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History of LG Electronics

By Yasin Resif

  LG Electronics is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic devices products. As of 2009, this company is the third largest-producer of mobile phones and the second largest-producer of television sets in the entire world. Its central headquarters is situated in the LG Twin Towers in Seoul, South Korea. The organization has about one hundred and forty nine subsidiaries worldwide that manufacture different types of electronic gadgets from house appliances to telecommunication devices. Electronics is a Top 100 worldwide brand that is a dominant force to be reckoned with within the electronic devices industry.


The company started in 1947 under the trading name Lak Hui. Back then, it was not yet an electronics company but much more of a cosmetics and trading business. Then by 1958, Goldstar was set up by In-Hwoi Koo, who was the founder of Lak Hui. It should be known that Goldstar created the very first radio in Korea. The letter G in LG Electronics today traces its roots from Goldstar-its original manufacturer name.

Then within the 1960's, Goldstar, which was the electronics division of Lak Hui expanded

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