History
A tale of challenge and ceaseless innovation
SelectedFoundation and Pioneering
1947-1969 SelectedAdvancement and Innovation
1970-1994 SelectedTowards No. 1 LG
1995-2017 SelectedThe Future towards Customers
2018-
The 21st century signifies 
a leap towards 'Superior LG.’
1995 2000 2013 2018

Innovation for the 21st Century

1995
Jan.
  • Name of Lucky Goldstar Group is changed to LG
  • Name of Lucky Goldstar Group is changed to LG
Feb.
  • The third Chairman, Bon-moo Koo is inaugurated
Mar.
  • Overseas visit program for “LG’s 21st Century Advance Team” (now LG Global Challenger) for college students is implemented
Jul.
  • LG Electronics acquires Zenith Corporation, America's largest home appliance company
  • LG Electronics acquires Zenith Corporation, America's largest home appliance company
1996
Mar.
  • LG opens website (www.lg.co.kr)
Apr.
  • LG Yonam Foundation opens Sangnam Library, the first Korean e-library
  • LG Yonam Foundation opens Sangnam Library, the first Korean e-library
Jul.
  • LG Telecom (now LG U+) is established
1997
Mar.
  • LG Sakers basketball team is established
  • LG celebrates 50th anniversary
May
  • LG Chem opens Yeocheon Petrochemical Plant
Dec.
  • LG Evergreen Foundation is established
1998
May
  • The Busan LG Youth Science Museum (now the LG Science Hall Busan) is opened
Nov.
  • LG Telecom wins the grand prize at the Korea Advertising Awards for its “019 advertisement”
1999
May
  • LG’s “One Spoon Power”, a highly concentrated detergent, wins the IR52 Jang Young-shil Award
Aug.
  • LG Philips LCD (now LG Display) is established by LG LCD and Philips
Nov.
  • LG Gangnam Tower (now GS Tower) is constructed
  • LG Electronics develops the world's thinnest PDP
  • LG Electronics develops the world's thinnest PDP

Realizing a Better LG

2000
Mar.
  • LG Art Center is opened
2001
Apr.
  • LG Chem splits into three companies: LGCI, LG Chem and LG Household & Health Care
2002
May
  • LG Philips LCD launches the world's first 5th-generation TFT-LCD production line.
Aug.
  • LG Life Sciences is established
2003
Apr.
  • LG Life Sciences’ “Factive” is marked as the first Korean drug approved by the U.S. FDA
  • LG Life Sciences’ “Factive” is marked as the first Korean drug approved by the U.S. FDA
Oct.
  • LG Philips LCD develops the world's first 55-inch HDTV LCD
Nov.
  • LG Cable, LG Nikko Copper Smelting, LG Caltex Gas and Kukdong City Gas are reorganized into separate entities
Dec.
  • LG Industrial Systems is reorganized into a separate entity
2004
Jun.
  • LG Electronics is selected as “World's Best IT Company” by Business Week
Jul.
  • LG CNS develops a new transportation card system in Seoul
Oct.
  • LG Household & Health Care’s “Bamboo Salt Toothpaste” wins the award for “Best Korean Toothpaste” by People's Daily of China
Dec.
  • LG Electronics is named No.1 in all fields of optical storage
  • LG Electronics is named No.1 in all fields of optical storage
2005
Jan.
  • LG and GS are separated into two different groups
  • LG Electronics' Whisen Air Conditioner is ranked No. 1 in the world for 5 consecutive years
  • LG Electronics' Whisen Air Conditioner is ranked No. 1 in the world for 5 consecutive years
Mar.
  • LG announces the “LG Way”
Apr.
  • LG Electronics total domestic sales of Tromm Washer exceeds 1 million units
Aug.
  • LG Innotek develops the world's smallest 6.4 mm camera module for mobile phones
  • LG Innotek develops the world's smallest 6.4 mm camera module for mobile phones
2006
Mar.
  • LG Philips LCD develops the world's largest 100-inch LCD
Apr.
  • LG Philips LCD installs a 7th-generation production line in Paju
Jun.
  • LG Innotek develops two types of the world's smallest terrestrial DMB modules
Sep.
  • LG Chem expands Ningbo ABS in China and opens SBL plant
2007
Apr.
  • LG Electronics wins the “People's Brand”, Russia's most prestigious product award
May
  • LG Philips LCD develops Color Flexible, the world's first electronic paper
  • LG Philips LCD develops Color Flexible, the world's first electronic paper
Aug.
  • LG Electronics' Tromm becomes drum washing machine market leader in the US
  • LG Electronics wins at the European EISA Awards in three categories
Nov.
  • LG Solar Energy is established
2008
Apr.
  • LG Telecom launches “OZ” 3G data services
Sep.
  • LG Solar Energy opens a solar power plant in Taean
Oct.
  • LG Chem wins the grand prize at the “Global Green Management Excellence Awards”
2009
Jan.
  • LG Chem exclusively supplies batteries to GM for the world's first electric cars.
  • LG Chem exclusively supplies batteries to GM for the world's first electric cars.
Mar.
  • LG Electronics opens “Seocho R&D Campus”
Apr.
  • LG Hausys is separated from LG Chem and launched independently
Jun.
  • LG Innotek merges with LG Micron
2010
Mar.
  • LG Electronics exports 3D TVs for the first time in Korea
Jul.
  • LG Chem opens an electric vehicle battery factory, and starts to provide electric batteries to Ford as a sole supplier
Sep.
  • LG Electronics launches a water treatment business
  • LG CNS exports Korea’s first domestic financial system to Japan
2011
Apr.
  • LG Chem opens the Ochang Plant to produce electric car batteries
Jul.
  • LG U+ launches the 4G LTE commercial service
  • LG CNS signs on to build Colombia’s transportation card system
Aug.
  • LG Household & Health Care celebrates the 30th anniversary of the launch of Perio (cumulative sales exceeding 1.3 billion units)
  • LG Chem signs a joint venture contract to build a large-scale petrochemical production base in Kazakhstan
2012
Feb.
  • LG Chem is selected as the world's best electric car battery company
  • LG Chem is selected as the world's best electric car battery company
Jul.
  • LG Life Sciences’ “Zemigulo” wins KFDA approval for diabetes treatment
Sep.
  • LG Hausys opens the largest domestic Low-E glass factory
Oct.
  • LG International opens a palm oil plant in Indonesia

