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Samsung Accuses LG Exec of Vandalizing Washing Machines

posted by n1 on Wednesday September 17 2014, @01:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the corporate-espionage-in-the-digital-age dept.

lhsi writes:

Samsung have accused LG employees of vandalising their washing machines ahead of an electronics show in Berlin. LG has said that the damage to two machines was inadvertent as the door had "weak hinges".

Samsung Electronics has accused the head of rival LG Electronics' home appliances business of damaging Samsung washing machines at retail stores in Germany and asked Seoul prosecutors to investigate.

Samsung, in a statement on Sunday, said it asked the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to investigate LG employees who the company says were seen deliberately destroying several of its premium washing machines on display at two stores earlier this month ahead of the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

"It is very unfortunate that Samsung had to request that a high-ranking executive be investigated by the nation's legal authorities, but this was inevitable, as we concluded that we had to get to the bottom of this incident," Samsung said.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Tanuki64 on Wednesday September 17 2014, @08:53AM

    by Tanuki64 (4712) on Wednesday September 17 2014, @08:53AM (#94447)

    No good source at hand at the moment. Saw it on a Norwegian documentation. They interviewed a repair shop. According to them Samsung leads the list with such a huge distance to the next brand, that it cannot be explained with the fact, that Samsung is the most often sold TV. Googling 'Samsung' and 'Capacitor' gives quite a few interesting results. Unfortunately I have found none, which shows such a statistic between different manufacturers.