Company Introduction Overview Vision CEO Milestones Brochure Business Areas Petrochemicals Information & Electronic Material Global Network "Jeong-Do" Management "Jeong-Do" Management LG Code of Ethics Reporting Process &   Informant Protection Ethics Hotline Environmental   Management Sustainability Report Environment Energy Safety & Health Innovation Speed Management Research & Development Home > About LG Chem > Company Introduction > Milestones  1940 ~ 1969 JAN 1947 Established as Lucky Chemical Industrial Corporation NOV 1951 Produced Korea first injection-molded products JUN 1954 Commissioned first mass-production injection-molding plant AUG 1962 Established floorcovering maker Lucky Vinyl Ltd. JAN 1966 Renamed as Lucky Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. OCT 1969 Listed on Korea Stock Exchange 1970 ~ 1979 FEB 1974 Renamed as Lucky Ltd. NOV 1976 Commissioned Yeosu PVC paste resin plant AUG 1978 Commissioned Ulsan FRP plant DEC 1979 Opened Lucky Central R&D Center in Daejeon 1980 ~ 1989 SEP 1982 Completed expansion of Yeosu PVC paste resin plant MAR 1984 Acquired Korea General Chemicals’ Naju octanol plant JAN 1985 Commissioned Yeosu PS plant MAY 1987 Commissioned Naju acrylate plant 1990 ~ 1999 MAY 1990 Commissioned Yeosu VCM plant JUN 1990 Commissioned Yeosu acrylate plant OCT 1992 Commissioned Yeosu PA plant APR 1993 Developed industry’s first HCFC-resistant synthetic resin OCT 1993 Commissioned Yeosu IPA plant OCT 1994 Completed Lucky Research Park in Daejeon FEB 1995 Renamed as LG Chem. Ltd. NOV 1996 Acquired Hindustan Polymers Ltd. in India (LG Polymers India) JAN 1997 Commissioned Yeosu OXO plant APR 1997 Completed expansion of Yeosu acrylate, EDC/CA, and VCM plants DEC 1997 Named one of the Asia’s Best Companies by Euromoney MAY 1998 Commissioned Tianjin PVC and PVC flooring plants JUL 1998 Commissioned Ningbo ABS plant JUL 1998 Commissioned Yeosu NPG plant FEB 1999 Issued 2 million global depository receipts SEP 1999 Commissioned Cheongju lithium-ion battery and copper-clad laminate plants OCT 1999 Commercialized color filter photoresists for LCD panels 2000 ~ 2009 OCT 2000 Completed 90,000 mtpa expansion of Ningbo ABS plant NOV 2000 Acquired Hyundai Petrochemical’s PVC business MAR 2001 Co-founded battery developer Compact Power, Inc.in the USA APR 2001 Demerged into three separate companies: LG Chem, LG Chem Investment, and LG Household & Health Care OCT 2001 Completed 90,000 mtpa expansion of Tianjin PVC plant FEB 2002 Completed Cheongju polarizer plant expansion APR 2002 Completed expansion of Cheongju battery plant,doubling capacity AUG 2002 Commissioned Guangzhou EP compound plant AUG 2002 Established LG Chem China Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai DEC 2002 Completed 150,000 mtpa expansion of Ningbo ABS plant MAR 2003 Commissioned Tianjin window profile and door plant JUN 2003 Acquired 50% equity stake in Hyundai Petrochemicals JUL 2003 Completed 100,000 mtpa expansion of Tianjin PVC plant AUG 2003 Established Nanjing battery and polarizer back-end processing plants NOV 2003 Established LG Chem Industrial Materials, Inc. in the USA JAN 2004 Completed expansion of Ochang polarizer MAR 2004 Completed Ochang Techno Park production complex for Information & Electronic Materials Group JUN 2004 Established Ningbo SBL joint venture JUL 2004 Established marketing subsidiary LG Chem (Taiwan), Ltd. in Taiwan NOV 2004 Commissioned Guangzhou ABS plant DEC 2004 Established LG Chem (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in Beijing JAN 2005 Completed business split of Hyundai Petrochemicals and established LG Daesan Petrochemicals JUN 2005 Established joint R&D lab with Moscow State University JUL 2005 Established sales subsidiary LG Chem Europe GmbH in Frankfurt OCT 2005 Commissioned HI-MACS®solid acrylic surface plant in the USA NOV 2005 Established LG Chem Poland Sp. z o.o. polarizer back-end subsidiary in Poland NOV 2005 Completed expansion of Ochang polarizer (26,000,000 m²) JAN 2006 Merged with LG Daesan Petrochemicals DEC 2006 Completed expansion of Ochang polarizer (49,000,000 m²) APR 2007 Completed expansion of Daesan NCC, raising capacity to 260,000 mtpa of ethylene and 130,000 mtpa of propylene NOV 2007 Merged with LG Petrochemical SEP 2008 Acquisition of Kolon’s SAP Business DEC 2008 LG Chem Industrial Material Russia, establishment of LLC APR 2009 Spin off Industrial Materials Business   (2009.11) Corporate Brochure Annual Report Sustainability Report Investor Relations Global Network

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