Daedeok Electronics, which supplies printed circuit boards (PCBs) for memory semiconductors and smartphones to Samsung Electronics. The company’s sales increased 121 times from 8.8 billion won in 1980 to 1.72 trillion won last year. As the company grew, more than 3,000 jobs were created, and the number of employees from 280 to 3,500 increased by 12 times. Daedeok Electronics CEO Kim Young-jae said, “Since the birth of the electronics industry, Samsung Electronics’ management has emphasized,’Let’s go far together and create a strong electronics industry.'” said “Samsung Electronics has excelled with partners to strengthen competitiveness such as localization of core technologies. Thanks to that, I think we were able to achieve the same results as today.”
Samsung Electronics”Partnership Association’ celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. .
On the 27th, Samsung Electronics released a video containing the achievements and activities of the association in the newsroom. Samsung Electronics has achieved achievements such as localization of technology, world No. 1 challenge, and win-win practice with partners, among members of the Hyupsung Society, who have been together to become the world’s No. 1 in semiconductors, TVs, and mobile phones under the theme of ’40 Years of Companion to the Best’ Introduced.
Hyupsunghoe was established in 1981 by 39 of Samsung Electronics’ primary partners to maintain smooth cooperative relations between Samsung Electronics and its partners, exchange information and develop joint technologies. Currently, 201 companies are registered as members. The members of the Hyupsung Society have made a quantum and qualitative leap together with Samsung Electronics for the past 40 years, and have grown as a pillar of the Korean economy. The combined sales of member companies last year amounted to 5.7 trillion won, with a total of 283,000 employees. Compared to the 1991 and 2019 years of the Hyeopseonghoe member companies, sales increased by more than 25 times on average, and the number of employees employed increased by more than 6 times.
Core technology development cases are also being followed. Eotechnics succeeded in localizing high-performance laser production equipment last year that depended on imports through joint research with Samsung Electronics for 8 years. Samsung Electronics explained that this equipment plays a key role in solving the problem of DRAM defects caused by circuit miniaturization.
Intops, a mobile phone exterior injection company, has developed a new material plastic that can express multiple colors while maintaining durability and gloss, which are the strengths of tempered glass. Wonik IPS received technical support from Samsung Electronics in 2018 and succeeded in localizing the equipment and core technologies used for chemical vapor deposition (CVD), an essential process for manufacturing semiconductor wafers. Samsung Electronics CEO Kim Hyun-seok said, “The partner company is Samsung Electronics’ most reliable partner. Thanks to the association, Samsung Electronics has grown into a global company and Korea has become an information technology (IT) powerhouse.”
Samsung Electronics is not spared support for its business partners in accordance with the philosophy of “Companion” of Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong (pictured), “Share and grow together is the path to the best in the world. The key support targets are in three areas: funding, technology, and manpower.
First of all, it is operating a win-win fund and a water support fund worth 2.2 trillion won to stabilize the management of business partners. From 2010 to now, about 380 billion won has been paid as an incentive to excellent semiconductor suppliers who have achieved their productivity and safety goals. Since 2015, Samsung Electronics has opened 27,000 patents to partners for free. Since 2013, we have established a win-win cooperation academy dedicated to education, recruitment, and consulting for suppliers and systematically support them. Emergency funds and logistics were also provided to resolve the difficulties of business partners who are having difficulties in management due to Corona 19 this year.
Samsung Electronics is also continuing its efforts to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies and startups that do not have transactions. From 2018, the target of the smart factory construction support project has been expanded to companies that have no business relationship.
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