Samsung and its path to success.
Let’s talk about the history of the formation of a world famous company. After all, many have heard about smartphones., TVs, tablets and other devices, manufactured by Samsung Electronics.
But what do we know directly about the company itself ?
Origins of Samsung
Today we will give a detailed answer to the question posed.. Primarily, I want to note, that Samsung did not always specialize in electronics. Samsung South Korean company, based on Lee Byung-chull 1 March 1938 year as a grocery store in Daegu. It was a business selling noodles and other products, produced in its vicinity. He exported them to China and its provinces. After the Korean War 1950-1953 gg. Byung-Chull expanded its business, by opening the largest wool factory in Korea.
During the 1970s, the company expanded its product line from initial raw material to final product.. New branches were opened: Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Shipbuilding и Samsung Precision Company (Samsung Techwin). Also during this period, the company began to actively invest in heavy, chemical and petrochemical industries.
Samsung electronics
However, in 1969 the joint company Samsung-Sanyo Electronics is established, which starts producing black-and-white TVs. And already in the 1970s, the company began to export consumer electronics products abroad.. At that time, Samsung was already a major manufacturer in Korea and acquired 50% shares of Korea Semiconductor.
The late 1970s and early 80s saw a rapid expansion of Samsung’s technology business.. Separate industries of semiconductors and electronics were created, and in 1978 the aerospace division was created. Samsung Data Systems was founded in 1985 year to meet the growing demand for circuit development.
In the 1990s, Samsung continued to push the boundaries. Samsung also set up two research institutes. However, during these years the company also experienced an internal crisis. But still continued to make progress..
In the 2000s, the Samsung Galaxy series of smartphones was released.. Namely in 2009 year, the first such smartphone was Samsung i7500. And already with 2006 the company is the world’s best-selling TV manufacturer. 2010-th year was the advent of the first Samsung Galaxy Tab.