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2026
LG expands partnership with NVIDIA in robotics and AI businesses
LG is expanding its cooperation with NVIDIA in robotics and other businesses, planning to release a next-generation humanoid robot in the first quarter of next year that uses NVIDIA Jetson Thor as its onboard computing platform and is developed based on the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T humanoid robot foundation model and NVIDIA Halos for Robotics safety system. The two companies are also advancing AI factory construction using NVIDIA's DSX AI factory architecture and LG's 'One IG' technologies, with plans for a demonstration project based on NVIDIA Vera Rubin in the first half of 2027 and an 80-megawatt LG AI factory in South Korea's South Chungcheong Province in the first half of 2028.
2022
LEKIN completes acquisition of LG Innotek's optoelectronic compound semiconductor business
LEKIN announced that it had completed the acquisition of LG Innotek's optoelectronic compound semiconductor business, including nearly 10,000 patents, equipment and technology.
2021
LG Innotek Gumi earns zero-waste-to-landfill certification
LG Innotek said its Gumi branch earned the platinum grade of Underwriters Laboratory’s “zero waste to landfill” certification for a 100 percent recycling rate.
2021
LG Innotek and Microsoft sign 3D sensing module development memorandum
LG Innotek announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to jointly develop a ToF 3D sensing module for Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.
2021
LG Innotek develops digital car key module
LG Innotek said it had successfully developed a digital car key module that allows a smartphone to replace a vehicle key, including unlocking and locking the vehicle and starting the engine.
2020
LG Innotek signs information-protection cooperation agreement
LG Innotek said it signed an agreement with the Korean Intellectual Property Office and partner firms to cooperate on protecting confidential business information. LG Innotek will provide partners with education and policy consultations and help them build systems to protect business secrets.
2020
LG Innotek halts operations at its Gumi plant
LG Innotek halted operations at its phone display plant in Gumi, South Korea, after an employee was confirmed to have coronavirus.
2020
Viavi reaches patent settlement with LG Electronics
Viavi Solutions announced that it had reached a patent-infringement settlement with LG Electronics and LG Innotek over alleged use of Viavi optical-filter patents. The settlement terms were not disclosed.
2019
VIAVI files patent infringement complaints against LG and Optrontec
VIAVI filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission seeking an investigation into alleged patent infringement involving certain mobile phones and tablets, and also filed a patent infringement complaint in federal court against LG Electronics, LG Electronics U.S.A., LG Innotek and Optrontec. These are allegations in the complaints, not a court determination.