- CEO
- Young-Hwan Jin
- Full Time Employees
- 526
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Address
- 163 Sungsadong Road Daegu DA South Korea 42721
- IPO Date
- Sep 26, 1989
- Business
- Samick THK Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells industrial automation equipment and linear motion systems in South Korea. The company produces linear motion products including LM guides, ball screws, actuators, ball splines, linear bushes, cross roller rings, slide packs, cam followers, and link balls; mechatro and robot systems such as cartesian coordinate robots, speed loaders, precision tables, alignment stages, linear motors, clean cartesian robots, large area stages, customized special orders, and vibration isolation devices; files and rasps comprising punishment files, ironworker's files, rasp lines, diamond strings, and saw ropes; and additional linear motors for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, display production machinery, inspection tools, and general automation applications. Samick THK operates primarily in the technology and semiconductor equipment materials sector, serving industrial machinery, robotics, and precision manufacturing markets domestically with facilities including head office and plants in Daegu, Pyeongtaek, Goryeong, and the operational Technopolis Plant in Dalseong-gun. Founded in 1960 and headquartered at 163 Seongseongdong-ro, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, the company changed its name from SAMICK LMS Co., Ltd. to Samick THK Co., Ltd. in April 2006 and maintains an equity-method affiliation with THK Co., Ltd. of Japan. Recent developments include the Technopolis Plant commencing operations in November 2020 to expand LM guide production capacity on a 50,000 square meter site; venture capital activities generating 94.09 million KRW in 2024; and sustained investments in production facilities amid growing demand for automation components in electric vehicles, machine tools, and robotics.