Year | Detail |
1958 |
Formation of LG Electronics under the name of Goldstar. |
1959 |
Development of domestically produced radio. |
1961 |
Developed Korea’s first automatic telephone. |
1965 |
Development of Korea's first refrigerator. |
1968 |
Developed Korea’s first air conditioner. |
1976 |
Completion of Changwon factory. |
1979 |
Developed the world’s first color TV. |
1982 |
Established GSAI color TV plant in Huntsville, U.S. |
1985 |
Establishment of Korea’s first product testing laboratory. |
1987 |
Established European production plant, ‘GSE’, in West Germany. |
2001 |
World's first 60-inch PDP TV launched. |
2002 |
Split-off of the company and evolution of business structure with the launch of a holding company. |
2008 |
Developed the world’s first ‘3G LTE’ wireless chip. |
2013 |
Launch of Vehicle Component Solutions Business Division. |
2017 |
Established Electronics Changwon R&D Center. |
2018 |
Toronto AI Lab established in Toronto, Canada. |
2019 |
Signed a business agreement (MOU) with Microsoft and MS for the development of artificial intelligence autonomous driving software. |
2020 |
Launch of the world’s first rollable TV, LG Signature OLED R. |