Capacity for upcoming employment growth is limited, which will weaken incentives for investors. Naturally, there is no threat of losing the title of global production site yet. This is evidenced by the influx of FDI, which in the Celestial Empire amounted to 97 billion dollars in the first nine months versus 13.8 billion for Vietnam. But in terms of FDI growth rates, China lags behind its neighbors. While in Vietnam the low salary is only 83 bucks. Apart from the price increase work force, China has other challenges. According to the UN, the number of working population. It is expected that by 2030 the proportion of residents over 60 years of age will increase to 25%, up from 12% in 2010. The Celestial Empire is the second source of Samsung's workforce, after South Korea. 19.4% of the company's employees work here. Samsung does not want to overpay its employees.

Xiaomi factory in China

The main reason for the relocation of production is Samsung's desire to reduce production costs. Research from the Japan Outdoor Trade Organization says that the average monthly salary of a worker in Hanoi is 145 bucks versus 466 bucks in Beijing. “In the next few years, even more companies will transfer their creation to Vietnam because they do not want to pay more for labor in China,” said Lee Jung-sung, head of Trade-Investment Promotion Agency. According to Bloomberg, citing sources in the company, they plan to create about 120 million mobile devices per year. Let us remind you that in 2012, Samsung deliveries to mobile market amounted to 400 million devices. IBC Securities analyst Lee Sun Woo believes that over time, South Korean Samsung will produce up to 80% of mobile devices in Vietnam. Samsung has an agreement with the Vietnamese authorities that in the first 4 years the company will be exempt from paying taxes, and in the next twelve years the rate will be reduced by 2 times.

Experts believe that Samsung could build its own factory on the best criteria in other Southeast Asian countries, but Vietnam has a very profitable placement in addition to the available ones production bases companies in China and South Korea. Samsung has been operating in China for a year. There, the largest manufacturer of mobile devices has 7 research centers and 13 factories - more than in any other country. The growth of FDI in the Middle Kingdom was 6% versus 73% in Vietnam. Despite many bad reasons, not all big technology companies are planning to move their creations out of China. As part of a program to reduce production costs, some are moving their factories to the least developed areas of the Middle Kingdom. For example, the Japanese company Panasonic recently announced that it would produce plasma panels not in Shanghai, but in provincial Shandong, where the average monthly earnings of workers are lower.

In your own suitcase moods Samsung I am not alone - representatives of various industries are deciding to transfer production from the Middle Kingdom to the nearest Southeast Asian countries, due to the fact that they do not want to overpay for labor. Samsung phones will be produced at a new plant in Thai Nguyen province, a little north of Hanoi.

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Samsung is moving its creation from China to Vietnam. South Korean manufacturer Samsung is moving its creation from China to Vietnam. There, the mobile giant plans to open a plant that will produce at least a third of the company's phones.

Samsung factory in China

By the way, the largest technology companies Nokia and Intel have already done this, and partially transferred their production to Vietnam. According to HSBC, since 2005 the growth wages in China reached 20% per year. Small monthly earnings in China (depending on the province) are 100-240 bucks per month. The country's government plans that by 2015 it will grow by another 40%.

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Many people believe that since Samsung comes from South Korea, it should produce all its products in this country. The opinion is interesting, but still erroneous.

For example, when buying a Galaxy S9, you may not see the inscription “Made in Korea” and this will be normal. Yes, yes, yes, you don’t need to run to the store and demand the “Korean version” - they may simply not understand you. Why? Now we’ll tell you everything - let’s go!

Where is Galaxy S9 made?

As a rule, Samsung assembles its flagships in these countries:

1. Korea.
2. Vietnam.
3. China.

But this time we were unable to find any mention of the “Korean” or “Chinese” assembly of the Galaxy S9. There is simply no information about this on the Internet.

More precisely, there is one site that claims that half of the production of all Galaxy S9s is concentrated in Vietnam, and the other half is scattered in China and Korea. But, since there is only one source, we cannot trust him 100%.

Samsung technical support is also silent.

Therefore, we can only say one thing. Officially, at the moment, the Galaxy S9 is assembled in:

• Vietnam.

This is the turn of events :)

Actually, all the Galaxy S9s that we came across were assembled in this country.

“Vietnamese” assembly of Galaxy S9 - good or bad?

You can often come across the following opinion: “They do it well in South Korea, but Vietnam and China are churning out defects. I won’t take the Galaxy S9 from Vietnam!”

