Company History

SDI Historical Gallery

Along with the footmarks of Samsung SDI, starting from Vacuum Tubes in 1970,
super-large PDP, high-tech CRTs, and to Digital displays, you can
experience the time flow for 40 years of Samsung SDI

2021. 12
Officially launched Samsung SDI’s battery brand, ‘PRiMX’
2021. 11
Cheongju worksite was named an excellent safety management company and honored with the Presidential Award
2021. 10
Signed an MOU with Stellantis to form a joint venture to produce battery cells and modules for North America
2021. 07
51th anniversary of Samsung SDI
2021. 03
Signed up to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining with BMW, Volvo, and Google

Change and Innovation toward aCreative Leader of the Technology and Market

1996.9 Held groundbreaking ceremony for SDIB
1996.7 Founded Tianjin branch, China
1995.08 Held groundbreaking ceremony for Choenan plant
1994.10 Held groundbreaking ceremony for SDIM, bridgehead for tapping into the American market
1994.08 Completed the construction of EMC factory
1993.10 Sales of color CRT exceeded 100million mark
1992.9 Acquired WF based in former East Germany and established a German branch
1992.9 Founded Malaysian branch

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1999

12. Changed the company name to Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
08. Developed the highest capacity 1800mAh cylindrical Li-ion battery in the industry
03. Completed the development of pilot technologies for electrolytic solutions, won its quality approval from Samsung SDI and supplied trial products

1998