Samsung Electronics becomes world leader in sales of professional displays for Digital Signage for the 7th consecutive year

New York, April 22, 2016. – For the seventh consecutive year, Samsung Electronics has maintained its leadership in the number of professional displays sold worldwide. Sales figures recently released by display technology expert IHS, an independent analyst firm, confirm that Samsung continues to be the leader in this segment, holding the top spot since 2009.

Expanding its display portfolio will helpSamsung strengthen its leadership position in this market segment

Successful sales results in 2015 indicate that the solid technological foundation laid by the company in recent years continues to work as a driver of strong growth. Customers around the world are looking for ways to engage their audiences, and Samsung continues to advance its technology to capitalize on the global need for versatile, high-performance displays that can perform effectively in a wide variety of environmental conditions.

According to the IHS technology report “Public Space Display Market in Q1 2016,” Samsung has 28.8% of the global professional display market by number of units sold. Thus, Samsung’s share has increased from 26.9% at year-end 2014 data source: IHS Public display market tracker report on “public displays + TVs for public spaces” products .

“Samsung is behind some of the most impressive and powerful innovations in visual displays, and we are confident that these developments will take our business and that of our customers to even more impressive heights,” commented Sung-Gi Kim, senior vice president of Samsung Electronics’ visual display business. – The new IHS report reflects the result of our years of work and commitment to offering customers powerful tools to create immersive and personalized video installations. We look forward to being the global leader in digital displays for years to come.

With its extensive lineup of interactive and informative displays, Samsung can offer the optimal end-to-end solution for virtually any industry, including government, education, medical and healthcare, financial services and retail. Samsung technology improves the efficiency and productivity of collaboration, offering a more powerful alternative to the consumer-grade displays often used for this purpose.

Samsung’s portfolio includes:

• LED displays – Built with advanced video processing and extrapolation technology, these displays combine a scalable design with the picture quality of LED panels, providing clear and well readable images in both indoor and outdoor spaces.

• Smart Outdoor Displays – Rugged Series of OHD Displays Ensuring Great Information in Outdoor Environments. Bright, high-contrast screens provide good image quality and reliability in around-the-clock operation, eliminating distortion in all weather conditions and other light sources.

• Video walls are composite displays that support all combinations and shapes while eliminating color mismatches on adjacent elements of the screen. They have a powerful visual impact on the audience due to the large size of the image. In 2015, Samsung introduced a video wall with the market’s thinnest bezels between component displays to reduce distortion and more effectively keep audiences’ attention on the content being displayed.

• Interactive whiteboards IWBs – multimedia displays that support real-time content sharing to enhance the interactive capabilities of meeting rooms and classrooms. For even more flexibility, interactive whiteboards are stylus compatible and can recognize the touch of a finger.