Samsung Electronics to Invest 56.7 Trillion KRW in Facilities This Year, Allocating 48 Trillion KRW to Semiconductors

Samsung Electronics announced on the 31st that it plans to make facility investments totaling 56.7 trillion KRW this year, an increase of approximately 3.6 trillion KRW compared to the previous year.

By business division, the Semiconductor (DS) sector will invest about 47.9 trillion KRW, and the Display (SDC) sector about 5.6 trillion KRW.

As of the third quarter cumulative, 35.8 trillion KRW has been spent, with DS at 30.3 trillion KRW and SDC at 3.9 trillion KRW.

Samsung Electronics Seocho Building, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

Samsung Electronics plans to focus the DS division's investments on conversion investments and research and development (R&D), as well as post-processing investments to respond to high value-added products, while the SDC division will proceed with expansion investments in small and medium-sized displays.

A company official explained, "Memory will maintain a flexible facility investment stance linked to market conditions, focusing on transitioning to high value-added products such as High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and DDR5," adding, "Facility investments are expected to be at the previous year's level."

He continued, "Foundry (semiconductor design specialization) investment scale is expected to decrease considering market conditions and investment efficiency," and added, "Display will actively invest in new fabs and manufacturing line enhancements for small and medium-sized displays to maintain competitive advantage."