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| 1958 |
GoldStar
(today's LG Electronics) established |
| 1959 |
Korea's
first radio produced |
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| 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 |
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| 1974 |
GoldStar
Communications went public |
| 1977 |
Color
TV produced |
| 1978 |
Exports
surpassed US$100 million as Korea's first in the
electronics industry |
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| 1980 |
First
EU sales subsidiary in Germany (LGEWG) established |
| 1982 |
Color
TV plant in Huntsville in the US established |
| 1984 |
Sales
surpassed one trillion won |
| 1986 |
European-standard
VCR plant in Germany established |
| 1989 |
Sales
subsidiary and a joint production subsidiary in
Thailand established |
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| 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
PDP TV and the world's first IC set for DTVs developed;
India production subsidiary (LGEIL) established |
| 1998 |
World's
first 60-inch PDP TV developed |
| 1999 |
LG.Philips
LCD, a joint venture with Philips, 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 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) and 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
PDP 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"
LCD TV, the world's first and largest among
LCD TVs, commercialized
The world's largest
and first LG 71" plasma TV commercialized
The world's first terrestrial DMB phone developed |
| 2005 |
World's
first DMB(Digital Multimedia Broadcasting)
notebook PC unveiled
World's first DMB Phone
with Time-shift function developed
Network
solution joint venture of LG-Nortel launched
CDMA mobile phones ranked first in the world
in the 3rd quarter |
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