SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday launched a customizable water purifier in South Korea as the tech giant eyes to expand sales amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. Samsung said the BESPOKE water purifier, which was first unveiled at the all-digital Consumer Electronics Show 2021 in January, is now available in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday introduced its first-ever water purifier as the tech giant enters the fast-growing home water purifier market amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. Samsung unveiled the BESPOKE water purifier that is highlighted by space-efficient design and easy care features at its media event for the Consumer [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A new type of service plan is being introduced in the water purifier market, which is the core of the household rental market. The water purifier market is expected to grow to around 10 trillion won (US$8.54 billion) next year. Recently, major rental companies have discovered new demand from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of local consumers was to file a 2.8 billion won (US$2.53 million) class action suit Friday against Coway, South Korea’s leading water purifier maker, over its water purifier models coated with nickel that they claim taints the water and poses a health hazard. Nickel from the inner [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumers are banding together for civil and criminal suits against Coway, South Korea’s leading maker of water purifiers, after nickel was discovered mixed in the water when using certain company models, industry officials said Thursday. Some consumers are claiming the same defect in products from other companies, raising the [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumer anxiety is growing in Korea with the recent discovery of nickel in Coway water purifiers. Coway is Korea’s leading manufacturer and rental service operator of water purifiers. Although the company is maintaining its official stance that the amount of detected nickel is minimal and is harmless to the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Coway, a Korean home appliance company, launched a new type of water purifier called “Han Ppyeom,” or a handspan, water purifier/coffee machine (CHPC-330N). The new machine functions not only as a subminiature water purifier but also as a coffee machine. Earlier, the household electronics company unveiled “Han Ppyeom” water [...]
Seruyan, Central Kalimantan, INDONESIA, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — PT. Rimba Raya Conservation (PT. RRC) in May and June 2014 distributed 750 units of water purification systems to six out of nine partner villages in the Seruyan Hilir sub-district and Danau Sembuluh sub-district, Seruyan regency, Central Kalimantan province. Via a press release, Vice President of Public [...]