Samsung makes smartphones, televisions and home appliances in India at factories in Noida and Sriperumbudur. It also runs several R&D centres in the country, with Bengaluru the largest.
Ownership and structure
Samsung Electronics runs its Indian manufacturing, sales and research operations through its subsidiary Samsung India Electronics Private Limited.
What India does for Samsung
India is a major market and manufacturing base for Samsung, home to its Noida mobile phone factory, a second plant at Sriperumbudur and R&D centres employing about 10,000 people.
Investment and deals
In June 2017 Samsung announced an investment of Rs 4,915 crore to expand its Noida plant on 35 additional acres.
Samsung's India business
Samsung entered India in 1995 and set up its Noida plant in 1996, adding mobile phone production there in 2005. In June 2017 Samsung announced a Rs 4,915 crore investment to expand the Noida plant on 35 additional acres.
The Noida facility is Samsung's largest mobile phone plant. Samsung's Indian R&D centres employed about 10,000 people in 2023, about 3,500 of them in Bengaluru.
Key moves in India
- 1995: Samsung entered India.
- 1996: Samsung set up its plant in Noida.
- 1997: The Noida plant began making televisions.
- 2005: Samsung added a mobile phone manufacturing unit at Noida.
- 2017: Samsung announced a Rs 4,915 crore investment to expand the Noida plant.
- 2018: The expanded Noida mobile phone factory was inaugurated on 9 July by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
- 2023: Samsung began making its Galaxy S23 series in India.
Where it operates
Samsung has a presence in Noida, Sriperumbudur and Bengaluru.
At a glance
- Home country: South Korea
- Global headquarters: Suwon
- Sector: Manufacturing & Supply Chains
- Business: Electronics
- Role of India: Sales market, Manufacturing base, R&D and engineering hub
- India entity: Samsung India Electronics Private Limited
- India offices: Noida, Sriperumbudur, Bengaluru
- India headcount: Not available
- In India since: 1995
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