Samsung Electronics Earns Highest Rating in Win-Win Growth Index for 15th Straight Year, Only Korean Company

Maintained the highest rating since the assessment was introduced in 2011

Trained 270,000 partner company employees and supported the hiring of 9,800 people

Supported smart factory development at more than 3,600 SMEs

Samsung Electronics said on November 11 that it received the highest rating in the 2026 Win-Win Growth Index assessment conducted by the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership. It is the only company to have received the highest rating for 15 consecutive years since the assessment was introduced in 2011.

The Win-Win Growth Index is a measure used by the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership to assess each company’s level of shared growth annually, with the aim of promoting shared growth between large companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It has five ratings: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, and Very Poor.

Samsung Electronics has expanded the scope of its mutually beneficial cooperation, supporting not only its tier-1, tier-2, and tier-3 partner companies but also SMEs with which it has no business relationship, guided by its core values of “pursuing shared growth” and “conducting business with integrity.”

The company supports its partners’ innovation activities across a range of fields, including technology, manufacturing and quality, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Since 2009, it has held technology fairs to showcase technologies developed by domestic universities and research institutes. In 2010, it established a 1.4 trillion won fund for shared growth to provide low-interest financing for partners’ technology development and facility investments.

Participants pose for a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Smart Biz Expo, held on the 13th of last month at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul. Samsung Electronics.

Since 2013, Samsung Electronics has contributed 20 billion won to a joint investment-based technology development program in partnership with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. In 2022, it established a new 30 billion won fund to help companies secure next-generation and ESG technologies over five years. In 2024, it created an 800 billion won ESG fund with the country’s five major financial holding companies, providing interest-free loans for facilities and technology development needed by SME and mid-sized partner companies to transition to ESG management. It has also opened some of its technology patents to SMEs with which it has no business relationship, transferring more than 2,500 patents free of charge to date.

Samsung Electronics is also committed to training its partners’ employees. Since 2013, it has operated the Win-Win Cooperation Academy, providing introductory training for new employees as well as job training in areas such as manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and sales. To date, approximately 270,000 employees of partner companies have completed the training. The company has also supported the recruitment of approximately 9,800 people through the Samsung Partner Company Recruitment Fair and online recruitment centers.

Samsung Electronics is also carrying out a smart factory project to strengthen the manufacturing competitiveness of SMEs. Since 2015, it has supported the development of customized smart factories for SMEs. In 2018, in collaboration with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Korea Federation of SMEs, it expanded the program to include SMEs with which it has no business relationship. More than 160 Samsung Electronics manufacturing experts provide on-site support for system development, manufacturing process innovation, workforce training, and sales channel development.

To date, Samsung Electronics has supported the development of smart factories at more than 3,600 SMEs nationwide. This year, through “Smart Factory 4.0,” it is also helping companies adopt manufacturing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.

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