Samick

In 1964 Samick became the first Korean company to export pianos and by the early 1970s, the company had become a large-scale manufacturer with over 3,000 employees. In the years following, Samick focused on global expansion. In 1978 they opened a branch office in Los Angeles, California, followed by establishment of an office in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1980. Sales of Samick products in the United States grew exponentially and Samick soon announced the development of their American subsidiary, Samick Music Corporation in 1982.

Samick has always been dedicated to developing new products and quality, starting in 1983 with a technical cooperation with Klaus Fenner, a piano designer and technician from Germany. Fenner was renowned for designing the German Imperial Scale that continues to characterize the pianos of leading international manufacturers. In 1990, Samick expanded its production capabilities with separate plants for uprights and grands in three different countries. In the early 2000s, Samick established a technical consultancy with German manufacturer Bechstein and invested in the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) system, a highly accurate routing machine used to make such integral parts as soundboards and rims.

Samick today is ranked third in world piano sales. Despite its short history, it has grown from a small workshop manufacturing a little more than a hundred pianos a year, into a network of modern and highly sophisticated manufacturing facilities producing more than 30,000 pianos annually and exporting to the Asia-Pacific, European, American and other markets around the world.