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Samsung Creates Watchdog to Inspect Factories Linked to Cancer

2016-01-12 09:43:42| Electronics - Topix.net

Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will set up an independent committee to inspect its facilities, the company's latest concession after reports that scores of workers developed rare cancers and other illnesses at semiconductor factories.

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Samsung creates committee to inspect plants linked to cancer

2016-01-12 09:36:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Samsung Electronics will create an independent committee to monitor working conditions at its semiconductor facilities, writes Bloomberg. The ombudsman committee was created together with victims of leukemia and other work-related diseases, and a local civic after some court cases established that its workers developed rare cancers and other illnesses at its semiconductor facilities. The move comes after Samsung announced a KRW 100 billion (USD 83 million) fund in July to compensate victims and fund preventive measures. Samsung publicly apologised in 2015 to its ill workers and to the surviving family members it battled in South Korea's courts over a period of nine years. 

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Samsung reaches partial agreement with sick workers

2016-01-12 07:04:21| Semiconductors - Topix.net

" Samsung Electronics reached a partial agreement on workplace safety with sickened workers and their families, nearly a decade after the death of a 22-year-old worker galvanized concern about safety in South Korea's semiconductor industry. The South Korean company and Banolim, which is the main advocacy group for sick workers, along with another group representing workers signed an agreement Tuesday to establish an external committee that will enhance safety at Samsung.

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Samsung SDI highlights - battery of things' at CES

2016-01-10 12:48:06| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Advanced battery technology is prerequisite to the growth of the sector for connected things, or Internet of Things, said an executive of Samsung SDI, the battery business unit of Samsung Group, at the International CES trade show last week. Every information technology device being connected in the looming IoT era needs advanced battery technology, and global battery-makers are currently vying to develop more powerful batteries with a longer lifespan.

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Samsung Places Fridge at Center of Smart Home

2016-01-08 16:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled the Family Hub Refrigerator at CES, ongoing in Las Vegas through Saturday. The new refrigerator sports a 21.5-inch full HD LCD screen on the upper right outside door, which doubles as a communications center. The screen lets users post, share and update calendars, as well as pin digital photos, share images and leave notes.

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