LS Group

LS Corporation

Type	Public
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	1936
Headquarters	Anyang, South Korea
Key people	Ja-Yol Koo (Chairman & CEO, LS Corp.) Ja-Yub Koo (Chairman & CEO, LS Cable & System) Ja-Hong Koo (Chairman & CEO, LS-Nikko Copper)
Revenue	US$25,175 million (2010) [1]
Net income	US$775 million (2010)
Total assets	US$19,170 million (2010)
Subsidiaries	LS Cable, LS Industrial Systems, LS-Nikko Copper, LS Mtron
Website	lsholdings.com

LS Group is a South Korean chaebol (conglomerate). It is composed of LS Corp. (see below), E1 (LPG), and YESCO (LNG). "LS Corp." is a holding company, which comprises LS Cable & System (power & communications cables), LS Industrial Systems (electrical equipment & automation systems), LS-Nikko Copper (copper smelter & refiner) and LS Mtron (machinery & components). The company is controlled by the Koo family, the founding family of LG Group.

LS Group was spun off from LG Group in 2003. In 2010, LS Group and its subsidiaries have approximately US$25.2 billion in revenue worldwide with about 100 subsidiaries in 25 countries.

LS stands for "Leading Solution".

Group families

• LS Corp
  • LS Cable & System (LS Cable & System, GCI, Alutek, Pountek, Kospace, LS Global, etc.)
    • Gaon Cable (Gaon Cable, Weduss)
  • LS Industrial Systems (Formerly LG Industrial Systems) (LS IS, LS Metal, Planet, LS Mecapion, LS Sauter, LS Power Semitech, Trino)
  • LS-Nikko Copper (LS-Nikko Copper, GRM, Torecom, Recytech Korea, Wahchang, Sunwo)
  • LS Mtron (LS Mtron, Daesung Electric/Deltech, Casco, Nongaon Gyeongju, Nongaon Pyeongtaek)
    • LS Tractor
• E1 (E1, E1 Logistics, E1 Container Terminal, Dongbang City Gas)
  • LS Networks (Prospecs)
• YESCO (YESCO, YESCO Service, Daehan GM, Hansung Group)
• LS I&D (Superior Essex)

Training Facility

LS Group operates their own training facility near Ansung in Gyeonggi Province for its employees.

See also

• LG Group
• GS Group
• LS_Tractors

References