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LS Tractors
Predecessor LG Tractors
Founded 2005
Headquarters Wanju-Gun, Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea
Industry agriculture machinery tractor
Parent LS Cable
Website http://www.lstractor.co.kr


LS Tractors is a division of LS Cable in South Korea. The group was originally part of the LG conglomeration, and was known as LG Tractors and LG Cable, respectively. Prior to being called LG, the conglomerate was known as GoldStar.

History[]

The history of LS Tractors goes back to 1975 as a division of Hyundai, and was started with cooperation with from Yanmar of Japan. In 1983, the former GoldStar Cable Company acquired the company and renamed it GoldStar tractors. The group companies changed names to LG in 1995.

LS is associated with Mitsubishi tractors of Japan for technology, and many tractors are based on Mitsubishi designs, as well as use Mitsubishi engines. LS also imports New Holland tractors to resell as LS-New Holland in South Korea. They originally formed an agreement with Fiat, which later purchased New Holland from Ford. New Holland is now a division of CNH Global).

Badge Engineering / branding deals[]

McCormick CT41HST tractor built by LS Cable Ltd Strumpshaw 09 - IMG 0418

A McCormick CT41HST built by LS cable Ltd (R41HT)

LS Cable R41HT (McCormick/Landini) plate IMG 0421

Example of manufacturers plate

Tractors have been sold under Various names for different markets:

Model range[]


See also[]

References / sources[]

  • wikipedia for initial article

External links[]


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