LG Electronics is expanding its business portfolio beyond home appliances to include AI data centers, smart factories, robotics, and automotive technologies. The company is showcasing its strategy to extend existing appliance technologies into AI infrastructure and business-to-business (B2B) solutions at the Korea Electronics Show (KES) 2026.
From October 13 to 16, LG Electronics is participating in the 57th KES at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul. The exhibition space of 902 square meters is divided into two sections: the 'Daily Layer' focusing on everyday life and the 'Industrial Layer' highlighting B2B initiatives.
In the Industrial Layer, LG is prominently featuring its AI data center cooling technology, which it has identified as a key growth area. The display includes a 'chip-to-chiller' solution that connects chillers to cooling distribution units (CDUs) and cold plates that directly absorb heat from semiconductors. As the heat output from AI servers increases, cooling systems have become critical infrastructure for the energy efficiency and stability of data centers.
Additionally, LG is showcasing smart factory technologies that integrate AI and robotics. Three autonomous mobile collaborative robots, 'LG MoMa,' will demonstrate material handling and operational tasks. This area illustrates physical AI technology that combines digital twins and robotics to autonomously assess and execute tasks on the production floor.
The company is also expanding its component technology from home appliances to robotics. It has broadened its business scope to include actuators, which are essential components for moving robotic joints, based on its DD motor technology used in washing machines. LG is nurturing its actuator brand 'Axium' to develop related component businesses.
Automotive technology is another key focus in the Industrial Layer. LG is exhibiting a display that uses transparent OLED technology applied to vehicle windshields, along with a vision solution that recognizes driver gaze to provide information. AI-based infotainment technology that offers personalized content and video call and translation services for backseat passengers is also on display.
In the Daily Layer, LG is demonstrating how its existing consumer business is evolving beyond product sales to encompass services and living spaces. This includes home appliance subscription services and residential spaces featuring ultra-premium appliances like SKS and LG Signature.
LG is also connecting modular housing, 'Smart Cottage,' and camping-style AI mobility space, 'Schpilraum.' Through the AI home hub 'LG ThinQ On,' users can preheat their vehicle's oven from home or control home appliances from their vehicle. This concept aims to integrate appliances, housing, and vehicles into a single living space.
This exhibition illustrates LG Electronics' expansion of its AI business scope beyond consumer products to include data centers, factories, robotics, and automotive applications. A common theme is the application of technologies acquired from existing businesses in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, motors, and displays to new B2B markets. LG's strategy is to extend its existing hardware competitiveness into industrial solution businesses in the AI era.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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