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Headquarters : LG Twin Towers, 20 Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-gu Seoul 150-721 South Korea South Korea web www.lg.co.kr tel. 82-2-3773-1114 analytics

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Labor 1 Jobs -4% /1998 Fraud 1 Offshore 1 Sales 52 Bn $.€ /year Influence 1
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year
business
source
2008LG is the fourth largest cellphone seller, the ninth largest in 2003.Capital
2008LG is the fourth largest cellphone seller.Capital
2008LG is the fourth largest maker of flat-screen TVs, the seventh in 2003.Capital
2008LG is the third largest maker of household appliances, the fifth in 2003.Capital
2007LG Displays is the world's second-largest maker of liquid-crystal displays.Bloomberg
2007LG is the world's second-largest plasma TV manufacturer. LG makes 26,5% of the plasma screens bought in the world.Les Echos
2007LG Powercom is the third-largest high-speed internet access provider in South Korea with a 11% market share.Les Echos
2007During the first quarter of 2007, LG sold 6.2% of the cellular phones bought in the World.Les Echos
2006LG is the largestTV manufacturer in the world, with 11% of the world market.Les Echos
2006LG is South Korea's second-largest cellphone maker.Les Echos
2006LG sold 3,8 million LCD TV and 1,5 million plasma TVs.Les Echos
2004LG makes 23% of the LCD screens bought in the worldLes Echos
2004LG 6% sold of the cellular netsystems installed in ChinaLes Echos
2004Controls 5,3% of the cellular phone market in the world
2003LG sells 6% of the flat-panel TVs bought in the world.Les Echos
2003LG sells 10,5% of the flat-screen TVs bought in France.La Tribune
2003LG sells 5,8% of the Mobile phones bought in FranceLes Echos
2002LG sells 3,7% of the cellular phones bought in the World.
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subsidiarycountry%source
LG-EDS South Korea50
Zenith Electronics Corp. United States of America55
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country
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United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
LG Electronics, Inc, P.O.Box : 17463 Jebel Ali & 04-813663 :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
LG Electronics Gulf FZE, P.O.Box : 61445 Jebel Ali & 04-813663 :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
LG Electronics Middle East Company Limited, P.O.Box : 16782 Jebel Ali & 04-813663 :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Mexico Mexico
36 PARQ.IND.MEXICALI 21600 BAJA CALIFORNIA MEXICALI & 611339 :
 Sistema de Informacion de la Industria Maquiladora
Poland Poland
LG. Philips : usine de téléviseurs à écrans plats
 Les Echos
Poland Poland
Mlawa : usine de téléviseurs
 AFP
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  • Environmental impact

  • Human impact

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2000Bon-Moo, Koo
See the photo of: Bon-Moo, Koo Chief Executive Officer;
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» Highest paid executives in 2007
year
employees
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social impact : country
source
2006
-300
Closure/Bankruptcy: Dépôt de bilan de LG.Philips Displays Dreux. « Créée en 2001 pour anticiper la fin de vie du tube cathodique, cette structure [holding et deux filiales] permet maintenant aux deux actionnaires de se retirer de cette activité sans en assumer les conséquences sociales », souligne la CGT.: France
Les Echos
2005
-380
Closure/Bankruptcy: Germany
Les Echos
2004
-235
Internal restructuring: LG Philips Displays France will cut half of its workforce at the unit in Dreux, manufacturing 29’’colour display tubes: France
2003
-630
AFP
2001
130000
1998
126000
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» Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007
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employees
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social impact : country
source
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  • Subsidy

yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincome source
2008 LG, Sharp and Chunghwa Picture Tubes have pleaded guilty of price fixing of LCD screens in the United States between 2001 and 2006 and agreed to pay a total of $ 585 million fine.     Les Echos
2002   52,48   billion US$
2001   48,28   billion US$
2000   72,62   billion US$
1999   66,52   billion US$
1998   46,71-0,5   billion US$
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» Financial delinquency in 2007
yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincomeassetsbuybacksource
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year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2000Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations translateCorporate Europe Observatory
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» Influence in 2007
year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
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year
dubious practice : image
source
2009slogan: LG. Life's Good.;
2001ad budget: 311 million US$; Advertising Age
2000ad budget: 309 million US$; Advertising Age
1999slogan: Digitally yours;
1998ad budget: 131 million US$; Advertising Age
1997ad budget: 237 million US$; Advertising Age
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