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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Materials
Energy efficiency
Energy and environment
Earth science
High energy physics
Accelerator and fusion
Life science
Nanoscience
Physical bioscience
Genomics
Computing science
LG Chem Ltd.
LG Twin Towers, 20, Yeouido-doing, Yeongdeungpo-gu
Seoul 150-721, Korea
Phone: +82 2-3773-0617, 0618; Fax: +82 2-785-0324
Web: www.lgchem.com
E-mail: info@lgchem.com
KEY PERSONNEL: Bahn-Suk Kim; President and CEO
Yu-Sig Kang; CEO and Vice Chairman
Suk-Jeh Cho; Exec. VP and CFO
Kyusok Park; Exec. VP, Industrial Materials
Sangjin Hong; VP, LG Chem, China
Jin-Nyoung; Exec. VP, LG Chem Research Park
EMPLOYEES: 10,000 employees
HISTORY: Founded in 1947
Established its central research institute in 1979
Started R&D in genetic engineering field in 1981
Acquired Anjin Pharma Corp., Pharmaceutical Division (1989)
Name changed from Lucky Ltd. (1995)
Demerged from LG Chemical Ltd. into LG Chem Investment, LG Chem and
LG Household & Healthcare (4/01)
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Listed on the Korean Stock Exchange
Sales W71.274b (YE 04) compared to W56.725b (YE 03)
Net income W5.364b (YE 04) compared to W3.621b (YE 03)
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: Three main businesses: Chemicals and polymers, industrial materials, and
information and electronic materials
Subsidiaries:
LG Petrochemical Ltd.
LG Dow Polycarbonate Ltd.
Tianjin LG Dagu Chemical Co. Ltd.
Ningbo LG Yongxing Chemical Co. Ltd.
Tianjin LG New Building Materials Co. Ltd.
Tianjin LG Window & Doors Co. Ltd.
LG Chemical (Guangzhou) Engineering Plastics Co. Ltd.
LG Chem (Nanjing) Information & Electronica Materials
LG Chemical India Private Ltd.
LG Chemical America Inc.
LG Chemical Hong Kong Ltd.
Compact Power Inc.
LG Chem Industrial Materials
LG VINA Chemcial
LG Chem (China) Investment Co. Ltd.
LG Chem (Tianjin) Engineering Plastics Co. Ltd.
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