Why this opinion is wrong:

• It doesn’t matter where the Galaxy S9 is assembled - production is automated, the parts are absolutely the same. The only difference is whose hands (South Korean or Chinese) put the smartphone into the box. Well, the inscription “Made in...” will also be different. Everything else is “one to one” and does not depend on the country.
• Maximum quality control by Samsung at any stage and at any factory. You can’t seriously think about the fact that in South Korea they control everything, but in China or Vietnam they do it “out of the blue” and without any supervision.
• Samsung factories in China and Vietnam have existed for a very long time; they have produced great amount devices (tablets, mobile phones, household appliances) and the Galaxy S9 is not some kind of pioneer - the likelihood of messing up is minimal.

Plus, we must remember that Samsung does not Charitable organization- the company makes money. And if it is more profitable for her to release the Galaxy S9 in Vietnam rather than in Korea, then she simply cannot wait for the “Korean” Galaxy S9.

Where are Galaxy smartphones not assembled?

We are often asked questions from the series: “Is it true that the Galaxy S7, S8, S9 (underline as appropriate) are assembled in the USA? Or Finland? No it is not true.

Remember. There is no Taiwanese, Finnish, American, Japanese, South American or European assembly of Samsung's flagship smartphones.

Most often, they are sold under this type. Be vigilant and don't be fooled!

Total

Unlike the previous flagships of the Galaxy line (which were assembled at three factories at once - Korea, China, Vietnam), the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are currently only known for certain about the factory in Vietnam. This is where the original “ninth galaxies” are produced.

P.S. As soon as something changes, we will try to update the article.

Last fall, the Moscow representative office of Samsung organized an excursion to its new plant for the production of laptops in China. “I woke up...” - picky readers will mutter and they will be partly fair in their dissatisfaction. The long delay in publication of this material was caused by several reasons. First of all, as paradoxical as it may sound, it is quite difficult to write about this production. More precisely, it’s difficult to write interestingly. It's the same as writing about technological process production of a car of any brand, and then try to find a highlight in the production of cars of another brand. And all because this very highlight will be diligently hidden from you, because it is precisely this that is the peculiarity of each vendor’s production, it is precisely this that is that strictly protected trade secret. It happened this time too: only representatives of the Russian press were allowed into the industrial zone and everyone, as if on command, took out their cameras, a stern man immediately came running and threw himself at the lenses with his chest. The requests and admonitions of the employee of the Moscow Samsung representative office who accompanied us did not immediately give the desired effect and everyone had to hide their lenses. Looking ahead, I will say that we did receive some indulgence, thanks to which some photographs of the production line appeared in this material.

Another disappointment befell us a little later, when we learned that we arrived just at lunchtime and the plant resembled a beautiful and impressive, but non-working production model. There were almost no workers on site. Now go and find this very “zest”... It is worth noting, however, that the trip itself was organized quite successfully. The participants of the “expedition” were not tired of the abundance of advertising and simply unnecessary information, and there was enough time to get acquainted with the sights of the interesting city (which is rare for this type of trip).

However, the firm decision to lift the veil of mystery about the production of Samsung laptops was born after communicating with the manager of a very large computer company Russian capital. A man who has been working in the computer industry for many years and is in a leadership position seriously said that he would still perceive the Korean assembly of Samsung as a product of proper quality, but he could not call Chinese products other than “consumer goods”.

Of course, the Chinese themselves are to blame for such an attitude towards products produced in a country with a population of 1 billion 300 million inhabitants. The low quality of most cheap goods of various profiles has created a very skeptical attitude towards them among many people. The “Made in China” sticker was usually removed quickly so that no one around you would criticize or, even worse, ridicule the product you purchased for your own use. Chinese goods often considered unprestigious and unreliable. To be honest, this position rather surprises me. Not satisfied with the quality? Do it better with us! They don’t do that... They complain about taxes, about bureaucracy, about the government and... they buy goods in China.

Meanwhile, our eastern neighbors realized that Dirosel batteries and Abidas sneakers alone will not boost the economy and feed the population. The abundance of free land and inexpensive labor itself suggested the right direction of movement. Added to this was an attractive tax climate and a respectful attitude towards foreigners themselves, and especially towards their capital, which they bring with them, and the result did not take long to reap: manufacturers from neighboring Taiwan, Japan, Korea, as well as from Europe.

