Gas Leak At Samsung Washing Machine Plant

A suspected gas leakage from washing machine assembly plant of Consumer Electronics multinational Samsung in Noida Phase-II has caused panic across the region. The gas leakage affected more than 60 workers who were later rushed to the hospital. Condition of five workers, as per hospital sources, …

More Information On Samsung’s Exploding Fridges Emerges

As we reported late last week Samsung has announced a “home visit repair programme” on two ranges of fridge freezers in Korea and Europe following the case of a domestic fridge explosion in West Bromwich in May and a recent case in Korea. The repair programme involves the now-discontinued RS21 an…

Samsung To Do A Massive Fridge Recall

Reports have emerged that Samsung Electronics has announced a plan to voluntarily recall 210,000 refrigerators from its Zipel line sold in Korea between March 2005 and June 2006. The recall, which is the largest ever in the domestic appliance market, comes after a refrigerator reportedly exploded…

Samsung Joins In With Its Own Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

Not wanting to be outdone by it’s rival LG, Samsung have also launched a robotic cleaner at this weeks IFA in Berlin, the Furot II. And no, we don’t know what happened to the Furot I. Samsung revealed its new robot vacuum cleaner and it may remind you of another robot vacuum cleaner, the Roomba b…

Samsung Fridge ”Explodes”

Local newspaper, The Express & Star, has reported that a Samsung fridge has “exploded” at a family home in West Bromwich. A fridge-freezer is said to have exploded “˜like an earthquake’ smashing windows and doors and ripping holes in the ceiling. A family-of-six was upstairs at the time…

Samsung Launch Waterless Washing Machine

Samsung has announced the release of a new 8-kilogram washing machine for Australia that washes without water it is claimed. The new model features AirWash, which removes odours from clothes without the need for water or detergent. As far as we are aware it will not clean clothes as would be achi…

Samsung Fridges Slammed On BBC’s Watchdog

On last night’s Watchdog Samsung were slammed for problems with their American styled side by side fridge freezer, the RS21. The show basically stating that customers can experience a noise and lack of cooling in the fridge due to an over frozen fridge evaporator. On top of this the model was sho…

Samsung Plans Launches To Boost Revenue

In India Samsung, on the back of new product launches across various categories and rising disposable income, is targeting growth of 30 per cent in turnover in 2008 from $1.3 billion in 2007. Samsung plans to double its exports to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) count…

Samsung to hire 2,000 engineers by 2010

Korean appliance manufacturer Samsung plans to double its total number of research and development engineers in India to 4,000 by 2010, to strengthen product development and introduce customised technology for the domestic market. The company is aiming higher market share across categories driven…

New Samsung H Series US Style Fridge Freezers

Samsung displays the H-Series refrigerator that combines a stylish look and feel with cutting edge technology, and the Poseidon Washing Machine, the first washing machine to feature Samsung’s innovative Double Storm System. The newly launched H-Series refrigerator, available in a range of stylish…