Category: LG

Remember the container ship with the new LG fridge freezer plastered all over it from yesterday? Well, here’s one of the new LG fridge models, with water and ice but that doesn’t require to be plumbed in. It carries the catchy model name of GWL227HSYA, which is of course easy to remember…

This is one of the stories that border on “whacky”. But, it’s serious as LG have indeed painted a massive advert on a container ship, which you can see in the image below, to mark the launch of it’s new energy efficient fridge freezers.

LG Electronics has offered to make in-home modifications on French door refrigerator models that were improperly certified as Energy Star compliant in the United States. Under terms of an agreement with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), LG will also compensate owners, modify unsold in…

South Korea’s second-largest consumer electronics maker, said Monday a U.S. federal judge has ruled in its favor in a patent lawsuit brought by U.S. appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling on October 10, ending a five-year pa…

Global electronics giant LG Electronics, have introduced its flagship washing machines for the second half of 2008 and announced its business strategies for achieving a top global position in with appliances as well as total sales of 7 billion USD by 2012.

LG is apparently considering a bid for General Electric Co’s appliance division and will likely hire an investment bank to advise on the deal, the Financial Times reported on its Web site Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Senior executives at LG charged with preparing a detailed…

Suits and counter suits between Whirlpool and LG Electronics are mounting in a Delaware district court here over alleged refrigerator patent infringements. In the latest round of legal wrangling, Whirlpool has added four more patent violations to an existing suit in which it is seeking injunctive…

LG Electronics, the Korean consumer durables and electronics major, would look at increasing prices of its top end refrigerators and washing machines by around three per cent due to the hike in steel and oil prices, primary components for refrigerator and washing machine manufacturing. Whilst no …

LG Electronics showcased what it calls “strategic washers” as well as fridge freezers at the world’s biggest annual kitchen show to appeal to consumers with high-purchasing power. The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show runs for three days in Chicago, with some 900 manufacturers of home appliances f…

LG Electronics have signed a cross-licensing deal with GE Consumer & Industrial covering freezers and cooking devices in a bid to compete with primarily Whirlpool and Electrolux in the US home appliances market. On top of the ongoing dispute with Whirlpool over US patents this will not come a…