Samsung Electronics will host its first-ever Appreciation Day on November 9 at The Universe training center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, bringing together about 170 executives, officers and spouses from Hyundai Motor, Kia and Samsung affiliates. The event, organized as a gesture of gratitude for continuing business cooperation, will be presided over by Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun and Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chairman Chang Jae-hoon. Performances and a dinner are planned to encourage exchanges among the groups’ executives. Samsung and Hyundai have expanded cooperation across automotive semiconductors, displays, components, batteries, software and semiconductor foundry production. Their projects include Samsung SmartThings-based Home-to-Car controls and the newer Car-to-Home service, while Samsung SDI supplies prismatic batteries for vehicles including the Genesis GV90 and Samsung Electronics’ Foundry Business Division was reported to have won mass production work for Hyundai’s internally developed autonomous-driving chips.