SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) - LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it has delivered prosthetic arms and legs to help the disabled in Africa. Since 2006, LG Electronics has been providing the medical instruments to Kenyan patients who became disabled in wars or terror attacks. Around 700 patients successfully received the support. LG Electronics also has [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 2 tech firm LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will showcase a new budget smartphone series at the Mobile World Congress that kicks off later this month, in a bid to revitalize the ailing handset business. The X series will come in two models — the [...]
SEOUL, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – As LG Electronics announced the performance of its Mobile Communications (MC) business division (in charge of smartphones) for the fourth quarter of 2015, the industry response can be summed up as “It wasn’t bad, but the future seems dark”. The MC division reported a loss of 43.8 billion won in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) -LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it has released a new wider screen laptop that weighs less than 1 kilogram and boasts a strong battery that lasts up to 10.5 hours. South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant said the Gram 15 laptop comes with a 15.6-inch display, but weighs only 980 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it will invest 527.2 billion won (US$435 million) to expand its solar module production facilities as part of an effort to secure a new growth engine. Under the plan, LG Electronics will add six more production lines to its solar module plant based in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics (LG) today announced plans to significantly expand its solar energy solution business with a multimillion dollar investment to expand its solar panel manufacturing capabilities in South Korea. LG entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Korean city of Gumi to invest USD 435 million (KRW 527.2 [...]
SEOUL, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics and LG Display announced that they have installed an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) structure on the first, second and fourth floors of Namsan’s N Tower. A total of 248 55-inch OLED panels were used in the installation. Taking advantage of their advanced OLED technology and light, thin high [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics (LG) announced today that the company’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial will be produced by Ridley Scott’s production company, RSA Films. Jake Scott will direct the spot that showcases LG’s widely acclaimed OLED TV technology. As part of the company’s aggressive marketing effort, LG’s Super Bowl 50 commercial [...]
SEOUL, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics and Google have joined forces to launch a Smart TV content application. Cooperation between the two companies seems to on solid footing after joint marketing efforts for LG’s new OLED TVs. LG Electronics announced on November 18 that it is bringing a new content application, Google Play Movies [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s LG Display Co. maintained its top position in the large-sized panel market for the sixth consecutive year, data showed Tuesday, coming in far above other South Korean and Taiwanese rivals. LG shipped 39.4 million units of display panels 9 inches or higher in the July-September period with [...]