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Without knowing it, millions of consumers
and hi-tech aficionados around theworld are
carrying a little bit of Mersen technology in
their pockets or bags.
For the past ten years, we have been supplying the
isostatic graphite used to make the molds for the plastic
parts in the Samsung Galaxy line of smartphones. Driving
this success has been the ELLOR® line of graphite blocks
andblanks for EDM* electrodes, designed tocover the full
range of EDMapplications.
In 2014, a new milestone was reached with the launch
of the Galaxy Note Edge, the first smartphone with
a curved screen. «It took us three years of hard work
to
successfully meet this technical challenge
by finding the extremely fine grain of graphite needed
to produce high-quality curved glass,» explains Ki-
Hyuk Sung Sales Manager for Mersen Korea. With this
revolutionary product, whose curved, multifunction
screen allows users to navigate in an all newway among
the various applications, Samsung hopes to maintain the
lead it has built up against Apple in recent years.
«Obviously our Japanese and European competitors
would love to take the contract fromus, but
the quality
of our isostatic graphite
and its strong resistance to
oxidation, abrasion and thermal shocks are
helping us
to maintain our leadership
», adds Mr. Sung. Not
to mention the fact that Mersen has operated in South
Korea since 1985 and is well versed in the practices of a
businesswhere a local presence is essential.
The SamsungGalaxyNote Edge
shows off its curves thanks toMersen
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KH Sung
MersenKoreaSalesManager
Photo credit
Samsung Electronics
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Highlights
1985:
Mersen begins
operations in
South Korea
10
years
of partnership
with Samsung
Adesign
especially
engineered for
the production
of curved glass
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