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Samsungs Life
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When did Samsung Start?
On March 1, 1938, founding chairman Byung-Chull Lee started a local trading compnay in Taegu, Korea, named Samsung -
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Samsung Started Growing
Samsung began other small businessess within the 1950s and 1960s like Insurance and textiles -
Samsung Electronics
In 1969, Samsung Electronics was born and started growing even more. -
First Product released by Samsung
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New Businesses
Samsung Heavy Industries incorporated
Samsung Petrochemical established
Began washing machine and refrigerator production -
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New Busnisses
Samsung Precision Co. established (now Samsung Techwin)
Started export of color televisions
Samsung Fine Chemicals established
Samsung Construction established -
Began mass production of microwave ovens
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Samsung Focus on Electronics
Samsung began to focus even more on electronics in the 1980s. The company began producing color TVs, personal computers, VCRs, and tape recorders. This was also the decade Samsung started exporting more of its products to North America -
First Samsung Computer
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New Products
Samsung began making HD TVs in the early 2000s -
Samsung released the Galaxy Tab in the fall of 2010. The 7-inch device was the first mainstream Android tablet
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The Galaxy S
Samsung inroduces its first flagship Android phone the Galaxy S, at the Mobile World Congress in 2010 -
Samsung showed off its take on the future of television at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
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New Samsung Galaxy S6
