Videocon E50EL1100 - 50 inch

Videocon International Ltd. is flagship company of the Group. It was incorporated in 1985 and was engaged in the manufacture of TV sets, tape recorders, electronic tuners, extra high tension (EHT) transformers, audio tape deck mechanism, etc. at its manufacturing base in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Videocon International Limited also had interests in manufacturing of other consumer electronics products including washing machines, refrigerators etc. In 2005, Videocon International Limited was merged into Videocon Industries Limited. Through various sister concerns, it had assembly units at number of locations in the country viz. Gandhinagar, Kashipur, Bhuj, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata. In July 2005, the group acquired controlling stake in Electrolux Kelvinator Ltd. (EKL), a domestic subsidiary of AB Electrolux, a Swedish company. EKL had production facilities at Warora and Butibori in Maharashtra and Shahjanpur in Madhya Pradesh respectively. Following the merger, Videocon acquired the manufacturing facilities of EKL and also the license to use its brands in India. EKL was later merged into VIL in July 2006.Further, Videocon made a major overseas acquisition in September 2005 by acquiring the worldwide Colour Picture Tube (CPT) business of Thomson SA, France through its overseas subsidiary/entity. Thus the acquisition provided Videocon with a global footprint with five international manufacturing facilities located at Italy, China (2), Poland and Mexico and Thomson SA’s R&D centres in China and Italy.