It is not uncommon for Asian (?) conglomerates to have a very wide range of products, as Hitachi, Sony, Yamaha (from trumpets and pianos, motorbikes, engines to electronics) and Toshiba demonstrate. TIL that Samsung even builds drillships.
Re:HP is buying Samsung’s printer business for $1.05B
by vidarh on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:28AM
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Samsungs shipping division (Samsung Heavy Industries) is one of the largest ship-builders in the world, in fact (it was, possibly still is, the worlds second largest a few years ago).
It is not uncommon for Asian (?) conglomerates to have a very wide range of products, as Hitachi, Sony, Yamaha (from trumpets and pianos, motorbikes, engines to electronics) and Toshiba demonstrate. TIL that Samsung even builds drillships.