satellite radio
• Touch of Color - Adds style to monitor/TV's with a rose red hue inside a glass-like frame.

External Resources

Samsung Sites

• Samsung Korean website
• Samsung global website
• Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
• Samsung Camera
• Samsung PC

Other Sites

• Samsung page on Wikipedia
• Yahoo! - Samsung Group Company Profile

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