LG Hausys Appoints Kim President

LG Hausys America appointed Bongsoo Kim president of the company. Kim joined LG in 2007 when he was hired as vice president of the holding company LG Corp. Most recently, he served as vice president of LG Hausys Ltd. global business department, a position held since January 2011. Kim succeeds Simon Hong, who had a 31-year tenure with LG. Hong was named president of LG Hausys America in April 2009. His successes included consolidations with LG Surfaces, LLC. in Peoria, Ariz. and LG Chemical Industrial Materials in Adairsville, Ga. In 2011, LG Hausys opened a Viatera quartz manufacturing plant just outside of Atlanta. The facility sits adjacent to the company’s first U.S.-based facility, which opened in 2005 and produces its HI-MACS brand of acrylic solid surface materials. In addition to growing its surfaces division, Kim stated that he will focus on the company’s other businesses, including flooring, autoskin, vinyl-coated material and Decofoil.