TCL Communication
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Native name
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TCL集团，TCL集團 |
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| Traded as | : 000100 |
| Industry |
Consumer electronics Home appliances |
| Founded | 1981 (Foundation) 1985 (Incorporation) |
| Founder | Li Dongsheng (Chinese: 李東生; pinyin: Lǐ Dōngshēng) |
| Headquarters | Huizhou, Guangdong, China |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Tomson Lǐ Dōngshēng (CEO) |
| Products | Television sets, smartphones, mobile phones, air conditioning, washing machines, refrigerators |
| Revenue | US$16.44 billion (2014) |
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Number of employees
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73,537 (2015) |
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| Website | TCL |
TCL Corporation (TCL集團) is a Chinese multinational electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong Province. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells products including television sets, mobile phones, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators and small electrical appliances. In 2010 it was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer. In 2013, it was third-largest television producer by market share.
TCL comprises four listed companies: TCL Corporation which is listed on the , and TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings, Ltd. (: 1070), TCL Communication Technology Holdings, Ltd.(former code : 2618; delisted in 2016), TCL Display Technology (: 00334) and Tonly Electronics (: 01249) which are listed on the .
TCL's current corporate slogan is "The Creative Life".
The company was founded in 1981 under the brand name TTK as a cassette maker making knock-off TDK cassettes. In 1985, after being sued by TDK for IP violation, the company changed its name to TCL by taking the initial letters from Telephone Communication Limited. It began manufacturing consumer electronics for the Chinese market during the 1980s, and began to sell overseas in the 2000s. Though a state-owned enterprise, TCL was established as a joint venture with several Hong Kong-based investors. At the beginning, TCL was referred as an acronym for "True China Lion".
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