SamsungSamsung was founded in 1969, and one of its subsidiaries, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. Founded in Daegu, South Korea, it operates in around 58 countries and has over 208,000 workers. The turnover in 2003 was about 101.7 billion USD. Among the top 20 brands of the world. At present, Samsung Electronics operates in 5 business areas, namely Telecommunications (Mobile Handsets and Network), Digital and Home Appliances (including washing machines, microwave ovens, refrigerators, VHS and DVD players, etc), Digital Media, LCD, and Semiconductors. Samsung (meaning "three stars" or "tristar" in Korean) was founded by Lee Byungchul. Samsung Electronics is the flagship division of The Samsung Group. Samsung is one of the largest South Korean conglomerates ("chaebol"). It started as an exports company in 1938 but soon diversified. Subsidiaries of the Samsung GroupElectronics industries
Machinery and heavy industries
Chemical industries
Financial services
History1950s - 1980s
The 1990s and presentThe 1990s saw Samsung rise as an international corporation. Not only did it acquire a number of businesses abroad, but also began leading the way in certain electronic components. Samsung's construction branch was awarded the contract to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia in September 1993. Samsung survived the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 relatively unharmed. It has kept expanding since then. Samsung's brand strength has improved impressively in the last few years, despite an environment of scandal and political intrigue. Samsung is now one of the leading manufacturers in plasma displays, although it has struggled with building an image of being an innovator created by legal controversies over patent infringements with companies such as Fujitsu who claim to have created plasma display technology first. Samsung has also faced controversy in Korea for its policies towards workers, described by some as anti-worker. This page about Samsung includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Samsung News stories about Samsung External links for Samsung Videos for Samsung Wikis about Samsung Discussion Groups about Samsung Blogs about Samsung Images of Samsung |
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