Samsung Group details plans to invest $90 billion in South Korea's central region


FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2016. Picture taken on July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

SEOUL, July 2 (Reuters) - ⁠Samsung Group detailed plans on ⁠Thursday to invest 140 trillion won ($90 ‌billion) for production of display panels, batteries, chips and chip materials in the central province ​of Chungcheong.

• Samsung Display to ⁠spend 67 trillion ⁠won in Asan and Cheonan, while Samsung ⁠Electronics ‌to invest 56 trillion to build packaging facilities for ⁠high-bandwidth memory chips in Onyang and Cheonan.

• ​The ‌plan fits into bigger investment plans ⁠the group ​rolled out on Monday. Details were provided by Samsung Display CEO Yi Chung ⁠at an event hosted ​by President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday.

• Samsung SDI to spend 9 trillion won ⁠by 2040 in Cheonan for production and research and development of next-generation batteries.

• Samsung Electro-Mechanics to invest 8 trillion ​won by 2040 ⁠in Sejong to produce advanced chip packaging ​materials for AI servers ‌and nurture domestic talent.($1=1,552.4000 ​won)

(Reporting by Heejin Kim and Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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