Samsung Engineering, the first and largest engineering company in Korea, announced it had received the MEED Quality Awards for Projects, in association with Ernst & Young 2013 for its Ma’aden Ammonia Plant. Hosted by MEED, at the Gala Awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi, Samsung Engineering’s Senior Executive Vice President Steve Fludder and Ma’aden’s Director Fehaid Al-Hajri celebrated its great partnership. Samsung Engineering was awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning... Continue reading

Samsung Electronics announced that it has successfully developed the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for cellular communications. The new technology sits at the core of 5G mobile communications system and will provide data transmission up to several hundred times faster than current 4G networks. And our colleagues at Samsung Tommorrow, Samsung Electronics' official global blog, took a look at details of this innovative... Continue reading

Samsung announced today it will establish the Samsung Research Foundation to help foster and invest in technologies in the areas of basic science, materials engineering and information and communications technology (ICT) projects. The foundation aims to contribute to building and strengthening the infrastructure for innovation and future technology development for the benefit of the broader society and economy, at a time when cultivating new growth engines for the future has... Continue reading

You must have imagined at least once in your lifetime what it would be like to wave a magic wand to make something inside your head come to real life. Many of you might be surprised to hear that this fairyland story came true in Milan last month! What a wonderful world! The dream came true in a special exhibition by our affiliate Samsung Electronics at the 52nd Milan Furniture... Continue reading

Did you know April 22 is Earth Day, when events are held globally to demonstrate support for environmental protection? Efforts to protect our environment are an essential factor these days for individuals and companies alike. Samsung Electronics has developed numerous green products. Some products are designed to reduce power consumption like memory chips, notebook PCs, monitors, TVs, and refrigerators, to name a few. Some use eco-friendly materials such as bio-plastic... Continue reading

Imagine being able to build a desk for your study with just a click of a button, instead of having to go through the painstaking carpentry work of cutting and carving wood. How simpler would your life be? That dream may just become possible with the help of 3-D printing and today, we’d like to take a peek into this revolutionary technology and what it has in store for us... Continue reading

Walking into a room as dark as an ancient cave, glittering artifacts made centuries ago catch your eyes. Standing in front of the shining treasures in the darkened room, you dive into the breath and sweat of the craftsmen that lived a thousand years ago. You can explore glittering treasures in the dark exhibition room There lies the Gilt Silver Ewer – a vase-shaped pitcher on display at Leeum, Samsung... Continue reading

For all those K-pop fans out there, the April 13 release of K-pop star Psy’s new music video “Gentleman” may have been quite an event to look forward to. Did you know one of the spots featured in the music video is affiliated with Samsung? Do you recognize this place? The fashion store featured in the beginning of Psy’s latest music video is ‘10 Corso Como Seoul,’ the first overseas... Continue reading

While Samsung has evolved over the past 75 years of changes and challenges, its philosophy of devoting talent and technologies to creating a better global society hasn’t changed a bit and people have been at the heart of all of our businesses. With this belief in the value of people, we today would like to introduce our “Ladder of Hope” initiative, designed to give more children from low-income families a... Continue reading

All of you, who know Samsung and our products, must also be aware that our corporate color is blue as can be easily noticed in our logo. But for a day last month in London, we decided to go red for a cause that touched so many people’s hearts. On March 26, a ceremony for The Prince’s Trust & Samsung Celebrate Success Awards was held at London’s Leicester Square Odeon... Continue reading

A rice sommelier, who blends rice instead of wine. A soundscape designer, who designs the happiest sound environment. And an architectural lighting designer, who plays with lights to please people’s eyes. Does any of these jobs sound familiar to you? Probably not. But these are real jobs of some of our colleagues at Samsung Everland, which operates Korea’s largest amusement park along with other businesses including building management, and food... Continue reading

Take yourself back to a moment in time when you first had someone you wanted to become when you grow older. Was it an astronaut? A pianist? Or maybe you wanted to become a teacher just like your own, who was kind and attentive to students. Whatever your dream job was – and whether you have actually achieved it or not – surely, you will agree that this dream from... Continue reading

Once being diagnosed with cancer, there is no time to lose for the patients and their families as the desperate and painful battle for life begins. That’s why our hospital affiliate Samsung Medical Center came up with a revolutionary solution to save the precious time. The patient will be able to get a surgery as early as within a week since the initial diagnosis. Considering that the process typically takes... Continue reading