Modern equipment, people who value their jobs and make every effort to ensure that the result of their work does not raise any complaints, multi-level quality control and thoughtful logistics are possible not only in Europe or Japan, and the step that Samsung opened its next production facility in China , for me personally it looks like a completely logical step. But first things first…

Having arrived in Shanghai, I, according to the old memories of the foundations and order in the USSR, was ready to see an abundance of red flags, images of the leaders of the proletariat, calls to get ahead of everyone everywhere, but I certainly did not expect, having crossed the border of passport control, to see a bright and catchy advertisement... of the German automobile industry .

And it doesn’t matter that this Santana is manufactured in China, especially for the Chinese market, it just somehow immediately caught my eye. Considering the noticeable patriotism of the Chinese, it would probably be logical to place, for example, a Chinese Admiral jeep at the airport.

Shanghai was not our main destination, although we returned to this big city later. Immediately from the airport we went to the small city of Suzhou. This small town, by Chinese standards, with a population of two million is located two hours away from Shanghai. We were accompanied by a very interesting, English-speaking, middle-aged guide. Although Uncle claimed that he knew only a few phrases in Russian, which he remembered from his school days, he answered the question a couple of times even before it was translated from Russian into English. At the same time, the guide was a model of restraint and oriental self-control. It seemed that nothing could surprise our Chinese companion or make him worry. All members of our group agreed that he was at least from the KGB of the People's Republic of China :-)

The Sheraton Suzhou turned out to be perhaps one of the most luxurious places in the city. The hotel is designed in a traditional Chinese style, and real goldfish swam in small ponds on the territory of the establishment.

Having just rested a little and had a snack after a long journey, we went directly to the plant. Although the road passed through the historical part of the city, it was far from the main attractions and was quite boring. But, suddenly, everyone leaned to the windows and readily took out their cameras: a building with a large Samsung logo appeared outside the window. An employee of the SESC plant, who joined us at the hotel, hastened to clarify that this is an LCD display plant, and we are heading to a relatively new part of the city, set aside by the Chinese government specifically for High-Tech companies.

By the way, on the way to the laptop production plant we met two more Samsung semiconductor factories.

And, as a representative of SESC told us, there is even some competition between factories - they regularly hold football championships, for which there is a good football field in front of each factory. The last time the “semiconductors” won, but the “laptops” are seriously determined to take revenge.

A few more minutes and the landscape outside the window changed dramatically. Narrow streets gave way to wide and deserted avenues, and outside the window, construction was in full swing everywhere in the endless expanses to the very horizon.

In this case, active construction can be done without a noticeable abundance of equipment. One hundred people with wheelbarrows successfully replace the heavy Kamaz. At the same time, the issue of maintaining equipment and providing it with fuel is removed, and the country gets a hundred jobs. It's a funny picture, isn't it? China supplies the whole world with high-tech products, while it itself does not particularly strive to introduce them within its own country. The explanation is simple: if most of the work is done by automation and robots, then what will almost one and a half billion people do?

Outside the window, factories of famous manufacturers are increasingly visible: WD, Maxtor, GE, Acer and many others. It should be mentioned here that along with Samsung, Suzhou is home to factories of nine leading Taiwanese laptop manufacturers, including Uniwell Computer, Acer and Mitac International. Suzhou's electronics manufacturing sector has surpassed the tourism industry - once the fastest growing industry - to become a major source of income. According to Xinhua, 40% of all manufacturing income comes from investments by 700 Taiwanese firms.

The bus picks up speed and after a few minutes enters the factory territory.

After visiting many factories in Europe and Taiwan, at first I had suspicions that due to possible seismic activity, O Most of the plant is underground. But I was wrong - the neat two-story building was the very SESC.

The optimal placement of facilities and the relatively small staff of the plant made it possible to place SESC on an area of ​​68,000 square meters, of which 41 thousand were reserved for future buildings.

In the lobby of the plant, we immediately noticed the exhibition of achievements of local employees...

... and a hospitable inscription, which for some reason welcomed only one journalist named “Russia”;-) (for people who have little knowledge of English language Here is the literal translation of the sign: “Welcome to SESC, journalist Russia”)

Then we were taken to a conference room, where we were told in more detail about Samsung, the plant and the company’s plans. Our path lay through office rooms, where employees worked on laptops of their own production.

A short briefing allowed us to learn a little more about the Korean giant than we are used to imagining when we see the familiar logo.

Translated from Korean, the word “Samsung” means “three stars”. Trademark Samsung was officially registered in 1948. And the history of the company, which is now known throughout the world as Samsung Electronics, began in 1938 with a small family business. In 1969, Samsung made its boldest breakthrough into the most advanced industry - electronics. Together with the Japanese, Samsung Electronics Company was created, and it was then that the company entered the semiconductor market, displacing its competitors with a 100% guarantee of product quality - no other manufacturer could offer such an advantage.

Samsung has been producing computers for more than 20 years and consistently ranks first in Korean market sales of computer equipment, including laptops. And in Russia, as in European countries, the line of laptops was introduced at the beginning of 2003.

In promoting Samsung laptops on Russian market the company used a strategy of exclusively targeted impact on target audience emphasizing the chosenness of the respondents. In general, the audience of Samsung laptop buyers was divided into two large groups - individual users (customers retail stores purchasing a laptop for personal use) and corporate clients(organizations purchasing laptops for production, or rather office, needs).

Based on the analysis and needs of these groups, a product promotion strategy was formed. Thus, individual users had to first of all be amazed by something and attract their attention, to interest them emotionally rather than logically. Therefore, for them the main emphasis in creativity was on design. For professionals, it was important to show not only the design, but also all the technical innovations embodied in the product. Therefore, the creative had to be a simple logical composition that was easy to remember.

Samsung position their products in the laptop market as “premium class” and see Sony and Toshiba as their main competitors. This approach is noticeably different from the company’s in other devices on the market. It is still difficult to say how successful this strategy turned out to be. The recently held "iXBT Brand" poll brought Samsung to sixth position, behind IBM and ahead of RoverBook - a good result, it should be noted.

Having received comprehensive information about the company and the plant, we went directly to the production workshops. As noted earlier, we encountered a number of surprises there, especially unexpected was the ban on photography and video filming. In the end, through the efforts of a Samsung employee from Moscow accompanying us, permission was given to only one person to take pictures. Everyone looked at my long-time friend and colleague, now working at PC Magazine, Konstantin Yakovlev, who had a huge Canon hanging around his neck, costing as much as one new car from the Tolyatinsk plant. A very serious and meticulous Korean citizen was assigned to him, who carefully controlled the pictures that Konstantin took, periodically covering the lens of his camera with his palm.

Nevertheless, the resulting images give us the opportunity to talk about production process, which, it should be noted, is very similar to the production of motherboards for desktop computers. We described this process in detail in the article about the plant. Yes, yes, regular motherboards. After all, in fact, in a laptop, the main component is the motherboard, into which the main components are integrated, such as a sound card, video controller, network controllers, various interfaces and an LCD matrix. The hard drive, optical drive, processor, memory, and so on are installed in the assembly shop, at the final stages. But before you go to the workshop, you need to stand on a special device that will remove accumulated static, which is dangerous for electronic components.

Despite its relatively small size, the Suzhou plant has a solid reserve of capacity and space to produce more laptops. This could be especially useful as the number of OEM partners increases, which Samsung still has today.

Initially, everything starts with printed circuit boards, which arrive at the plant in a prepared form (wired and with a certain amount capacitors and resistors).

Of course, you cannot rely on the human eye alone, and besides visual control, the quality of manufactured products is controlled at all stages by special scanners and testers.

The finished and tested printed circuit board is mounted in a special cart, which will then be transported to the assembly shop.

It seems that this process is quite simple and completely automated. However, from the blank printed circuit board to the finished motherboard, suitable for installation in a laptop case, there is a long and complex chain.

The assembly shop employs more people. This is due to the fact that it is almost impossible to completely automate the assembly process, and it is not economically profitable.

Before the laptop is finally assembled and sent for final testing, the assembled components are checked and their compatibility is checked, and a special label is placed on the tested product. Computers that fail the test are transferred to a special employee who determines the cause of the error and eliminates it.

Monitoring the progress of testing is carried out by a specialist who identifies a failure during testing or places a sticker on the laptop indicating a successful test.

All laptops that pass the “exam” are additionally covered with various trade emblems and logos, and then packed and folded in flight, ready to be sent to retail outlets.

During the excursion, it was impossible not to note the exceptional cleanliness and order in the workshops, and all the actions of the workers were distinguished by enviable clarity and accuracy, not inferior to well-functioning machines. Even all the mugs from which employees drink drinks during moments of relaxation were lined up in a special cabinet, each in a specific personalized cell.

At the end of our excursion, the Russian delegation presented a modest gift to our Korean partners. Which present? Well, of course, Russian vodka!

