When APPLIANCE magazine traveled to...

When APPLIANCE magazine traveled to southerly Korea 3 years ago to write a Special Section onward LG Electronics (LGE), we knew it was individual company that was going to impact the global appliance industry. And lately, it present the appearances we're not alone. Just this past June LGE topped BusinessWeek's Information Technology 100 List and was coined "The nearest Big Player" on the veil of TIME magazine.

Perhaps the real evidence, however, is in the numbers. In 2003 the southward Korean manufacturer reported sales of US$40 billion. More freshly the company reported that gin profit almost doubled in the other ...