■ AFS actuators are applied to high class vehicles made in Korea and are scheduled for mass production starting in October.
■ Headlights automatically adjustable to driving direction in order to improve safety level by maximizing the driver’’s view.
■ These lighting products can be extensively applied even to small and medium vehicles.
■ Technology fully localized for ultra-precision motor, circuit design, and communications.
■ LG Innotek will extend its market share up to 15 percent in 2012 through exploring overseas markets.

LG Innotek (represented by Huh Young-Ho) succeeded in localizing core parts that serve to automatically adjust the direction of headlights in a vehicle.
LG Innotek announced on January 16 that it would apply the actuator for adaptive front lighting systems to high class vehicles made in Korea and begin mass producing the parts starting in October.
The adaptive front lighting system (AFS) is a high-end device which automatically adjusts the direction of lighting depending on the angle of the steering wheel and the driving direction, and prevents crashes with other vehicles or obstacles by ensuring the maximum driver’’s view during night time driving or on a curved road.
The AFS is a super precision driving component which adjusts the angle and direction of lighting systems by using a stepping motor.
LG Innotek’’s actuator is divided into two types: The smart leveling module (SLM) actuator which turns the direction of head lamp upward and downward and swivel actuator which turn lights to the left and the right.
The components of the actuator, which need high technology and high reliability for noise and correct driving controls, are currently supplied by overseas parts producers, making it very difficult for new manufactures to break the barrier into the market.
LG Innotek localized actuator-related technology by acquiring communication technology and technologies of designing circuits for vehicles which are not vulnerable to driving conditions.
And LG Innotek’’s actuator controls the angle of the AFS rapidly and precisely by applying state-of-the art techniques for the stepping motor, providing high stability by widening the steering angles more than 20 percent. Additionally, LG Innotek’’s unique design reduces its size and makes it easier for our actuator to be installed in systems of all models of vehicles.
The AFS’’s global market for this year will be estimated to reach about 300 billion Korean won, and it is currently being applied to high class large vehicles but later will be extensively applied to small and medium vehicles.
LG Innotek said that "its AFS products passed through reliability testing under severe conditions and was highly recognized for excellent function and performance" and added that "the company will extend its market share up to 15 percent in 2012."
LG Innotek launched to produce parts for vehicles in 2005, and developed a torque angle sensor for vehicles in 2008 for the first time in the world, and has been mass producing it since 2008. The company plans to extend a task force team in charge of vehicle parts and to diversify automotive electrical parts through steady research and development activities, which will be a new driving force.