Brand name:　SAMSUNG Website:　http://www.samsung.com/us Description:　Samsung Corporation was founded in 1938 and is the origin of Samsung Group which has been the driving force behind the astonishing growth of the Korean economy. Since its nomination as the first-ever General Trading Company in Korea in 1975, Samsung Corporation has been conducting complex trading and investment operations utilizing over 76 overseas offices in more than 40 countries. With the merger of Samsung E&C in 1996, Samsung Corporation has now also balanced the two branches of Engineering & Construction Group and Trading Group to remain as a worldclass business enterprise. Samsung Corporation Trading Group not only conducts energy and natural resource development of petrochemical and gas, manufacturing and sales of electronic materials and the conventional business of import-exports and trilateral trading of chemicals, iron, steel and machinery with the network of over 70 overseas offices, but also carries out numerous overseas businesses that include plant supply and operation, applying information and technology, finance and construction work and merchandizing business which focuses on IT accessories and fashion. In addition, Samsung Corporation is looking for new business opportunities focusing on the service sector, software industry and new and renewable energy to secure the momentum for our company’s continuous growth. Samsung Corporation will expand independent projects by refining and compounding the existing trading activities and create new businesses with high growth potential while further securing a solid foundation in finance, arketing, technology, production outsourcing and M&A in our efforts to create new business domains as a genuine ‘Global Value Creating Company.’ Samsung Corporation Engineering & Construction Group provides our clients with peerless products and services through use of outstanding talent and technology in the 6 core product areas which symbolize advanced onstruction technology and include the construction of skyscrapers, high-tech factory facilities, roads and bridges, harbors, power plants and apartment complexes. Always at the forefront, Samsung Corporation Engineering & Construction Group currently plays the leading role in the construction of several of the world’s largest building projects such as Malaysia’s Petronas Towers and the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and has made a name for itself as one of the world’s finest construction and engineering companies. In the housing development business, in 2007, Samsung Apartments ‘Raemian’ has led the industry in the National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) Survey for 10 consecutive years. Samsung Corporation Engineering & Construction Group will not be complacent about our accomplishments but will dedicate ourselves to the strengthening of business structure by expanding our capabilities in the fields of project planning, architectural engineering and product design to ensure customers’ satisfaction