LG Energy Solution raises stakes on AI push, targets 50% productivity gain by 2028

LG Energy Solution is betting on artificial intelligence (AI) transformation (AX) to claw back ground in an increasingly lopsided global battery market, with its CEO vowing to lift companywide productivity by 50 percent by 2028. LG Energy Solution CEO Kim Dong-myung shared an ambitious vision for the company’s AX push in a message to all employees on Monday, emphasizing that it is “a mission-critical imperative for our survival” and outlining an aggressive strategy to secure competitive advantage in the market. Kim described the global market as a “tilted playing field,” where rivals are backed by massive government subsidies and overwhelming workforce scale. “Responding with a simple numbers game offers little prospect of a meaningful win,” he said. “We should rewrite the rules of the game by pivoting to a model centered on core assets and talent, powered by AX.” He identified the company’s key strengths as its extensive patent portfolio and intellectual property, nearly 30 years of accumulated industry expertise and a deep pool of skilled talent. “If these assets c

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