Undertaking New Challenges

2013
May
  • LG CNS opens “LG CNS Busan Global Cloud Data Center”, the largest data center in Korea
Jul.
  • LG Electronics opens the “LG Electronics Incheon Campus”, an R&D center for vehicle components
  • LG Electronics opens the “LG Electronics Incheon Campus”, an R&D center for vehicle components
Oct.
  • LG Chem develops three types of future batteries (stepped battery, curved battery, and cable battery)
2014
Jul.
  • LG U+ launches the broadband LTE-A service through the nationwide network
  • LG Display develops the world's first flexible and transparent OLEDs
  • LG Display develops the world's first flexible and transparent OLEDs
Aug.
  • LG Household & Health Care’s “Whoo” brand ranks first in sales in domestic duty-free shops for the first time
Nov.
  • “LG Hope Vocational School” is established in Ethiopia
  • LG Display ranks first in the world for its UHD TV panel
2015
Mar.
  • LG Chem achieves No.1 market share in China, the world's largest polarizer market
  • LG Electronics opens the Haiphong Campus in Vietnam
Jul.
  • LG Electronics releases Tromm Twin Wash
Sep.
  • LG Righteous Person Award is established.
Dec.
  • LG wins the grand award at “2015 Korea Creative Economy Awards”
  • LG Innotek ranks first in the world in sales of its camera modules for 4 consecutive years
  • LG Electronics' Tromm Washer ranks No. 1 in US sales for 9 consecutive years
2016
Mar.
  • LG Electronics releases "LG Signature", super premium household appliances, in Korea
  • LG Electronics washer sales reach 150 million units
  • LG Electronics washer sales reach 150 million units
Apr.
  • “Eupenta”, made by LG Life Sciences, wins WHO PQ approval as Korea's first pentavalent vaccine
Jul.
  • LG Chem supplies lithium-ion batteries for NASA space suits
  • LG Chem supplies lithium-ion batteries for NASA space suits
  • LG Electronics’ “Gram 15” is listed in the Guinness Book as the lightest notebook computer in the world
Oct.
  • Founding chairman of LG Group, In-Hwoi Koo and LG Chem are inducted into the “Korea Hall of Fame”
Nov.
  • LG Display wins the “2016 Korea Technology Award”
2017
Jan.
  • LG Art Center wins the 1st place in the Korea Service Quality Index (KS-SQI) for 10 consecutive years
  • LG Chem is merged with LG Life Sciences
Mar.
  • LG Electronics sells 15 million refrigerators equipped with Inverter Linear Compressors
Apr.
  • LG Chem is selected as the 2017 World's Best ESS company in North America
May
  • LG Electronics launches “LG Signature OLED TV W” Type 77
  • LG Electronics launches “LG Signature OLED TV W” Type 77
Jul.
  • LG Chem opens a diagnostic reagent factory
Oct.
  • LG Chem releases Zemirou, the first compound drug in Korea
  • LG Chem releases Zemirou, the first compound drug in Korea
Nov.
  • LG Innotek develops a UV-C LED with the world's highest output
2018
Jan.
  • LG Display develops world's first 88-inch 8K OLED display
Mar.
  • LG Electronics inverter DD motor production reaches 70 million units
  • LG Electronics inverter DD motor production reaches 70 million units
Apr.
  • LG Science Park begins full operation
  • LG Electronics acquires ZKW, a global premium headlamp company
  • LG Electronics acquires ZKW, a global premium headlamp company
May
  • Chairman Bon-moo Koo passes away