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	BPL group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1963, BPL founder and Group Chairman TPG Nambiar began manufacturing hermetically sealed precision panel meters in Palakkad, Kerala, under the name of British Physical Laboratories.
		The company was started at a time when the government had reserved many areas of business for the public sector.
		From 1980 onwards, when the industrial licensing was relaxed, BPL began manufacturing televisions and telecom equipment, demonstrating its potential and future business area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BPL_group (294 words)

	Encyclopedia: List-of-Indian-companies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Indo Gulf Fertilisers is an Indian company which is part of the Aditya Birla Group of companies.
		The Indian Institute of Planning and Management, which was established in 1973, is a premier autonomous management institute with its headquarters based in Delhi.
		Indian Overseas Bank (established 1937) is a major bank based in Chennai (Madras), with more than 1,400 domestic branches and six branches overseas.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List_of_Indian_companies (1720 words)

	BPL Ltd.
		BPL is the number one brand in frost-free refrigerators with a 22% market share and is the leading exporter of alkaline batteries from India.
		BPL is planning to have a 50:50 joint venture with its technical collaborator Sanyo for its home appliances business.
		The negative growth in demand for consumer electronics experienced in the first half is unlikely to turnaround in the second half of the current year; only the CTV segment is counting on a possible growth.
	www.valuenotes.com /skp/skpeq28jul01.asp?ArtCd=27611 (1032 words)

	bpl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A computer (or any other device) would need only to plug a BPL "modem" into any outlet in an equipped building to have high-speed Internet access.
		BPL offers obvious benefits over regular cable or DSL connections: the intensive infrastructure already available would allow more people in more locations to have access to the Internet.
		It deals with consumer electronics (such as referigerators and washing machines), mobile networks etc. See the company website.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /bpl.html (207 words)

	agencyfaqs! > news & features > company news > BPL signs a strategic partnership with SANYO
		Both BPL and SANYO will be equal equity partners (50:50) in the joint venture with the intention to create one of India's leading and most technologically advanced consumer electronics company.
		The flagship company, BPL Limited was incorporated in 1963 as a private limited company under the name British Physical Laboratories India Private Limited for the manufacture of electronic test and measuring instruments in collaboration with BPL Instruments Ltd. UK.
		BPL is currently engaged in the production and sales of televisions, home theatre systems, medical equipment, automotive parts, electronic components and alkaline batteries.
	www.agencyfaqs.com /news/company_news/Marketing/2719.html (558 words)

	Equitymaster.com : Related Views on News
		BPL Limited, the diversified consumer durable major, is in serious trouble.
		BPL Limited, the market leader in the CTV segment, continues to feel the heat due to stiff competition and a slowdown in the economy.
		BPL is one of the key losers on the bourses over the last two years.
	www.equitymaster.com /f-detail.ASP?Symbol=BPL (517 words)

	Indian Company Reports, company research in india, indian corporate database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		BPL is on target with it scheduled restructuring exercise.
		BPL success is due to it joint venture approach, stemming from a long standing tradition of valuing a partnership based on a win win strategy.
		The company will continue to be responsive to changes in technology, market dynamic and consumer behaviour and other key factor influencing the business, and it strategy will be aimed at sustaining it leadership position.
	www.indiainfoline.com /comp/bplt/dr00.html (534 words)

	BPL to merge 3 group firms with self
		Since BPL Sanyo Finance Ltd (a closely held company under the BPL group) is a 50:50 joint venture between the BPL and Sanyogroups, the Nambiars will have to offer a stake in the new entity to Sanyo after finalising the swap ratio for the proposed merger.
		BPL was also eyeing technology for its forthcoming rechargeable batteries from Sanyo.
		During fiscal 1997-98, BPL Sanyo Utilities had clocked a net profit of Rs 8.87 crore (Rs 8.82 crore) on total sales of Rs 176.50 crore (Rs 252.54 crore) and announced a dividend of 20 per cent.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990724/fco24017.html (581 words)

	BPL may offer equity to Sanyo
		Sanyo officials recently made it clear that the company was not willing to pull out of the joint venture BPL Sanyo Finance with the BPL group due to strategic reasons.
		For instance, BPL has a buy-back arrangement with Sanyo for 5 million units of alkaline batteries from its Dobaspet manufacturing unit.
		BPL Sanyo Finance, headed by MA Uppal, has posted a profit before tax and depreciation of Rs 9.35 crore on a total income of Rs 22 crore during fiscal 1997-98.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990724/ibu24095.html (440 words)

