The global leader in the display market, LG.Philips Displays is the joint venture between the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) businesses of LG Electronics of Korea and Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. In 2003, the company’s share of the total market for both Color Picture Tubes (CPTs) and Color Display Tubes (CDTs) stood at 27 percent. Today, 1 out of 4 television sets or computer monitors has an LG.Philips Displays tube inside. It is our goal to make it 1 out of 3 by 2005.
LG.Philips Displays is the world’s market leader in color picture tubes for use in televisions and computer monitors. The company, with its operational headquarters in Hong Kong, employs about 27,000 people and has 23 factories worldwide as of end-2003.
The picture is crystal clear:
LG.Philips Displays is the world’s leading company in display technologies.
Our Parent Companies
LG Electronics is a major global player in electronics and telecommunications, operating 76 subsidiaries around the world with over 64,000 employees worldwide. LGE focuses on Digital TV, CD-RW, DVD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM Drives, PCs, Monitors, Mobile Handsets, CRTs and PDPs. LGE is strengthening core competencies even more to further its reputation in electronic products and equipment in the digital era. LGE is headquartered in Seoul, Korea, and was founded in 1958. Further information is located at: www.lge.com
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world’s biggest electronics companies and Europe’s largest, with sales of EUR 29 billion in 2003. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, electric shavers, medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, and one-chip TV products. Its 164,500 employees in more than 60 countries are active in the areas of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, semiconductors, and medical systems. Philips is quoted on the NYSE (symbol: PHG), Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges.