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Samsung Electronics has started construction of a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) factory in Gwangju, with the groundbreaking taking place ahead of the city's semiconductor project, according to material released through Samsung Electronics Newsroom.
The construction start covers an HVAC plant — a facility for cooling, heating and air-conditioning products — located in Gwangju. Samsung Electronics publicized the groundbreaking through its Newsroom, which supplied imagery from the site.
The groundbreaking marks the first concrete construction step announced for the site, putting the appliance-side facility on the ground before work tied to the Gwangju semiconductor program.
The notable element of the announcement is the ordering: the HVAC plant groundbreaking comes before the Gwangju semiconductor project, rather than alongside or after it. That places Samsung Electronics' climate-solutions manufacturing buildout in Gwangju on an earlier timeline than the semiconductor work associated with the city.
For Gwangju, the arrangement ties an operational manufacturing commitment from Samsung Electronics to the broader semiconductor development the city has been pursuing, with the appliance plant moving first.
The claim that Samsung Electronics broke ground on its Gwangju HVAC plant ahead of the semiconductor project is True.