Samsung Electro-Mechanics - History

History

1973 Mar. Samsung-Sanyo Parts Co., Ltd. established (with Sanyo Electric)

Nov. Production commenced for electronic tuners, deflection yokes, flyback transformers and capacitors

1979 Feb. Listed on Korea Stock Exchange 1983 Mar. Withdrew Sanyo Electric's interest 1987 Feb. Corporate name changed to Samsung Electro-Mechanics

Jun. Stock par value increased from W500 to W5,000

1993 Jun. Production commenced in Bangpakong Thailand (tuners, deflection yokes, flyback transformers and oil capacitors) 1994 May Production commenced in Tianjin China (tuners, VTRs heads, drums, drum motors)

May Production commenced in Tijuana, Mexico (tuners, deflection yokes, flyback transformers, capacitors and speakers)

1995 Nov. Awarded a US$1B Export Tower from the Korean government 1996 Oct. Completed the 2nd factory in Dongguan, China 1998 Mar. Acquired ISO14001 certification at Dongguan, China plant

May Line #2 completed at Tianjin
Aug. Completed new R&D center

1999 Oct. Production commenced in Busan, Korea (MLBs, MLCCs) 2000 Feb. Production commenced in Calamba, the Philippines

Nov. Awarded a US$2B Export Tower from the Korean government

2001 May Production commenced in Gaoxin (Tianjin), China 2002 May Busan plant awarded prize for environmental protection

Nov. Awarded a grand prize in the contest of industrial precision technology

2003 Jul. Awarded a price for exemplary corporate governance (3rd straight year)

Nov. Awarded 6 Sigma innovation prize at national quality management conference

2004 May Thailand plant awarded the best enterprise prize 2006 Sep. Awarded the grand prize for providing employment to the disabled (True company grand prize)

Dec. Received Presidential commendation for assisting subcontractors

2007 Apr. Received PQS Award from Intel Corporation 2008 Aug. Members of SEM badminton team won god and silver medals at Beijing Olympics

Oct. Awarded Korea HR Management Grand Prize

2009 Apr. Completed world’s first 0603 1μF MLCC

Jun. Completed world’s first 3G antenna
Oct. Company added to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Dec. ”Samsung Group Award” received for MLCC performance (for taking the world’s 2nd largest market share)

2010 Apr. Completed world’s smallest ultra-slim tuner

May Ranked 16th on Businessweek Tech 100
Jul. Monthly MLCC output reaches 20B at Tianjin plant
Jul. Production commenced in Kunshan, China

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