SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung C&T has taken a tangible step toward reimagining urban housing with the completion of a “Next Home” test bed in Yongin, south of Seoul. The three-story, 554-square-meter facility showcases technologies designed to break away from the rigid apartment layouts that have long dominated South Korea’s housing market. Instead, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s verdict that Samsung C&T has no obligation to pay U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott some 26.7 billion won (US$19.3 million) in delayed interests over the 2015 merger of two Samsung units. The Seoul High Court dismissed an appeal filed by the [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung C&T’s construction division has won a main prize in the product category at the iF Design Award 2025 for its Raemian brand upcycled goods, the company announced on March 6. The iF Design Award, established in 1953 by the German International Forum, is one of the world’s most prestigious [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading construction company, Samsung C&T, has secured the rights to develop the Hannam District 4 redevelopment project, outbidding its rival Hyundai Engineering & Construction and marking its entry into the Hannam New Town development project. The win positions Samsung C&T favorably for future landmark projects, including the highly [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung C&T Corp. said Friday it has partnered with Swedish energy company Karnfull Next AB to pursue joint projects in the European small modular reactor (SMR) market. The South Korean engineering and construction company said it signed a memorandum of understanding for future joint projects with Karnfull Next at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung C&T Corp. said Tuesday it has won a power plant construction project worth approximately 4 trillion won (US$2.85 billion) from Qatar’s state power company. Under a consortium with Japan’s Sumimoto Corp., Samsung C&T will build a power plant complex that will also include a desalination facility in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung C&T, a major player in South Korea’s construction industry, announced on October 9 the launch of its new building platform, Bynd, marking a significant step in the company’s expansion into digital space innovation. The platform integrates various services essential for commercial buildings, leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as generative artificial [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday dismissed a suit filed by U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott seeking some 26.7 billion won (US$20.2 million) in delayed interest from Samsung C&T as a fallout of the 2015 merger of two Samsung units. Elliott, which owned a 7 percent stake in Samsung C&T, led a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung C&T Corporation, a major player in South Korea’s construction industry, is set to revolutionize home automation by introducing a service that controls various Internet of Things (IoT) devices from different brands through its proprietary home platform application, Homeniq. The construction division of Samsung C&T announced on July 9 that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) –Samsung C&T Corp., a major South Korean general trading firm and builder, said Thursday it has completed a 118-story skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, the second-tallest building in the world. An opening ceremony was held Wednesday for Merdeka 118, a 679-meter-high complex building in the central part of the Malaysian capital, [...]