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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Chapters: Eastman Kodak, Agfa-Gevaert, Hasselblad, Polaroid Corporation, Efke, Samsung Electronics, Minox, Phase One, Vivitar, Leaf, Roper Industries, List of photographic equipment makers, Rex Features, Elinchrom, Silvestri camera, Profoto, Sinar, Deardorff, LumiQuest, Graflex, Weisscam, Alpa, Fotomat, Böwe Bell & Howell, Kiron Lenses, ImageAmerica, Northfoto, Arenapal : The Performing Arts Image Library, Pictometry, Samsung Techwin, Meopta, Fratelli Alinari, Eclair, AgfaPhoto, Argus, DE Photo, Concord, Ansco, Voigtländer, Zuma Press, LumoPro, MegaVision, PhotoDisc, Fotosearch, HiTi Digital Inc., Offset Press Inc., Nordicphotos, Imatest, Mitchell Camera, ARAX camera, Isifa Image Service, ADOX, Royal Photo Company, China Lucky Film, Seagull Camera, Bron Elektronik, Garden World Images, Eurofoto, Qualex, Lifetouch, Aaton, Cody Images, Spiratone, Ferrania, Olan Mills, PhotoBox, Durst, Caufield & Shook, Scanpix, Foveon, Hartblei, Cambo camera, Optique & Précision de Levallois, Empik, Really Right Stuff, Defender Photo Supply, Noktor, Loreo, Ordro, Autometric, Bergger, Soureh images. Excerpt: Samsung Electronics (SEC, Korean: ¿¿¿¿, KRX: 005930, KRX: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is the world's largest electronics company with a 2009 revenue of $117.4 billion, headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group. With assembly plants and sales networks in 65 countries across the world, Samsung has as many as 157,000 employees. In 2009, the company took the position of the world¿s biggest IT maker by surpassing the erstwhile leader Hewlett-Packard. Its sales revenue in the areas of LCD and LED displays and computer chips is the world¿s No. 1. Some of the most popular items produced by Samsung include LED-backlit LCD TVs and Galaxy S mobile phones. Even though consumers may not realize, many non-Samsung-brand devices such as TVs and phones have Samsung-manufactured memory components inside. In the TV segment, Samsung¿s market position is dominant. For the four years since 2006, the company has been in the top spot in terms of the number of TVs sold, which is expected to continue in 2010 and beyond. In the global LCD panel market, the company has kept the leading position for eight years in a row. With the Galaxy S model, Samsung¿s smartphone lineup has retained the second-best slot in the world market for some time. In competition to Apple's iPad tablet, Samsung released the Android powered Samsung Galaxy Tablet. Samsung Group headquarters at Samsung Town, Seoul.Samsung Electronics was founded in 1969 in Daegu, South Korea as Samsung Electric Industries, originally manufacturing electronic appliances such as TVs, calculators, refrigerators, air conditioners and washers. By 1981, the company had manufactured over 10 million black and white TVs. In 1988, it merged with Samsung Semiconductor & Communications. It is noteworthy that Samsung Electronics has grown in leaps and bounds in a business notorious for cyclical fluctuations. Founded in 1938 as a food processing and textile purveyor, the parent group entered