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Samsung to establish HVAC production line in Korea

SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Electronics is to establish a FläktGroup HVAC production line in Korea to target the rapidly growing HVAC market, including the production of advanced cooling solutions for AI data centres.

The company plans to invest approximately US$158m to build a 21,500m2 HVAC production line at its operations site in Gwangju. 

The new production line is scheduled to begin operations by 2028. It will manufacture HVAC products from FläktGroup, which was acquired by Samsung Electronics last year.

“Samsung’s acquisition of FläktGroup last year puts us in a unique position to expand the HVAC business and transform it into a new growth engine, to become a global top-tier company by 2030,” said Cheolgi Kim, Samsung Electronics’ executive vice president and head of its digital appliances business. 

Last week, the FläktGroup celebrated the inauguration of its new 13,800m2 manufacturing plant in India. With a global network of 14 manufacturing facilities, the company actively supplies products across key markets including the US, Europe and India.

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