What if it's something that doesn't require Batteries ? As they...

What if it's something that doesn't require Batteries ? As they don't just make Flamin' Phones ya' know, Stone the Crows ! they also make 'Flamin' Washing Machines' take a 'Smith-Gander' at this will ya'

IN a last-ditch effort to protect thousands of households from potential firebomb washing machines, consumer safety authorities have taken over efforts to reach owners that Samsung has failed to contact after more than three years.

There have been more than 300 “incidents” involving faulty Samsung washing machines including at least 87 fires.

While more than 110,000 appliances have been repaired or replaced, about 30,000 are still lurking in homes, childcare centres and other businesses.

News Corp Australia can reveal that in a bid to warn the owners of those machines, consumer safety and energy regulators recently agreed to run a trial cross-referencing names on Samsung’s warranty databases against those in rental bond and energy account indexes.

The trial — the first of its kind in the country — involves 3800 customers in Western Australia, where the recall has been least successful. Only 63 per cent of machines there have been rendered safe, compared to up to 89 per cent elsewhere.

The aim is to find owners who have moved since buying their Samsung washer. In a letter from WA’s acting consumer protection commissioner David Hillyard, owners are asked if they still have their machine and whether it has been fixed.

“If the trial works here then other regulators will do the same,” Mr Hillyard told News Corp Australia yesterday.

About 30 of the more than 300 incidents with recalled machines occurred after they were supposedly fixed by a technician.

NSW Fair Trading, which is leading the national recall, yesterday revealed for the first time they did not know if the plastic-bag-and-tape repair worked.
“Fair Trading has examined the testing evidence commissioned by Samsung,” a Fair Trading spokesman said.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims and WA’s Mr Hillyard were both surprised to learn NSW had not tested the “rework”.

“I’ve never heard before that NSW haven’t done any testing,” Mr Sims said.

A group of owners led by Tarnya Allen and Di Fisher commissioned their own expert testing and found the fix was deficient.

Nationally 1500-2000 consumers per month who’ve had the rework are requesting a refund or replacement, suggesting a lack of confidence in the repair.
Samsung stands by the fix, blaming post-rework problems on the technicians who did the repairs. The recalled models are:

• SW75V9WIP/XSA
• SW65V9WIP/XSA
• SW70SPWIP/XSA
• SW80SPWIP/XSA
• WA85GWGIP/XSA
• WA85GWWIP/XSA

For more information go to www.samsung.com/au/washingmachinerecall or the Samsung hotline: 1800 239 655.

Operations

The company focuses on four areas: digital media, semiconductor, telecommunication network and LCD digital appliances.

The digital-media business area covers computer devices such as laptop computers and laser printers; digital displays such as televisions and computer monitors; and consumer entertainment devices such as DVD players, MP3 players and digital camcorders; and home appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners, air purifiers, washers, microwave ovens, and vacuum cleaners.

The semiconductor-business area includes semiconductor chips such as SDRAM, SRAM, NAND flash memory; smart cards; mobile application processors; mobile TV receivers; RF transceivers; CMOS Image sensors, Smart Card IC, MP3 IC, DVD/Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD Player SOC and multi-chip package (MCP); and storage devices such as optical disc drives and formerly hard disk drives.

The telecommunication-network-business area includes multi-service DSLAMs and fax machines; cellular devices such as mobile phones, PDA phones, and hybrid devices called mobile intelligent terminals (MITs); and satellite receivers.

The LCD business area focuses on producing TFT-LCD and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels for laptops, desktop monitors, and televisions.

Samsung Print was established in 2009 as a separate entity to focus on B2B sales and has released a broad range of multifunctional devices and printers and more.

In May 2015, Samsung announced a partnership with IKEA, in accordance with the Wireless Power Consortium, to co-develop furniture that would allow Qi inductive charging at the Mobile World Congress. In June, Samsung established a dedicated LFD business, Samsung display solutions, catering to the company's SMART range of LED products.

The company's SMART range of LED displays include Signage, Hospitality Display, TV, LED, Cloud Display, and Accessories. The company provides the following all-in-one customer software solutions: MagicInfo, MagicIWB, LYNK SINC, LYNK HMS, and LYNK REACH. The company caters to the following industries: Retail, Corporate, Corporate, Hospitality, and Transportation.

On 16 June 2016, Samsung Electronics announced that it has agreed to acquire cloud-computing company Joyent. It will allow it to grow its cloud-based services for its smartphones and Internet-connected devices.

On 14 November 2016, Samsung Electronics announced an agreement to buy American automotive equipment manufacturer Harman for US$8 billion.

Major clients

	Samsung's largest clients (Q1 2010)[114]
1	Rank/company	Part description	Percent of total sales
2	1 Sony	DRAM, NAND flash, LCD panels, etc.	3.7
3	2 Apple Inc.	AP (mobile processor), DRAM, NAND flash, etc.	2.6
4	3 Dell	DRAM, flat-panels, lithium-ion batteries, etc.	2.5
5	4 Hewlett-Packard	DRAM, flat-panels, lithium-ion batteries, etc.	2.2
6	5 Verizon Communications	Handsets, etc.	1.3
7	6 AT&T Inc.	Handsets, etc.	1.3

Relationship with Apple Inc.

Despite recent litigation activity, Samsung and Apple have been described as frenemies who share a love-hate relationship. Samsung is a major supplier for Apple – first providing memory for the early iPod devices in 2005, and Apple is a key customer for Samsung – in 2012 its component sales were thought to be worth in the region of $8 billion revenue to Samsung – to the point where Apple CEO Tim Cook originally opposed litigation against Samsung wary of the company's critical component supply chain for Apple.

In April 2011, Apple Inc. announced that it was suing Samsung over the design of its Galaxy range of mobile phones. The lawsuit was filed on 15 April 2011 and alleges that Samsung infringed on Apple's trademarks and patents of the iPhone and iPad. Samsung issued a counterclaim against Apple of patent infringement. In August 2011, at The Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Apple was granted a preliminary injunction against the sale and marketing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 across the whole of Europe excluding the Netherlands. The ban has been temporarily lifted in the European Union, with the exclusion of Germany, whilst it is investigated whether or not the original injunction was appropriate.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics

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Frank