Samsung plans a record investment of more than 32.371 millions of euros

According to a teletype of the agencies Europa Press and Reuters, The South Korean giant Samsung foresees a historic investment for this year of 32.371 millions of euros, which will mainly be used to boost its OLED chip and display businesses.

The group Samsung, including Samsung Electronics, has assured that it will increase its investment in the 2012 to a record of 41.400 millions of dollars (32.371,5 millions of euros), What has highlighted the wide gap between the South Korean giant and its competitors.

Known for making massive investments in new technologies ahead of rivals, Samsung will now bet on logic chips and OLED screens with which to repeat its success in flash chips, memory chips and LCD flat panels. La apuesta se hará pese a las sombrías perspectivas económicas mundiales y a pesar de que las previsiones de gasto en tecnología han forzado a sus colegas a ser conservadores en el gasto.

El grupo Samsung , el mayor de Corea del Sur, no proporcionará un desglose de la inversión. However, los analistas esperan que eleve la inversión en chips para móviles y en pantallas planas OLED. “Samsung tiene un flujo de caja que le permite hacer apuestas audaces en las nuevas tecnologías”, ha comentado el analista de NH Investment & Securities, Lee Sun-tae. “No other IT firm can beat it in terms of investment and that's how Samsung finds new revenue streams ahead of rivals and widens the gap.”, added Sun-tae.

The group has also confirmed that it will achieve another record by hiring 26.000 Employees this year, above 25.000 last year, At a time when tens of thousands of financial industry jobs are being cut by market turmoil. In total, Samsung currently has a 350.000 employees worldwide. Investments will be made in everything, from factory building to research and development to mergers and acquisitions and hiring new employees.

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