History
1973 Mar. Samsung-Sanyo Parts Co., Ltd. established (with Sanyo Electric)
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Nov. Awarded a grand prize in the contest of industrial precision technology
2003 Jul. Awarded a price for exemplary corporate governance (3rd straight year)
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- 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)
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- 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
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- Oct. Awarded Korea HR Management Grand Prize
2009 Apr. Completed world’s first 0603 1μF MLCC
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- 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
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- 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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