LG Tractors

LG Tractors was a division of

LG Cable LS Cable & System (Korean: LS전선, 엘에스전선) is a South Korea-based industrial corporation with global operations and one of the biggest cable manufacturers worldwide. Its products comprise power and telecommunication cables and system ...

. The group of companies were formerly known as GoldStar Cable. It is part of the

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. In 2005, LG Cable split off and became a separate company, taking the name LS Cable. The tractor division began in 1975 as a part of

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in cooperation with

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. See

GoldStar GoldStar was a South Korean electronics company established in 1958. The corporate name was changed to LG Electronics and LG Cable on February 28, 1995, after merging with LG Chem, Lucky Chemical. LG Cable was spun off from LG Electronics and ch ...

for more history. LG had tie-ups with

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and

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/ New Holland, (

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), and sold tractors under the LG, LG-Fiat and LG-New Holland brands. They also built tractors for sale by LG Montana,

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, LongAgri and Farmtrac in

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. In 2005,

split off from LG and became

LS Cable LS Cable & System (Korean: LS전선, 엘에스전선) is a South Korea-based industrial corporation with global operations and one of the biggest cable manufacturers worldwide. Its products comprise power and telecommunication cables and system ...

. The tractor division became

LS Tractors LS Mtron Co., Ltd. is a South Korean heavy machinery and electronic components manufacturer company headquartered in Anyang, Gyeonggi, Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi, South Korea. Its products include tractors, Injection moulding machine, in ...

, and tractors began to be sold under the LS and LS-New Holland brands. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lg Tractors LG Corporation South Korean brands