Today, we would like to announce the recipients of the 2013 Ho-Am Prize, awarded every year by Samsung to individuals who have contributed to enhancing the welfare of humanity through distinguished accomplishments in their professional fields. Before that, we would also like to let you know that we have established Ho-Am Forum aimed at providing opportunities of scientific cross-fertilization among domestic experts, Ho-Am Prize laureats and global scholars. Next month... Continue reading

We have announced new features this year that make our Smart TVs even smarter. And our colleagues at Samsung Tomorrow, Samsung Electronics' official global blog, put together an interesting infographic that details these fascinating upgrades! Are you ready to check out how our Smart TVs got smarter? Continue reading

Samsung C&T has been appointed by Roy Hill Holdings Pty Ltd (“Roy Hill”) as the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) Contractor for the infrastructure portion of the Roy Hill Project located in Western Australia. Roy Hill is an AUD$10 billion massive iron ore mine project at a 2.4 billion ton iron ore deposit in Pilbara region with first ore on ship targeted for September of 2015. Under the AUD$5.59 EPC... Continue reading

Hue is considered the glittering jewel of central Vietnam. Having been the capital of Vietnam’s old empire for more than two centuries, it’s full of historic monuments, earning a place in the UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. Thus, preserving and sustaining constitute a great meaning to this city, a task that’s often challenged. Located on the banks of Perfume River and affected by monsoons, the city suffers from floods in the... Continue reading

Seventy-five years ago today – March 22, 1938 – Samsung was born. As Samsung embarks on the final quarter of a journey to become a 100-year-old company, we thought we would take a few moments to look at some of the milestone events that helped us become who we are today. So, here’s a quick timeline of how Samsung has grown from its humble beginning as a small trading company... Continue reading

For a company, with 80 percent of its employees stationed outside its headquarters, it probably is of little surprise that it has a very wide network of offices around the world. Our Samsung C&T affiliate is one such company, and today, we’d like to give you a quick look at the global network of Samsung C&T’s Trading & Investment Group. Samsung C&T was established in 1938 to lay the foundation... Continue reading

Samsung today announced the appointment of President Boo-keun Yoon and President J.K. Shin as co-CEOs of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. following the company’s annual general shareholders’ meeting. Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon will retain his position as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He will also continue to oversee Samsung Electronics’ component business. The new appointments recognize the strong performance of President Yoon and President Shin. Under President Yoon,... Continue reading

(Update) It’s finally here, what you’ve all been waiting for: the GALAXY S 4! Samsung Electronics announced today the fourth generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S 4, designed to get you closer to what matters in life and bring your world together. Understanding what matters most to us in our lives, the Samsung GALAXY S 4 was developed to redefine the way we live and to maximize our fulfillment of... Continue reading

Samsung Engineering, the first and largest engineering company in Korea, officially signed a contract, worth $650 million (€498 million), with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Azerbaijan’s state-owned company, for the SOCAR Ammonia and Urea Complex project. SOCAR CEO Rovnag Abdullayev and Samsung Engineering President & CEO Park Ki-Seok joined the historic event to ink the new partnership officially. The ammonia & urea plant will be built in the... Continue reading

There’s a common belief that in order to become a real expert, you need to concentrate on one field for at least 10 years. Today we would like to introduce to you an expert – a master technician at Samsung Heavy Industries, our shipbuilding affiliate – who focused on his field of expertise for more than 30 years! Mr. Changsu Son, a Senior Manager at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Production Engineering... Continue reading

Graduation is a memorable moment that signals both an end and a new beginning, and we all cherish the moment in one form or another. The school yearbooks that may usually be just collecting dust on the bottom of your bookcase can do such wonders when you are down, bringing back heart-warming memories from your youth at each turn of a page. In Korea, school graduations usually take place in... Continue reading

February has long been celebrated as a month of love. On February 14, we give flowers, chocolates and cards to those we love. On this year’s Valentine’s Day, did you get something special for your loved ones? During this festive season of love, one of our affiliates, Samsung Engineering, also expressed its love and care to an object, whose existence we often forget to appreciate – Mother Nature. On February... Continue reading