Everyone uses mobile devices, televisions, and various household appliances: microwave ovens, refrigerators, washing machines. And if you ask who is the best in this sector, many will answer - the manufacturer is Samsung.
Yes this is true. Samsung is a well-known global brand, under the beginning of which almost any equipment used daily in the home is produced. You can hear about this company in advertising. You can read interesting facts about it on various sites. It can be seen in any thematic ratings, where it takes far from the last place. But few know how it all began, and even about which country the Samsung manufacturer is.
The beginning of the story
The country of origin of Samsung is Korea, since it was here in 1938, in the city of Daegu, the company was founded. Its founder was Byung-Chull Lee - a Korean entrepreneur whose financial condition was only 30 thousand won ($ 2 thousand at that time).
At the time of its foundation, the company received the name Samsung (in Korean, “three stars”), in honor of the three sons of Byong. But there is other information about Samsung and the origin of its name. Which one is true is unknown.
Although Samsung is now considered the world leader in the production of various equipment and electronics, at the time of its foundation, the company's employees were engaged in completely different matters, namely, the production of rice flour. Only in 1969 the company made a breakthrough in the technical field.
Machinery manufacturing
At the very beginning, the company, together with Sanyo (a Japanese electronics manufacturer), began producing semiconductors. A workshop was later opened to assemble black and white televisions.
Since 1973, production has gradually switched to large-scale manufacturing of household appliances. And the collaboration of two opposing companies has turned into a whole corporation called Samsung Electronics.
In the same year, Samsung Electronics moved from Daegu to Suwon (a city in South Korea), where a household appliance factory was erected in early December. A year later, Semiconductor Co. joined the corporation. (Korean company). This was the beginning of a large-scale production of refrigerators and washing machines.
Since 1979, the company began producing video recorders. And since 1983 - PC. In the same year, the manufacturing country of Samsung - not only South Korea, but also the United States. The fact is that production has moved here in order to open a factory for the manufacture of microwave ovens.
In 1998, the production of digital TVs and DVD players was launched. And in 1999, the company created the first mobile phone.
Samsung today
Today it is difficult to say which country the manufacturer is Samsung, because the company's factories are located around the world. The corporation has provided jobs for more than half a million citizens in 60 countries. And in the future plans to expand more.
Almost everything is produced under this brand: from stereo systems and TVs to refrigerators and washing machines. Even such specific household appliances as sandwiches or waffle irons are mass-produced at Samsung Group factories. That is why now, in almost every area of life, one can encounter the Samsung brand, which is constantly developing, introducing innovations in order to conquer new heights of the electronic industry.