ENTITY LOCATION YEAR OPENED PRODUCTS
DEHAMEX Queretaro, Mexico 1994 Microwave oven
Refrigerator
Washing machine
DEMESA Vitoria, Spain 1997 Refrigerator
DEMOJIN Tianjin, China 1996 Microwave oven
DEARCO Tianjin, China 1997 Air conditioner
DEMA Kedah, Malaysia 1995 Washing machine
Microwave oven
DEHACO Hanoi, Vietnam 1995 Refrigerator
Washing machine
Information as of December 31, 2005
The overseas sales subsidiaries are categorized by region with four regional centres: DEAM heads the North America region, DECHISA the South America region, DEME the Africa/Middle East, and DEE the Europe/CIS region. The Mexico and Asia markets are overseen by the head office in Korea. The overseas sales subsidiaries are supported by 25 branch, representative and liaison offices, with nearly half dedicated to the Europe/CIS region. The branch and representative offices work directly with the regional centres and act as key distribution channels for sales to retail stores as well as some of the main OEM customers. Additionally, there are 12 liaison offices, mostly in Africa/Middle East and Asia, that liaise with the head office in Korea and/or the regional centres to provide sales support. These liaison offices are managed by the head office in Seoul and are located in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Casablanca, Cairo, Amman, Riyadh, Teheran, Stockholm, Shanghai, Taipei, Shenzen and Sydney.
ENTITIES LOCATION YEAR ESTABLISHED REGIONS COVERED
(FOR BRAND SALES)
REPRESENTATIVE
OFFICE
BRANCH
OFFICE
DEAM New Jersey,
USA
1998 USA, Central America,
Caribbean
New Jersey, Florida
DECOMEX Mexico City,
Mexico
1993 Mexico
DEPASA Colon, Panama 1994 Central America,
Caribbean
DECHISA Santiago, Chile 2004 Chile, Peru,
Bolivia
DESUK Wokingham, UK 1993 UK, Ireland
DEE Frankfurt,
Germany
1992 Continental Europe Spain, Italy, Germany,
France, Netherlands,
Hungary, Poland
Bucharest
CIS Ukraine, Russia,
Kazakhstan
Vilnius,
Vladivostok
DEME Dubai, UAE 1994 UAE, Libya, Middle East,
Africa
DEJACO Tokyo, Japan 1995 Japan
Information as of December 31, 2005
The Company's extensive R&D operations are carried out from its main research centres in Korea. Approximately 10% of DEC's employees are part of the R&D operations.