Samsung Electro-Mechanics, established in 1973 as a manufacturer of key electronic components, has become the leading electronic parts maker in Korea and a major global player with $2.58 billion in revenue.

The company’s major products include high-tech material components, such as High Density Interconnections, IC Substrates and Multi Layer Ceramic Chip Capacitors; radio frequency components, such as Digital Tuners, Network Modules, Mobile RF Components and Precision Motors; and optic technology components, such as Image Sensor Modules and Light Emitting Diodes.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics is a technologydriven company, and through its “The Inside Edge that Shapes the Future” program is focusing on developing state-of-the-art technology and parts.

The company plans to expand into promising new businesses such as digital broadcasting, next-generation mobile communications and home networks. The company recently streamlined operations into three strategic technology areas with eight mainstay product categories.
Higher profit bases are being established through expanding high-end products and enhancing cost competitiveness. The company has also invested in R&D resources and has built a global R&D network.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics introduced several industry-leading products in 2006, including a Small Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor with the world’s highest capacity, the world’s thinnest 2-million-pixel camera module, the highest-performance Front End Module for UMTS, a white mobile LED with high brightness (1.7cd), an LED Back Light Unit for LCD TV and a high-power LED for landscape-lighting.

In addition, the company’s social contributions were recognized with the grand prize at the Convention for the Employment Promotion of Disabled People.