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| The 1950's |
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| 1958 |
GoldStar (today's LG Electronics) established
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| 1959 |
Korea's first radio produced |
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| The 1960's |
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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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| The 1970's |
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| 1974 |
GoldStar Communication went public |
| 1977 |
Color TV produced |
| 1978 |
Exports surpassed US$100 million as Korea's first in the electronics industry |
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| The 1980's |
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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 US$1 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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| The 1990's |
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| 1990 |
Ireland-based design technology center established |
| 1993 |
With the establishment of Huizhou subsidiary, China, marketing in China begun 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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| The 2000's |
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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
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| 2001 |
Asynchronous IMT-2000 equipment commercialized; the world's first Internet-enabled washing machine, air conditioner, and microwave oven launched; LG-Philips CRT, 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 networking system commercialized in the global market |
| 2003 |
World's first synchronous-asynchronous IMT-2000 mobile phone developed; the world's largest 76-inch PDP TV developed; CDMA mobile handsets took the largest share in the US CDMA market |
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