NYTimes.com: Raising the Bar at Samsung

This page was sent to you by: Mike Message from sender: Thirty-seven years ago, 36 employees began assembling electric fans in a small workshop in this city, just south of Seoul. That company was Samsung Electronics, and it is now the world's largest and most profitable consumer electronics company. Its 123,000 employees make a range of products as diverse as cellphones and flat-panel televisions, washing machines and vacuum cleaners. Samsung Electronics offers a wide range of appliances and digital devices. A refrigerator with a tablet PC. TECHNOLOGY | April 25, 2006 Raising the Bar at Samsung By MARTIN FACKLER Starting 37 years ago with a few dozen employees assembling electric fans in a small workshop, Samsung is now the world's largest consumer electronics company. 1. One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand 2. Harvard Novelist Says Copying Was Unintentional 3. Los Angeles With a Downtown? Gehry's Vision 4. Affordable Europe 5. Rebuilding of Iraqi Pipeline as Disaster Waiting to Happen » Go to Complete List Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy