GOLDSTAR
|
Jan.
1968 |
The "Goldstar" trademark started offering elevators
and escalators in Korea |
| Jan.
1978 |
Export under
ˇ°Goldstarˇ± trademark began |
| Oct.
1985 |
Started to produce Gearless
Elevators (DC control) |
| Apr.
1987 |
Developed VVVF Controlled
Elevators |
| Apr.
1989 |
Installed new Elevator
Test Tower (114M, ChangwonFactory) |
| Dec.
1992 |
Acquired ISO 9001 Certificate |
| Sep.
1993 |
Produced VVVF Controlled
Gearless Elevators (up to
420m/min) |
LG
|
| Jan.
1994 |
Changed trademark to
ˇ°LGˇ± |
| Nov.
1996 |
Acquired ISO 14001 Certificate |
| Oct.
1997 |
Established the second factory in Dalian, China
to meet the demands of the Chinese market |
| Aug.
1998 |
Produced 100,000 units
of elevators and escalators |
SIGMA
|
| Dec.
2001 |
After the December 1999 Acquistion
(LG's sale of its elevator and escalator business
to Otis Elevator Korea), the SIGMA Elevator Company
was created and the "SIGMA" trademark was registered
for overseas markets |
| Sep.
2005 |
Achieved 100 million USD worth of bookings
in overseas markets in the year 2005 |
| As
of 2006 |
Exported
over
53,715
units
(cumulative)
across
75
countries
outside
of
Korea
|
