Samsung Electronics invested a record-high amount for the first half in research and development (R&D) and facility investment this year.
According to a semiannual report disclosed by Samsung Electronics on the 14th, R&D expense in the first half of this year totaled 27.3627 trillion won. That was up 9.2986 trillion won (51.5%) from the same period a year earlier (18.0641 trillion won), marking the largest amount for a half year.
Facility investment in the first half also reached 28 trillion won, the highest ever for a first half. Compared with the same period last year (23.1 trillion won), it increased by about 5 trillion won.
Samsung Electronics said it focused facility investment on the Device Solutions (DS) institutional sector, which handles semiconductors, and on Samsung Display's expansion and conversion of advanced processes and infrastructure buildup for mid- to long-term growth.
In memory, it is continuing investments to strengthen next-generation technological competitiveness and respond to mid- to long-term market demand. In system semiconductors, it is concentrating investments on securing advanced process production capacity (CAPA) to meet demand from global customers.
The aggregates of compensation for the four registered directors of Samsung Electronics in the first half of this year was 12.566 billion won, averaging 3.142 billion won per person. Compared with the first half of last year, when the aggregates was 16.286 billion won and the per-person average was 4.072 billion won, the figures decreased by 3.72 billion won and 930 million won, respectively.
By registered executive, President Roh Tae-Moon received the most compensation at 7.445 billion won. He was followed by Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun at 2.393 billion won, President Kim Yong-kwan at 1.867 billion won, and President Song Jai-hyuk at 860 million won.
Including both registered and unregistered executives, President Lee Won-jin received 7.479 billion won in the first half, the highest compensation among Samsung Electronics executives.