LG
LG Electronics Inc. is a South Korean
multinational electronics company headquartered in
Yeouido-dong,
Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics is a part of
LG Corporation, the fourth largest
chaebol in South Korea, and often considered as the pinnacle of LG Corp with the group's chemical and battery division
LG Chem. It comprises four business units: home entertainment, mobile communications, home appliances & air solutions, and vehicle components.
In 1958, LG Electronics was founded as
GoldStar (
Hangul:
금성). It was established in the aftermath of the
Korean War to provide the rebuilding nation with domestically produced
consumer electronics and home appliances. The start of the country's national broadcasting that created a booming electronics market and a close relationship it quickly forged with
Hitachi helped
GoldStar to produce South Korea's first radios, TVs, refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners.
[4] GoldStar was one of the LG groups with a brethren company, Lak-Hui (pronounced "Lucky") Chemical Industrial Corp. which is now
LG Chem and
LG Households.
GoldStar merged with
Lucky Chemical and
GoldStar Cable on 28 February 1995, changing the corporate name to Lucky-Goldstar and then finally to LG Electronics.
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