LS Cable & System

LS Cable & System (Korean: LS전선, 엘에스전선) is a South Korea-based industrial corporation with global operations and one of the biggest cable manufacturers worldwide. Its products comprise power and telecommunication cables and systems, as well as integrated modules and other related industrial materials. LS Cable & System furthermore provides engineering services, installation and commissioning of high voltage and extra high voltage landlines as well as turnkey submarine cabling project execution.

LS Cable & System (LS C&S) has its headquarters at the LS Tower in Anyang^[4] and nine domestic factories of which six are located in Gumi, two in Donghae and one in Anyang. Additionally LS C&S has nine other factories in China, Malaysia, Vietnam and India. Furthermore, LS C&S owns magnet wire and data cable manufacturer Superior Essex with 24^[5] factories spread over North America, Europe and China. LS C&S sales subsidiaries and branches overseas are located in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and in the Americas. LS C&S also owns JS Cable, Gaeon Cable, Pountek, Global Cable Incorporated, Kospace and Alutek, all of them with factories in Korea.

LS Cable & System was founded as Korea Cable Industry in May 1962 and became Goldstar Cable in 1969.

It was then known as LG (Lucky Goldstar) Cable until it separated from the LG Group in November 2003 to lead an independent brand power. It was established as its own cable company, LS Cable, in March 2005 as a part of the newly formed LS Group.

On June 11, 2008, LS Cable announced the purchase of Atlanta-based magnet wire and communication cable maker Superior Essex.^[6] The transaction, valued at roughly $900 million,^[7] extends LS Cable's reach into North American and European markets.

In March 2011 LS Cable was renamed and thus became LS Cable & System.

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  50 depicting LS Cable & System's 50 years of history from 1962 to 2012

En 2012, LS Cable & System participó por primera vez en la historia de la empresa en InnoTrans, ^{[ 10 ]} una feria comercial centrada en la industria del transporte ferroviario, exhibiendo sus productos relacionados con el ferrocarril.

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  Stand de LS Cable & System en la feria InnoTrans 2012 en Berlín , Alemania.
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  Cables ferroviarios de LS Cable & System, tal como se muestran en su stand en la feria InnoTrans 2012 en Berlín, Alemania.

LS Cable & System patrocina al equipo de regatas del Club Náutico 700 de Seúl. Gracias a este patrocinio, el Club Náutico pudo modernizar uno de sus yates Yamaha 31 Festa para que pudiera participar en regatas de la Clase Internacional y la Clase de Regatas Oceánicas (ORC). El barco de LS C&S quedó tercero en la Copa de Corea 2012 ^{[ 11 ]} en la categoría "Etapa 1" y también obtuvo el tercer puesto en la Copa BMW.

Además, el Club Náutico participó en varias regatas adicionales con el yate LS C&S, como la Regata Internacional del Mar Amarillo, la Regata Internacional del Río Han 2012 y la Copa Subaru Za Tokyo Bay Open 2012.

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  Yate Yamaha 31 Festa de LS Cable & System en la Korea Cup en mayo de 2012.
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  Yate Yamaha 31 Festa de LS Cable & System en la BMW Cup en junio de 2012.

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