#Samsung TV Factory That Produces 5,000 Units Daily#
Samsung is a household name when it comes with consumer electronics. Be it Refrigerators, Air Conditioning Systems, Home Theaters, DVD, Smartphones and even Televisions, Samsung is just everywhere.
Talking about Television, the Samsung factory in the Dube Trade Port in Durban during 2014 with a total investment of $20 million over four years now produces 5000 units of Samsung TVs.
The plant assembles the entire range of Samsung TVs, Production capacity is 5,000 units per day, including monitors. The TVs manufactured are exported to SADC regions, and to East and West Africa.
“Since opening in 2014, only 4% of factory operators employed had formal manufacturing experience in the metal and engineering industries,” said Samsung.
“All 200 staff, of which 42% are female, have been upskilled and fully trained. Seven operators have been promoted.”
Meanwhile, Samsung is busy now building a distributing centre on an adjoining site to the factory, which it said will streamline its operations and create more jobs.