I can’t judge how laptops are made in Japan or Korea, but something tells me that the production technology is not much different from what we saw in Suzhou. And something tells me that the matter will not be limited to just the above-mentioned manufacturers who have opened or moved their production to China.

We were leaving the factory, and I was overcome with thoughts about why our eastern neighbors were able to so organically combine both a tourist center and the local “silicon valley” in one city. But we can’t do either one or the other... Suzhou is a very ancient city. It has a tower that is much older and more ancient than the famous “leaning” Leaning Tower of Pisa. “Falls”, by the way, it is much stronger and more noticeable :-)

And when night falls on the streets of this ancient city, it lights up with millions of beautiful lights, which makes it especially attractive and mysterious.

Suzhou has an amazing abundance of parks. One of which, “The Park of the Modest Official,” amazes with its size and splendor. The modesty of an official, of course, is put in big quotation marks, but, really, if our officials used their “modesty” to build such parks, and not to purchase another villa abroad, there would be much more benefit.

If you came to this city as a tourist, you would hardly guess that laptops, LCD panels, hard drives and many other computer components are produced in one of the oldest places in China. Nevertheless, neither old monuments nor new factories interfere with each other, but, on the contrary, provide significant fuel to the Chinese economy as a whole.

Speaking about the overall development of China, one cannot help but touch upon Shanghai, the second largest city in China with a population of fifteen million. This is a huge city with impressive skyscrapers that did not exist 10 years ago. This city is constantly being built and growing. At the same time, he does not in any way betray the political system in which he lives. This is a large, economically developed modern metropolis. Looking at it, you see a state that, without abandoning its principles and values, was able to achieve what we never achieved. And when we get there is unknown.

Shanghai was shrouded in night. The next day we flew back to Russia. I would only like to praise the people of China for their desire and ability to work. Including at Samsung factories.

In the 21st century, many companies from different countries are moving production to China and other countries with inexpensive labor force, since it saves a lot of money, and without sacrificing quality. Yes, contrary to the popular stereotype, not everything made in China is bad.

A clear confirmation of this can be the smartphones of the South Korean company Samsung, which have long been produced and assembled not only in China, but also in Vietnam.

So, what country of manufacture could the Galaxy S7 have? There are only three options:

• Korea.
• Vietnam.
• China.

And for some reason everyone wants the Korean version of the smartphone. Let's use China as an example to see why you shouldn't be afraid of assemblies from factories in other countries.

There is no need to be afraid of buying an expensive Galaxy S7 because it was made in China. Nowadays, most companies manufacture their products in the Middle Kingdom. At the same time, of course, marketers focus on the origin of the brand - Japan, Germany, USA - but tactfully remain silent about the place of production and assembly. This is done precisely because of the stereotype about the low quality of Chinese goods.

In the case of any things made in China, the rule that the more expensive the better is truer than ever. A cheap Chinese smartphone with a built-in antenna and TV, bought for a couple of thousand rubles, will most likely slow down ungodly and freeze regularly, but for a moment, remember how much it cost. And some Galaxy S7, which costs more than some earn per month, is of excellent quality for the same assembly location.

Those who are still intimidated by “Chinese quality” should look around and wonder how many of the objects around them are made in China. Most likely, this extensive list will include a refrigerator, laptop, computer system unit with all its contents, TV, smartphone, router, speaker system, jeans, shirts, bed linen, kettle, microwave oven... The list will be very, very long.

What matters is not the place where the Galaxy S7 is produced and assembled, but the fact that Samsung’s Chinese factories have strict quality control, and the production and assembly processes themselves have long been fine-tuned during the pilot launch of the model in Korea. Yes, practical Koreans first start production at home, fix all the problems, and only then send the proven and proven scheme to their own factories in China.

So, don't shy away from buying the coveted Galaxy S7 just because it comes from China. On the contrary, at the initial stages of production - in the first batches (when smartphones are assembled only in Korea), various defects, manufacturing defects, etc. are possible. And these shortcomings are corrected with each new batch - the “newer” the phone, the fewer shortcomings it has. And when the assembly moves to a plant in another country, everything is assembled there “as it should be.”

The only thing you shouldn't do is buy a copy of the Galaxy S7, but that's a conversation for.

And of course, we must remember that any other similar smartphones are either entirely produced there or assembled in other countries from Chinese components. And the place of assembly no longer matters - what difference does it make where the smartphone is assembled if it is assembled by error-free robots?