A Different Light from Every Angle... LG Innotek Automotive Lighting Wins CES Innovation Award

[Financial News] LG Innotek’s next-generation automotive lighting module, ‘Nexlide C+,’ has won a CES 2027 Innovation Award. This once again demonstrates the company’s world-class competitiveness in automotive lighting technology. LG Innotek plans to actively promote the product to global automakers and parts suppliers, with its launch targeted for next year.
LG Innotek said on the 10th that it had won CES Innovation Awards for three consecutive years, from 2025 through 2027, with its ‘Nexlide’ series.
The strength of ‘Nexlide C+,’ which won an Innovation Award this time, is that a single lighting module can produce two or more 3D images (3D Multi-Effect). For example, the same module displays a diagonal pattern when viewed from the left and a vertical pattern when viewed from the right. The images change depending on the viewing angle, creating a sense of depth and a dynamic effect.
The product can be used in a range of areas, including exterior applications such as taillights and front grille lighting, as well as interior ambient lighting.
An LG Innotek representative said, “Automotive lighting is emerging from a simple means of conveying signals as a key element that determines an automaker’s design competitiveness,” adding, “In particular, the use of lighting technologies that can create a variety of patterns, such as Nexlide C+, will continue to grow.”
‘Nexlide C+’ is an ultra-slim product no more than 3 mm thick, so it can be installed even in tight spaces inside a vehicle. LG Innotek was the first in the world to apply a ‘Light Turning Film’ and a ‘3D Micro-Optic Pattern Film’ to an ultra-slim surface-light-source module.
The Light Turning Film precisely controls the direction in which light travels, producing different images depending on the viewing angle, while the 3D Micro-Optic Pattern Film makes images appear three-dimensional even on a flat light source.
The two films are just 0.16 mm and 0.13 mm thick, respectively. By applying these ultra-thin films to lighting modules, LG Innotek has made it possible to create a variety of 3D lighting effects even with a slim profile. Previously, optical components such as plastic lenses and reflectors were needed to achieve the same effects, and installing multiple components had the drawback of increasing the size of the lighting unit. By using films to reduce the thickness of the lighting module, automakers can now enjoy greater design freedom.
Meanwhile, at CES 2027, which will be held next January, LG Innotek plans to showcase a wide range of products, including ‘Nexlide C+,’ next-generation automotive lighting modules, and key products for physical AI, such as autonomous driving and robotics.

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