Samsung moves past Note7 crisis, but its SDI battery affiliate struggles

(Reuters) — In the shadows of Samsung Electronics’ Note7 smartphone crisis, affiliate Samsung SDI is quietly reassuring anxious clients including Apple Inc that its batteries are safe.
But potential new customers may prove harder to convince as Samsung’s biggest in-house parts supplier grapples with the reputational fallout from the Note7 debacle.
Created as a joint venture with Japan’s NEC to make vacuum tubes in 1970, Samsung SDI’s TV and smart