Samsung Techwin
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Samsung Techwin is a surveillance, aeronautics, optoelectronics, automations and defense company. It is a subsidiary of Samsung Group
. The company employs 4720 employees and is headquartered in South Korea
. Its totals sales in 2010 was 3,198 billion won
.
, it started manufacturing jet engine
s for Korean aircraft in 1980. Manufacture of 155 mm (6.1 in) self-propelled artillery
began in 1984.
It changed its name to Samsung Aerospace Industries in 1987 and started to make helicopters. It acquired Rollei
, a German camera manufacturer, and Union Optics of Japan, a manufacturer of semiconductor
equipment. In 1996 it developed the SB427 helicopter with Bell
and began selling digital camera
s branded as Samsung Kenox in 1997. The same year, it made the first KF-16 fighter jet in Korea.
It handed over the firm's aircraft business to Korea Aerospace Industries in 1999 and changed its name to Samsung Techwin in 2000.
It exported the K-9
155mm self-propelled artillery to Turkey
. In 2005, the company marked first place in Korean digital cameras market share and started a technical co-operation with Pentax
.
Samsung Techwin directly entered the North America
n closed-circuit television
/surveillance market in 2008 under its own name, featuring a line of true day/night cameras and digital video recorder
s (DVRs). In 2009, the company introduced a new series of digital IP-based cameras and network
video recorders.
Samsung Techwin and its bigger sister company Samsung Electronics
announced on October 2009 that in 2010 Samsung Electronics CCTV camera division would be unified with Samsung Techwin's CCTV camera division. In recent years both companies appeared on the CCTV market with lineups that shared some technological underpinnings but in many ways differed (including incompatible PTZ control protocols), and in many markets they were direct competitors with overlapping distribution channels. Although some earlier speculation existed in specialty literature that the new company would appear under the name Samsung Security, official announcement stated that the CCTV division from Samsung Electronics will be transferred to Samsung Techwin.
Samsung Group
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
. The company employs 4720 employees and is headquartered in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. Its totals sales in 2010 was 3,198 billion won
Won
Won or WON may refer to:*The Korean won from 1902–1910:**South Korean won, the currency of the Republic of Korea**North Korean won, the currency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea* Won , the Korean form of Yuan...
.
History
Samsung Techwin was founded in 1977, and the company established a precision instrument laboratory in 1978. It started making cameras in 1979. In technical cooperation with General ElectricGeneral Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
, it started manufacturing jet engine
Jet engine
A jet engine is a reaction engine that discharges a fast moving jet to generate thrust by jet propulsion and in accordance with Newton's laws of motion. This broad definition of jet engines includes turbojets, turbofans, rockets, ramjets, pulse jets...
s for Korean aircraft in 1980. Manufacture of 155 mm (6.1 in) self-propelled artillery
Self-propelled artillery
Self-propelled artillery vehicles are combat vehicles armed with artillery. Within the term are covered self-propelled guns and rocket artillery...
began in 1984.
It changed its name to Samsung Aerospace Industries in 1987 and started to make helicopters. It acquired Rollei
Rollei
Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...
, a German camera manufacturer, and Union Optics of Japan, a manufacturer of semiconductor
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
equipment. In 1996 it developed the SB427 helicopter with Bell
Bell Helicopter Textron
Bell Helicopter is an American rotorcraft manufacturer headquartered in Hurst, Texas, near Fort Worth. A division of Textron, Bell manufactures military helicopter and tiltrotor products in and around Fort Worth, as well as in Amarillo, Texas, and commercial rotorcraft products in Mirabel, Quebec,...
and began selling digital camera
Digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
s branded as Samsung Kenox in 1997. The same year, it made the first KF-16 fighter jet in Korea.
It handed over the firm's aircraft business to Korea Aerospace Industries in 1999 and changed its name to Samsung Techwin in 2000.
It exported the K-9
K-9 howitzer
The K9 Thunder is a South Korean self-propelled 155 mm howitzer developed by Samsung Techwin for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. It was developed to supplement and eventually replace the K55 self-propelled howitzers currently in South Korean service...
155mm self-propelled artillery to Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. In 2005, the company marked first place in Korean digital cameras market share and started a technical co-operation with Pentax
Pentax
Pentax is a brand name used by Hoya Corporation for its medical-related products & services and Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company for cameras, sport optics , etc. Hoya purchased and merged with the Japanese optics company on March 31, 2008. Hoya's Pentax imaging business was sold to Ricoh Company, Ltd...
.
Samsung Techwin directly entered the North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors....
/surveillance market in 2008 under its own name, featuring a line of true day/night cameras and digital video recorder
Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
s (DVRs). In 2009, the company introduced a new series of digital IP-based cameras and network
Computer network
A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
video recorders.
Samsung Techwin and its bigger sister company Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
announced on October 2009 that in 2010 Samsung Electronics CCTV camera division would be unified with Samsung Techwin's CCTV camera division. In recent years both companies appeared on the CCTV market with lineups that shared some technological underpinnings but in many ways differed (including incompatible PTZ control protocols), and in many markets they were direct competitors with overlapping distribution channels. Although some earlier speculation existed in specialty literature that the new company would appear under the name Samsung Security, official announcement stated that the CCTV division from Samsung Electronics will be transferred to Samsung Techwin.
Products
- Surveillance: CCTV (Surveillance) systems, modules, Presenter, FRID, DVRDVRThe initialism "DVR", when used by itself, can refer to:* Digital video recorder* Discrete valuation ring* Distance-vector routing* Direct volume rendering* Derwent Valley Railway * Devco Railway...
, optical instruments, etc. - Semiconductor Systems: SMTs and Wire bonders
- Semiconductor Components: Lead frames, LOCLOCLOC, Loc, or LoC may refer to:* Look out circular, a message used by interpol in India to stop wanted people from leaving country* Life Orientation Course - Aviation :* Localizer, a component of an Instrument Landing System...
s, Metal CSPs, COF, BOC, FPCFPCFPC may refer to:* Fast Patrol Craft, a type of light naval vessel* Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo * Federal Prison Camp* Flight Paramedic Certified* Flexible printed circuitFresh Pretty Cure,The Animation Show In Japan...
s, etc. - Power Systems: Gas Turbines, Engines for helicopters, Refrigerant Compressors, Overhaul, etc.
- Defense Industries: K-9 thunderK-9 howitzerThe K9 Thunder is a South Korean self-propelled 155 mm howitzer developed by Samsung Techwin for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. It was developed to supplement and eventually replace the K55 self-propelled howitzers currently in South Korean service...
self-propelled artillery, K10 ARV (Ammunition Resupply Vehicles), sub-systems for K2 Black Panther - Transportations: Samsung Techwin operates a few helicopter routes inside South Korea.