LG Electronics (KRX: 066570, LSE: LGLD), also known as Lucky GoldStar Electronics (LGE), is a South Korean multinational corporation. It is South Korea's second largest electronics maker and the world's third largest appliance maker.
With headquarters in the LG Twin Towers on Yeouido, Seoul, LG Electronics is the flagship company of LG Group, one of the largest chaebols.
The company has 75 subsidiaries worldwide that design and manufacture televisions, home appliances, and telecommunications devices. LG Electronics owns Zenith Electronics and controls 37.9 percent of LG Display.
By 2005, LG was a Top 100 global brand and in 2006, LG recorded a brand growth of 14%.
Now the world's largest plasma panel manufacturer, its affiliate, LG Display, is one of the largest manufacturers of liquid crystal displays. Also in 2006, the company's mobile phone division, LG Mobile, marketed the LG Chocolate phone, changing the company's image of the maker of thick 3G phones. It now focuses on the design and marketing of phones such as the LG Shine, the LG Glimmer and LG Prada (KE850). As a result, the company was picked as "The Design Team of the Year" by the Red Dot Design Award in 2006~2007 and is often called the "New Apple" or "New Sony" in the industry and online communities. They also sponsor English Premier League club, Fulham FC.
Billboards at Dundas Square in Toronto, Canada, featuring an LG advertisement.
LG logo in Madrid, Spain.
In 2006, its net income was $226 million, on total revenues of $24.7 billion
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