LG is one of the world's major electronics manufacturer and this is a great move, considering the fact that they have a huge customer base all over the world. If they decide to have an ICO this year, I am sure they will attract quite a good number of investors. I see it as success in making.
I don't think that these tech giants needs to start an ICO. They have the necessary capital to work with, and their blockchain solution will be much more connected to the logistics, services, payments and not to create another cryptocurrency. They can modernize their system in order to cut some costs but I also can imagine that they just want to appear in the news like all of the other tech companies...