GoldStar was a South Korean electronics company established in 1958. The corporate name was changed to
LG Electronics
LG Electronics Inc. () is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics is a part of LG Corporation, the fourth largest '' chaebol'' in South Korea, and often considered ...
and
LG Cable on February 28, 1995, after merging with
Lucky Chemical. LG Cable was spun off from LG Electronics and changed its name to
LS Cable in 2005.
Manufacturing
GoldStar manufactured a wide variety of products, including
radios,
televisions,
air conditioners,
MSX home computers,
LCD games,
videocassette recorder
A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, and can play back the reco ...
s,
video
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) sy ...
and
audio cassette tape
The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the tape cassette, cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Otten ...
s,
microwave oven
A microwave oven (commonly referred to as a microwave) is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range. This induces polar molecules in the food to rotate and produce ...
s,
electronic typewriters,
integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Large numbers of tiny ...
s,
escalators,
elevators,
dehumidifier
A dehumidifier is an air conditioning device which reduces and maintains the level of humidity in the air. This is done usually for health or thermal comfort reasons, or to eliminate musty odor and to prevent the growth of mildew by extractin ...
s, and
tractors. GoldStar televisions became a commonly sold brand of consumer television sets in the United States in the 1980s.
GoldStar Precision was a division manufacturing electronic test equipment such as
multi-meters and
oscilloscopes and industrial electronics. The name was changed to LG Precision with the merger, with many of the same products and model numbers being produced but with new branding. The measuring device division was acquired by EZ Digital in 1999, again with identical or similar model numbers.
The industrial products continue under the company name
LIG Nex1.
Motors
GoldStar tractors began in 1975, as a division of
Hyundai Hyundai is a South Korean industrial conglomerate (" chaebol"), which was restructured into the following groups:
* Hyundai Group, parts of the former conglomerate which have not been divested
** Hyundai Mobis, Korean car parts company
** Hyundai A ...
, in cooperation with
Yanmar of Japan. In 1977, they began cooperation with
Fiat
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (, , ; originally FIAT, it, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino, lit=Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiar ...
of Italy, and in 1983, was acquired by GoldStar. Both companies, Lucky Chemicals and Goldstar Co. Ltd, merged and formed Lucky-Goldstar in this year. That same year, they began cooperation with
Mitsubishi, and re-established cooperation with Fiat in 1984.
Tractors were sold under the GoldStar and Fiat-GoldStar brands. Fiat-GoldStar was a brand of tractors sold in cooperation with the Fiat company of Italy. The Fiat-GoldStar name was discontinued when GoldStar changed its corporate name to LG Cable.
Other products
GoldStar also produced some models of
computer monitors
A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a visual display, support electronics, power supply, housing, electrical connectors, and external user controls.
The d ...
and
optical disc drive
In computing, an optical disc drive is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs. Some drives can only r ...
s.
See also
*
LG Tractors
LG Tractors was a division of LG Cable. The group of companies were formerly known as GoldStar Cable.
It is part of the LG Group. In 2005, LG Cable split off and became a separate company, taking the name LS Cable.
The tractor division began in ...
*
LS Tractors
References
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LG Electronics
Home appliance manufacturers of South Korea
Electronics companies established in 1958
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2002
2002 disestablishments in South Korea
South Korean companies established in 1958
Radio manufacturers