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Samsung Plans $90B Investment in South Korea Central Region

SEOUL, July 2 (Reuters) - Samsung Group detailed plans on Thursday to invest 140 ​trillion won ($90 billion) for production ‌of display panels, batteries, chips and chip materials in the central province of ​Chungcheong.

  • Samsung Display to spend 67 ​trillion won in Asan and Cheonan, ⁠while Samsung Electronics to invest ​56 trillion to build packaging facilities ​for high-bandwidth memory chips in Onyang and Cheonan.

  • The plan fits into bigger investment plans the ​group rolled out on Monday. ​Details were provided by Samsung Display CEO ‌Yi ⁠Chung at an event hosted by President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday.

  • Samsung SDI to spend 9 trillion ​won by ​2040 ⁠in Cheonan for production and research and development of ​next-generation batteries.

  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics to invest ​8 ⁠trillion won by 2040 in Sejong to produce advanced chip packaging ⁠materials ​for AI servers and ​nurture domestic talent. ($1=1,552.4000 won)

Reporting by Heejin Kim and ​Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Clarence Fernandez

Source: Reuters


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