Samsung Electronics will be able to announce some good news regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&As) as an acquisition process is well underway, the company's vice chairman Han Jong-hee said in a news conference in Las Vegas on Jan. 6.Han refrained from providing details about the matter, citin
Financial authorities are introducing a mandatory offer system as a way to protect minority shareholders from mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the form of a share sale and purchase.M&As in this form have not offered ordinary shareholders an opportunity to sell their shares. In the future, when a c
Korea's semiconductor industry still has a long way to go as its share of the global fabless market is a mere 1 percent, an industry expert pointed out in a recent seminar held at the National Assembly.“The size of the global semiconductor market stood at US$556 billion in 2021, with system semi
A global energy industry expert has evaluated SK Innovation's "Green Transformation" as a strategy with a high probability of success.“SK’s Green Transformation is a strategy that clearly shows the company’s intention to bring innovation to its business,” said Kannan Ramaswamy, a professor of Th
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang drew sharp attention from global foundry companies by suggesting that his company may partner with Intel to build its next-generation chips. The global No. 1 player in graphic processing units (GPUs) currently outsources the bulk of chip manufacturing to Samsung Electronics a
Samsung SDS will overhaul its system to focus its capabilities on two areas -- cloud and logistics import and export platforms, the company's CEO said on March 16."We will change the company's system fundamentally in line with the market trend," said Hwang Sung-woo, CEO of Samsung SDS, at th
Samsung Electronics has selected robots and the metaverse as its new growth drivers. The company's top executive said on March 16 that it would actively foster them through R&D and mergers and acquisitions (M&As).Han made the remark at the 53rd regular shareholders’ meeting. He summed up the com
The back end semiconductor manufacturing market is drawing attention due to a surge in chip demand in the global IT market. Companies specializing in back-end processes are expected to continue aggressive investment and technological innovation in 2022. Large domestic business groups such as Samsung
Samsung Electronics reduced the number of its subsidiaries by 13 in 2021. This is the largest drop in the past five years since 2017 when the company reduced the figure by 18 after acquiring Harman, an automotive electronics and audio company, in 2016. Analysts say that Samsung Electronics has liqui
Samsung Electronics has recently launched a robot business team to promote commercialization of home robots in earnest. It plans to roll out products as soon as possible, and large-scale investments in related businesses are also expected.The company has recently upgraded a task force for robot comm
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a suit against Nvidia to block its acquisition of Arm, a British semiconductor design company, saying the deal would stifle competition.“The FTC is suing to block the largest semiconductor chip merger in history to prevent a chip conglomerate from st
The Korea Fair Trade Commission announced that it would approve the Korean Air-Asiana Airlines merger within this year, and yet the promise is unlikely to be kept. A year has already passed since the two companies announced the merger. In addition, the commission is still not approving the merger be
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at midas.sohn@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Countries around the world are coming up with measures to decrease environmental pollution. The US has aggressively invested in green SOC, creating jobs and stimulating its economy. At COP26, cou
SK Inc. will invest 5.1 trillion won in high-tech material businesses by 2025 to become a global top-tier material company.SK Inc. announced its future business plan on Sept. 15. The company said it is aiming to become a leading high-tech material company based on preemptive investments and synergie
Aekyung Group announced on Sept. 6 that it will launch Aekyung Chemical in November after merging three chemical affiliates -- Aekyung Petrochemical, AK Chemtech, and Aekyung Chemical.Aekyung Chemical (tentative name) will be created as a chemical company with annual sales of about 1.7 trillion won
SK Group is moving to enter the cathode material business. The group has thus far made equity investments in related companies, but does not produce them directly.SK Group said on Aug. 30 that SK Materials and SKC are both considering entering the cathode material business. They are open to all poss
As parole was decided for Samsung Electronics vice vhairman Lee Jae-yong, who was imprisoned in connection with the Choi Soon-sil scandal, attention is focusing on his moves.The Justice Ministry decided to grant parole to Lee on Aug. 9. Lee will be released on Aug. 13, about seven months after he wa
SK Telecom announced on June 10 that its board of directors has approved the plan to split the company into SK Telecom (surviving entity) and SKT Investment (new entity, tentatively named) through a horizontal spin-off. The spin-off ratio has been set at 0.6073625 (surviving entity) to 0.3926375 (ne
Masayoshi Son, chairman of Japan's SoftBank Group, has picked Yanolja as a Korean venture company that can become the next Coupang. Son is expected to invest two trillion won to grow Yanolja into a global accommodation and travel platform and directly list it in the U.S. stock market.Son’s Visio
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. We view expectations towards mid/long term earnings growth at Hyundai Autoever’s strategic businesses as remaining valid in line with accelerating digital transformations at clients. A recent t