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GoldStar

Logo: Raphaelbaudet2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

1958–2002 South Korean electronics company

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 Lucky Chemical. LG Cable was spun off from LG Electronics and changed its name to LS Cable in 2005.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1958Founded1
  • HeadquartersSeoul1
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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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 Lucky Chemical. LG Cable was spun off from LG Electronics and changed its name to LS Cable in 2005.2

Products and brands

  • home appliance

Listed on Wikidata.1

Manufacturing

GoldStar manufactured a wide variety of products, including radios, televisions, air conditioners, MSX home computers, LCD games, videocassette recorders, video and audio cassette tapes, microwave ovens, electronic typewriters, integrated circuits, escalators, elevators, injection molding machines, dehumidifiers, fans, 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.

Other products

GoldStar also produced some models of computer monitors, optical disc drives and a model/version of multimedia videogame console 3DO, along with several manufacturers such as Sanyo, JVC or Samsung among others.

From Wikipedia’s article on GoldStar, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2002Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1958Founded Founded1

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