| 2000s - |
| 2000.10 |
Completed 90,000 mtpa expansion of Ningbo ABS plant |
| 2000.11 |
Acquired Hyundai Petrochemical’s PVC business |
| 2001.03 |
Co-founded battery developer Compact Power Inc. in the USA |
| 2001.04 |
Demerged into three separate companies: LG Chem, LG Chem Investment, and LG Household & Health Care |
| 2001.10 |
Completed 90,000 mtpa expansion of Tianjin PVC plant |
| 2002.02 |
Completed Cheongju polarizer plant expansion |
| 2002.04 |
Completed expansion of Cheongju battery plant, doubling capacity |
| 2002.08 |
Commissioned Guangzhou EP compound plant |
| 2002.08 |
Established LG Chem China Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai |
| 2002.12 |
Completed 150,000 mtpa expansion of Ningbo ABS plant |
| 2003.03 |
Commissioned Tianjin window profile and door plant |
| 2003.06 |
Acquired 50% equity stake in Hyundai Petrochemicals |
| 2003.07 |
Completed 100,000 mtpa expansion of Tianjin PVC plant |
| 2003.08 |
Established Nanjing battery and polarizer post-processing plants |
| 2003.11 |
Established LG Chem Industrial Materials Inc. in the USA |
| 2004.01 |
Completed expansion of Ochang polarizer plant #1 |
| 2004.03 |
Completed Ochang Techno Park production complex for Information & Electronic Materials Group |
| 2004.06 |
Established Ningbo SBL joint venture |
| 2004.07 |
Established marketing subsidiary LG Chem (Taiwan), Ltd. in Taiwan |
| 2004.11 |
Commissioned Guangzhou ABS plant |
| 2004.12 |
Established LG Chem (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in Beijing |
| 2005.01 |
Completed business split of Hyundai Petrochemicals and established LG Daesan Petrochemicals |
| 2005.06 |
Established joint R&D lab with Moscow State University |
| 2005.07 |
Established sales subsidiary LG Chem Europe GmbH in Frankfurt |
| 2005.10 |
Commissioned Hi-Macs solid acrylic surface plant in the USA |
| 2005.11 |
Established LG Chem Poland Sp. z o.o. Poland polarizer post-processing plant |
| 2005.11 |
Completed expansion of Ochang polarizer plant #2 |
| 2006.01 |
Merged with LG Daesan Petrochemicals |
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(2009.01) |