Samsung partners with Clemson, University of South Carolina in home appliance innovation effort
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Samsung announced Friday a five-year partnership with Clemson, The University of South Carolina and the state to research and develop better home appliance manufacturing techniques.
The Palmetto Consortium for Home Appliance Innovation will study manufacturing and product development techniques that can be applied in Samsung's home appliance facility in Newberry.
The news comes six months after Samsung announced the opening of its Newberry facility, where production of washers is expected to begin in 2018. A statement issued by Samsung says there will be 1,000 local jobs created by 2020 and the company will invest $380 million into the Newberry site by 2022.
"Samsung's ambition is for South Carolina to become our U.S. hub for every stage in the home appliance lifecycle — from concept and R&D to manufacturing, quality assurance, distribution and customer care," said Dochul Choi, Samsung Electronic America senior vice president of research and development.
Clemson has also announced its own research initiative this week. Its Center for Advanced Manufacturing will be part of the university's College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences. The university plans to pool a number of existing resources and faculty research into the center.
"We are extremely excited about Samsung's commitment to South Carolina and look forward to working with the company on efforts ranging from workforce development to utilization of our newly announced Center for Advanced Manufacturing," Clemson President James Clements said.
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