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Fashion industry’s resilience in 2021 to help it return to speed in 2022
January 12, 2022
At the end of 2020, the Samsung Fashion Institute (SFI) suggested that the fashion industry in 2021 would require a “rescue” to recover from the first year of COVID-19. In retrospect, the SFI has observed great resilience in fashion last year. Reviewing the resilience of fashion in 2021 RESILIENCE – Recovering fashion market Despite the prolonged […]

Samsung C&T receives A in latest MSCI ESG Ratings
January 11, 2022
Samsung C&T has moved up a notch to receive an A rating in the latest MSCI ESG Ratings assessment, jumping from the previous year’s BBB rating. MSCI, or Morgan Stanley Capital International, evaluates and announces ESG Ratings for 14,000 companies worldwide every year based on their resilience to long-term, financially relevant ESG risks and their level of […]

Growing safety in the construction industry: Samsung C&T E&C
January 3, 2022
Winter is a time when construction sites are vulnerable to hazards and accidents, so it should make us all the more mindful of the importance of safety. Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group is striving to make its safety systems even more rigorous by conducting internal inspections to check compliance with laws and emergency simulation […]

The crude oil price roller coaster and its impact
December 30, 2021
It’s been a rollercoaster ride for international crude oil prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. When you look at a graph of the last five years, you can see that they plummeted in early 2020 at the same time as the pandemic struck. To further illustrate the point, consider that back in October the price of […]

Everland’s Snow Buster slides in bringing winter fun
December 29, 2021
The Snow Buster is probably visitors’ favorite attraction at Everland during the winter months. This collection of three sledding courses has something for everybody, from thrill-seeker rides to ones that are safe for the whole family. Whooshing into the present While the Snow Buster has been very popular in recent years, Everland has a long […]

Everland’s Winter Wishes celebration spreads holiday cheer
December 27, 2021
To celebrate the year’s end, the Everland theme park is doing it big! Its Winter Wishes festival has something for everyone: beautiful scenery to admire, Santa and Rudolph to meet, delicious treats to taste and share, and music and light shows to enjoy. The theme this year is hope and thanks, and people will find […]

Juun.J and Goretex make dark gorpcore together
December 23, 2021
In 2017, a writer at The Cut, a style site run by New York magazine, was looking for a word to describe what he saw as a new fashion trend: the appearance on city streets of clothes usually worn for mountain climbing, trekking and ski trips. Not finding an existing term, he created a new one, […]

Key materials for electric vehicle components
December 21, 2021
The message from the world’s biggest auto shows this year has been clear – the world’s largest automakers are placing a huge priority on electric vehicles (EVs). For instance, almost all of the top cars touted at IAA Mobility 2021 were EVs. In fact, Europe’s Car of the Year 2022 will probably be electric, and we’re talking approachable […]

The new Turbo Solutions Group keeps things turning
December 16, 2021
When turbines turn smoothly, the wheels of business do likewise. Conversely, a problem with a turbine can throw a spanner in the works of a company. Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction’s Turbo Solutions Group is a team of specialists whose goal is to achieve stable trial operation through the inspection, vibration diagnosis and analysis both […]

KANGHYUK wins prestigious fashion SFDF award for the second time
December 9, 2021
KANGHYUK has done it again. The creative duo of Choi Kang-hyuk and Shon Sang-lak, who last year burst onto the fashion scene with eye-popping creations made using automobile airbag fabric, again won the Samsung Fashion & Design Fund (SFDF), taking home the prestigious award for the second year in a row. Shon Sang-lak (left) and […]