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Américo Estevens | 1935 – 2016<br />
A life dedicated to Samsung<br />
It is simply not possible to talk about<br />
Samsung history in Portugal without<br />
mentioning the name of Américo<br />
Estevens.<br />
Samsung Electrónica Portuguesa (SEP)<br />
was officially born in 1982, as the<br />
pinnacle of the efforts of a small group<br />
of people enthusiastically led by a Portuguese entrepreneur who<br />
always believed in the strength of Samsung brand. That man was<br />
Américo Estevens.<br />
Despite all uncertainty involved, since Portugal was still a very young<br />
democracy - the 25th of April Revolution occurred only seven years<br />
before - he managed to convince Samsung top management to create<br />
the first Samsung manufacturing subsidiary outside the Republic of<br />
Korea in our country.<br />
1982 - Samsung Electronics Co. a company only 13 years old at the time, became international<br />
by establishing its first industrial unit in Alcoitão-Estoril – Samsung Electrónica Portuguesa. Mr.<br />
Kim, ambassador of Korea inaugurating the Factory in the Opening Ceremony.
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