SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co., South Korea’s No. 2 battery maker, said Tuesday it spent a record high of 808.3 billion won (US$703.2 million) in research and development activities last year to develop advanced battery technologies. Samsung SDI’s R&D spending accounted for 7.2 percent of its 2020 sales, according to its [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical company, said Wednesday it has shuttered its electric vehicle battery plant in the United States due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Samsung SDI Co., a South Korean manufacturer of electric vehicle and smartphone batteries, also said it has closed its battery pack [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co., a major electric vehicle battery maker in South Korea, on Monday unveiled safety measures to tackle fires in energy storage systems (ESS) that have been plaguing the industry. Samsung SDI said it has developed a special fire extinguishing system for ESS and will apply it to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co, a major electric vehicle battery maker, will join hands with Volvo Group to develop battery packs for electric trucks, the company said Thursday. In a strategic alliance with Sweden-based Volvo Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles, Samsung SDI will provide battery cells [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. said Thursday it launched high-capacity energy storage systems (ESS) to expand its presence in the global market amid weak domestic demand over safety issues. The battery-making unit of Samsung Electronics Co. said it showcased its latest ESS technologies at ees Europe 2019, the world’s largest ESS [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top two leading rechargeable battery producers are focusing on different markets as they strive to expand their global presence in this key industry, market watchers said Wednesday. LG Chem Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. have been moving in different directions as the worldwide market for high-capacity batteries [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDI Co. said Friday that its fourth-quarter net earnings increased 10.8 percent from a year earlier on strong demand for its lithium-ion batteries used in cordless devices and electric vehicles (EVs). In a regulatory briefing, the battery-making unit of Samsung Electronics Co. said its income stood at 266 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean electric car battery makers such as LG Chem Ltd. are jacking up their investment to strengthen their standing in the global market, industry sources said Thursday. Late last year, LG Chem, the country’s leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, announced investments totaling 3 trillion won (US$2.67 billion). [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean consortium made up of steelmaker POSCO and battery maker Samsung SDI Co. will invest 57.5 billion won (US$54 million) to build a cathode plant in Chile by 2021, POSCO said Sunday. The POSCO-Samsung SDI consortium beat 12 companies from seven countries to secure the Chilean project, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the agreement between the Chinese and South Korean governments made last October to resume normal ties, it appears domestic electric car battery manufacturers are still feeling the brunt of China’s ill feeling, as the Chinese government once again excluded EVs equipped with South Korean batteries from its list [...]