LG Electronics has completed the construction of a washing machine production line at its home appliance factory in Tennessee, U.S., and started operations.

With this, LG Electronics is now able to produce all laundry appliances in the U.S., from washing machines and dryers to wash towers. The company is aiming to build a state-of-the-art twin factory in the U.S., identical to its mother factory in Changwon in Korea to proactively respond to global changes such as the supply chain crisis.

According to industry sources on Sunday, LG Electronics completed the expansion of a new wash tower line at its Tennessee factory on Dec. 12 and started operations. The production capacity of the new wash tower line is 20,000 units per month, or 240,000 units per year, according to the company.The Tennessee plant, along with the Changwon plant, was selected as a lighthouse factory by the World Economic Forum (WEF). A lighthouse factory refers to a factory that introduces advanced technologies to brighten the future of global manufacturing. LG Electronics’ Tennessee plant is the first overseas production base of a Korean company to be selected as a lighthouse factory.LG Electronics has been focusing on diversifying its production bases outside of the U.S. Last year, it built a refrigerator manufacturing facility at its Hai Phong plant in Vietnam. Refrigerators made in Vietnam are sold not only to the domestic market but also to the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Taiwan.

LG Electronics also has home appliance production factories in Noida and Pune, located in the western part of India, a rapidly emerging market. The company invested approximately 30.4 billion won ($23.72 million) to expand the production line for premium double-door refrigerators.