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CORPORATE MILESTONES
1958 GoldStar (today’s LG Electronics) established 1959 Korea’s rst radio produced 1962 Radio exported to the US and Hong Kong as Korea’s rst 1965 Korea’s rst refrigerator produced 1966 Korea’s rst black & white TV produced 1968 Korea’s rst air conditioner produced 1969 Korea’s rst washing machine produced 1974 GoldStar Communications went public 1977 Color TV produced 1978 Exports surpassed US$100 million, a rst for Korea’s electronics industry 1980 First EU sales subsidiary in Germany (LGEWG) established
1982 Color TV plant established in the US in Huntsville, Alabama 1984 Sales surpassed 1 trillion Won 1986 European-standard VCR plant established in Germany 1989 Sales subsidiary and a joint production subsidiary established in Thailand 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 US-based Zenith acquired 1997 40-inch Plasma TV and the world’s rst IC set for DTVs developed India production
subsidiary (LGEIL) established 1998 World’s rst 60-inch Plasma TV developed 1999 LG.Philips LCD established
2000 LG Information & Communications merged
The world’s rst Internet-enabled
refrigerator launched Global sales of
refrigerators reached the number one position 2001 Asynchronous IMT-2000 equipment commercialized The world’s rst 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 rst home network system commercialized in the global market 2003 World’s rst synchronous-asynchronous IMT-2000 mobile phone developed The
world’s rst 76-inch Plasma TV developed
CDMA mobile handsets took the largest
share in the US and world CDMA market
Launched the world’s rst Super Multi DVD Rewriter 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 rst and largest among LCD TVs, commercialized The world’s largest
and rst 71-inch Plasma TV commercialized
The world’s rst terrestrial DMB phone
developed Developed Wireless Speaker
Home Cinema System
2005 The world’s rst 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 2006 Launched the LG Shine, the second handset in the Black Label Series Globally
launched the steam washing machine and interactive TV refrigerator Developed the
world's rst 100-inch LCD TV Launched
the world's largest Full HD 102-inch Plasma TV (1080p) Developed the world's
rst dual-format high-denition Disc Player& Drive
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