Samsung entered the shipbuilding industries in the 1970's.
In 1947, Cho Hong-jai, the Hyosung group's founder, jointly invested in a new company called Samsung Mulsan Gongsa, or the Samsung Trading Corporation, with the Samsung's founder Lee Byung-chul
Samsung bought a 40% stake in AST Research in 1995, in a failed attempt to break into the North American computer market

