Samsung starts work on 240 bn won HVAC line in Gwangju

By Maekyung News Service

Samsung Electronics broke ground Monday on a new Fl?ktGroup heating, ventilation and air conditioning production line in Gwangju, investing about 240 billion won ($175 million) in the facility.

The ceremony at Samsung’s Gwangju campus in Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City was attended by Roh Tae-moon, president and CEO and head of Samsung Electronics’ Device eXperience (DX) Division; Fl?ktGroup Chief Financial Officer Tobias Ketterle; Mayor Min Hyung-bae; and Ahn Do-geol, chair of the Democratic Party of Korea’s Jeonnam-Gwangju chapter.

Samsung will build the 21,800-square-meter production line at the third campus of its Gwangju operations site. Full-scale operations are scheduled to begin in early 2028.

The facility will become Fl?ktGroup’s 15th production base worldwide and serve as a key hub for meeting HVAC demand in South Korea and East Asia. Its customers will include AI data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities such as semiconductor and battery plants, and large commercial buildings.

Samsung plans to use the new line to strengthen its global production capabilities for advanced cooling equipment and central HVAC systems as demand from AI data centers grows rapidly.

The facility will produce key cooling and central HVAC equipment, including coolant distribution units, fan wall units and computer room air handlers.

“The groundbreaking for Fl?ktGroup’s new production line marks another milestone in the advancement of our HVAC business, one of Samsung’s key growth engines,” Roh said. “We plan to develop the Gwangju campus into an advanced manufacturing hub producing both AI-powered appliances and next-generation HVAC solutions.”

Samsung began operating a new Fl?ktGroup plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India, in August, with annual production capacity of up to 6,500 HVAC units.

Samsung acquired Fl?ktGroup for 1.5 billion euros and incorporated it as a subsidiary last year. The acquisition gave Samsung central HVAC technology and allowed it to expand beyond residential air conditioners into systems for data centers and large commercial and industrial facilities.

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