According to one old saying, clothes make the man. If this principle can be extended to a building, then the exterior of a building “makes” the whole structure. When you think about the simplest kind of an enclosed building, there are four walls with a roof on top where the walls hold up the roof …
When is a curtain not a curtain? When it’s a wall! Read More »
What were the fashions and lives of Koreans who lived in the 1950s and 60s like? By the 1970s the nation would come to rise, phoenix-like from the ashes, to become the Miracle on the Han River, but in the period immediately after the 1950-53 Korean War, the country was still working overtime to rebuild …
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As the world continues to seek sustainable energy solutions, some of the answers have been lying around us all the time – like wood pellets! Wood pellets are a source of bioenergy, natural waste that has been broken down and reprocessed into pellets typically between 1-3 cm in length. In this article, we will explore why …
One of Everland’s most interesting attractions is Zootopia, which is a full zoo that about 300 animals of 30 species call home. Aside from the lions, tigers, and bears that live there, there are giraffes, elephants, penguins, monkeys, and even a giant tortoise! Zootopia makes up about one fifth of the park’s entire land area, …
Construction can be seen as the act of drawing pictures on a wilderness. To realize the imagination of the architects requires the combined efforts of many people doing different jobs on the same construction site. Site managers take the leading role, marshaling all the various workers and teams together. Kim Myoung-sig is one such site …
Our passionate expert today is someone who you might say was born to do his job! Originally from Britain’s stainless steel capital, Birmingham, Farrell went straight into the stainless steel business after university in 2007. After years of building up steel trading experience, he joined the sales team working for Samsung C&T’s Otelinox stainless steel …
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Otelinox is the focus of this latest installment of our Office Spotlight series, which aims to highlight the efforts of Samsung C&T Trading & Investment Group’s dozens of offices worldwide. Around 80 kilometers northwest of the Romanian capital Bucharest, we find Otelinox stainless steel precision mill in the picturesque surroundings of Targoviste – for a …
Bridges in various forms have existed for millennial, ever since our ancestors put stepping stones into streams. But as different modes of transport developed and people wanted to carry more objects, the need to build smoother, more solid bridges became apparent. Today, bridge construction technologies and techniques have become a separate science. Not content to …
All this social distancing and working from home (WFH) these days has extended the time we spend in our own houses, and restricted our outside spheres of activity. One result is that the lines between work, life and leisure have become less distinct, but if there’s something that remains unchanged, it’s that we still want …
It is not easy to achieve results in any business when you are starting from scratch. But Senior Professional Joo Byung-do has done exactly that since joining a new department handling electrolytic copper cathodes within Samsung C&T Trading & Investment Group’s Energy & Metal Division in 2012. He is credited with cultivating new markets and …
