TCL brings global industrial recognition to Tirupati

Tirupati: With the China’s major TCL industry choose Tirupati as a suitable centre for establishing its industry, the pilgrim city has further strengthened its mark on the global industrial arena.

The TCL is the  world’s third largest television brand and leading consumer Electronics Company and second largest company in the United States market. By kicking off the construction work on Thursday, it has decided to complete the works in eight months. 

The primary facility of the industrial park was the panel module factory, the first overseas production unit of TCL’s panel subsidiary Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd (CSOT).

The CSOT panel module factory will produce screens for TVs and mobile phones, with a designed production capacity of eight million 22-inch to 55-inch, large-sized TV screens and 30 million 3.5-inch to 8-inch, small-sized mobile screens per year. The investment in the panel module factory in India marks the first step in CSOT’s overseas deployment.

The TCL industrial park will also include a smart TV manufacturing facility to efficiently integrate the panel module and TV set production. The smart TV manufacturing facility has been designed to manufacture six million 32-inch to 65-inch TV sets per year. 

The brand’s national sales volume has grown by 120 percent now, while its range of products in the big screen and 4K segments have received an extremely encouraging reception from Indian consumers. TCL has also created a robust pan-India channel and support network. TCL products are now available in 3,000 outlets via more than 30 channel partners.  

With a network of over 1,200 service engineers and over 250 service centres in India, TCL also provides after-sales support. The Chairman and CEO of TCL Tomson Li has described that India would be a strategic market for TCL and the investment in the semi-conductor business was a significant milestone in their globalisation plans.