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, a first
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 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
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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 Internetenabled
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 and world CDMA market
Launched the world’s first 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 first and largest among LCD
TVs, commercialized The world’s largest
and first 71-inch Plasma TV commercialized
The world’s first terrestrial DMB phone
developed Developed Wireless Speaker
Home Cinema System
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
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 first 100-inch LCD TV Launched
the world's largest Full HD 102-inch
Plasma TV (1080p) Developed the world's
first dual-format high-definition Disc
Player& Drive
2007
Launches the industry's first dual-format,
high-definition disc player and drive
Launches 120Hz Full HD LCD TV
Demonstrated the world-first MIMO 4G-Enabled technologies with 3G LTE
Won contract for GSMA's 3G campaign
2008
Introduces new global brand identity: "Stylish design and smart technology, in products that fit our consumer's lives."
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