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LG Chem Ltd. (Korean: LG화학), often referred to as LG Chemical, is the largest Korean chemical company〔 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. According to Chemical and Engineering News, it was the 13th largest chemical company in the world by sales in 2014. It was first established as the Lucky Chemical Industrial Corporation, which manufactured cosmetics. It is now solely a business-to-business company. In order to create a holding company, the "old" LG Chem (the legal predecessor of LG Corp) was split off, creating the "new" LG Chem and LG Care. The "old" LG Chem changed its name to LG CI l. After its merger with LG EI (the legal successor of Goldstar) in 2003, it changed its name to LG Corp. The company has eight factories in South Korea and a network of 29 business locations in 15 countries. This network includes a holding company in China, 14 overseas manufacturing subsidiaries, five marketing subsidiaries, seven representative offices, and two R&D centers. LG Chem has three main business areas: * Basic materials and chemicals * Information technology and electronics materials * Energy solutions ==Basic materials and chemicals== LG Chem is a supplier of petrochemicals ranging from basic distillates to specialty polymers. For example, it is a large producer of common plastics such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), styrene-acrylonitrile resin (SAN),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=ABS/SAN )〕 and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=PVC )〕 It also produces raw materials and liquids, including plasticizers, specialty additives, alcohols, polyolefins, acrylic acid, synthetic rubber, styrenics, performance polymers, engineering plastics, elastomers, conductive resins, and other chemicals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LG Chem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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