Samsung looks to enter car electronics market with purchase of Harman

TECH
Thursday, 11 Jan 2018
10:30 PM MYT

With its purchase of the electronics group Harman, Samsung is taking a big step into the automotive sector.

The South Korean manufacturer, the world’s leading producer of smartphones, has agreed to buy the US electronics company for a total of about US$8bil (RM31.94bil).

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