Everyone definitely knows what Samsung is as a brand. Surely everyone knows a lot about it and even those who are not interested in technology must recognize this brand just because of the advertising in which Samsung invests a lot. However, here are a few facts that almost no one knows about her and I have to admit, I didn't know about them either and they really intrigued me. Read them too and you will find interesting things that will certainly interest you or even surprise you.
1. Samsung means in Korean "3 stars". This name was chosen by founder Lee Byung-chull, whose vision was to make this company mighty and eternal as the stars in the sky
2. Until 90% all Samsung products are manufactured in our own factories
3. Since 1993, the company has organized 64 courses for 53 employees. This has trained 400 regional specialists who help the company better understand the culture in countries around the world
4. In 1993, the company needed revitalization, so Chairman Kun-Hee Lee encouraged every employee to changed everything except for your family.
5. In 1995, the same chairman was not identified with the quality of the products and therefore collected 150 mobile phones and fax machines and let the employees watch how these devices were destroyed and so reported a new era of quality of products.
6. Samsung has 370 000 employees in 79 countries of the world. More than half work outside of Korea. For the record, Microsoft has 97 employees and Apple 80 000.
7. The total income of Samsung was in 2012 $ 188 billion. The assumption for 2020 is 400 billion.
8. In 2012, there was Samsung 9th largest brand in the world.
9. Samsung was the first to come up with innovations such as CDMA (1996), digital television (1998), mobile watches (1999) and MP3-enabled mobile phones (1999).
10. 1/3 of all smartphones sold it's from Samsung
11. Every minute 100 Samsung TVs are sold
12. 70% of all DRAM in phones made by Samsung
13. More than 1/4 of the employees works in the R&D (Research and Development) section
14. Samsung has 33 R&D centers around the world
15. In 2012, Samsung invested $ 10,8 billion to R&D
16. Samsung owns 5 081 of patents in the US, making it the second largest patent holder in the country
17. Samsung was the first to introduce a mobile phone with a pen (Galaxy Note II), UHD TV and camera with 3G/4G and WiFi connection
18. Since 2013 100% Samsung products are manufactured to meet the Global Standard Environmental Certification
19. Between 2009 and 2013, the company invested $ 4,8 billion for reduction 85 million tons of greenhouse gases
20. In 2012, he sold Samsung 212,8 million smartphones. That's more than Apple, Nokia and HTC together!
