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MILESTONES
66�67
1958 •
GoldStar (today’s LG Electronics) established
1959 •
Korea’s first radio produced
1962 •
Radio exported to the US and Hong Kong as Korea’s first
1965 •
Korea’s first refrigerator produced
1966 •
Korea’s first black & white TV produced
1968 •
Korea’s first air conditioner produced
1969 •
Korea’s first washing machine produced
1974 •
GoldStar Communications went public
1977 •
Color TV produced
1978 •
Exports surpassed US$100 million as
Korea’s first in the electronics industry
1980 •
First EU sales subsidiary in Germany (LGEWG) established
1982 •
Color TV plant in Huntsville in the US established
1984 •
Sales surpassed US$1 trillion Won
1986 •
European-standard VCR plant in Germany established
1989 •
Sales subsidiary and a joint production subsidiary
in Thailand established
1990 •
Ireland-based design technology center established
1993 •
With the establishment of Huizhou subsidiary
in China(LGEHZ), marketing in China took full swing
1995 •
Company name changed to LG Electronics and
the US-based Zenith acquired
1997 •
40 inch plasma TV and the world’s first IC set for DTVs developed
•
India production subsidiary (LGEIL) established
1998 •
World’s first 60 inch plasma TV developed
1999 •
LG.Philips LCD established
2000 •
LG Information & Communications merged
•
The world’s first Internet-enabled refrigerator launched
•
Global sales of refrigerators reached the number one position
2001 •
Asynchronous IMT-2000 equipment commercialized
•
The world’s first Internet-enabled washing machine,
air conditioner, and microwave oven launched
•
LG.Philips Displays, a joint venture with Philips established
2002 •
Under the LG Holding Company system, the Company spun off
to LG Electronics (LGE) & LG Electronics Investment (LGEI)
•
The first home network system commercialized in the global market
2003 •
World’s first synchronous-asynchronous IMT-2000
mobile phone developed
•
The world’s first 76 inch Plasma TV developed
•
CDMA mobile handsets took the largest
share in the US & world CDMA market
2004 •
EVSB, the next-generation DTV transmission technology
chosen to be the US/Canada DTV transmission standard
by the US ATSC
•
All-in-one LG 55 inch LCD TV, the world’s first and largest among
LCD TVs, commercialized
•
The world’s largest and first LG 71 inch Plasma TV commercialized
•
The world’s first terrestrial DMB phone developed
2005 •
The world’s first DMB notebook commercialized
•
The world’s slimmest TV commercialized
•
The world’s largest 102 inch Plasma TV developed
•
LG and Nortel Networks agreed to establish a joint venture
for telecommunication network equipment
•
Satellite-based DMB phone commercialized
•
The largest share seized in the global CDMA market