	CIOL : Investment and expansions : Pureview plans LCD facility in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The company, which is the first electronics company in India, to utilize the FTA between SAARC nations, plans to set up a manufacturing base in India.
		The company, which is the first electronics company in India to utilize the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between SAARC nations, also plans to set up a manufacturing base in India.
		It is also the first Indian LCD monitor company and the only second Indian IT company, to set up a manufacturing base in Sri Lanka under the FTA, at the country’s Export Processing Zone.
	www.ciol.com /content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=58192 (350 words)

	agencyfaqs! > news & features > BPL is more but Philips is better (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		BPL has been more written about in the Indian press than any other consumer electronics company.
		BPL has had to suffer more than twice as many negative write-ups in the press than Philips during this period.
		March was an especially good month for consumer electronics companies because they received significantly more coverage than they normally do, as a group.
	www.agencyfaqs.com /news/stories/2002/04/09/4184.html (417 words)

	Indian Telco Heavyweight BPL to Cast its Net
		The BPL Telecom, the largest cellular operator in the country in terms of subscriber base, would be using its existing broadband infrastructure to ensure high and speedy quality of data transfer.
		Given its lead position in electronics and telecom, this is a possible task for the BPL Group, felt analysts in India.
		BPL Telecom is a part of $1.1 billion BPL Group in India.
	www.internetnews.com /bus-news/article.php/3_235231 (848 words)

	Business World - Marketing
		With a turnover of Rs 1,056 crore during 2000 (no other company in the business has crossed the Rs 1,000 crore mark in such a short time), LG is already India's second largest consumer electronics brand, next only to BPL which clocked sales of almost Rs 1,800 crore last year.
		"Indian partners in most of these joint ventures are reluctant to put money as the brand they help develop, at the end of the day, belongs to someone else," says a Mumbai-based businessman with interests in consumer electronics.
		And going by the company's outstanding record over the last three years, LG isn't likely to relax in its bid to topple BPL and become the country's biggest consumer electronics firm by next year.
	www.businessworldindia.com /archive/200306/mktg4.htm (1422 words)

	BPL in talks with Pioneer
		BPL Ltd, consumer electronics major and flagship of the Rs 4,000-crore BPL group, is in talks with Japan's Pioneer Corporation for a joint venture in the domestic audio entertainment segment.
		But it is reliably learnt that Pioneer has committed to keep BPL's company as and when it decides to enter the domestic market.
		It must be mentioned that BPL recently allowed its technology partner Sanyo to pick up 14 per cent stake, with the option of increasing it to 49 per cent at a future date, in BPL Sanyo Utilities and Home Appliances Ltd.
	www.blonnet.com /businessline/2001/04/22/stories/14221804.htm (319 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Rs 500-cr investment planned for BPL-Sanyo joint venture
		BPL Ltd today announced creation of an equal joint venture with Japan's $22-billion Sanyo Electric Company with investments of nearly Rs 500 crore.
		BPL will transfer its existing colour television business undertaking, including the brand, manufacturing, sales, service, marketing and distribution, into this 50:50 venture "with the intention to create one of India's leading and most technologically advanced consumer electronics company".
		Sanyo, which has a technology relationship with BPL since 1982, believes that its entry into India in alliance with BPL is a major step in its strategy to enter new international markets.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/07/28/stories/2004072801490200.htm (453 words)

	IndiaDaily - BPL to focus on core biz, launch wireless products
		BPL is all set to focus on its core business of consumer electronics, and is also planning to launch wireless products.
		The company plans to launch a range of mobile handsets, portable tele-communication and wireless products within the next few months." BPL had earlierd in the day announced the signing of an MoU with Eveready Industries for the sale of BPL Soft Energy Systems for Rs 67 crore, the release added.
		BPL had commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers to do a strategic exercise for the various businesses of the company.
	www.indiadaily.com /breaking_news/45520.asp (371 words)

	Equitymaster.com : Related Views on News
		We look at the first nine months performance of the company and the future growth prospects.
		The consumer durable companies, after a disappointing FY01 and 1HFY02, were betting on the festive season for a higher offtake in the second half of the current fiscal.
		MIRC Electronics, the manufacturers of the Onida brand of colour televisions (CTVs), has reported a 7% fall in sales for the second quarter ended September 30, 2001.
	www.equitymaster.com /c-detail.asp?symbol=MIRC (543 words)

	rediff.com: BPL to invest Rs 4 billion in fibre optics
		BPL to invest Rs 4 billion in fibre optics
		Indian consumer electronics firm BPL Limited has signed an agreement with the government of the southern Indian state of Karnataka to invest Rs 4 billion to lay fibre optic networks in that state, a state government official said at an investment seminar on Monday.
		The company's stock was up 7.9 per cent at Rs 164 on Monday at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
	www.indiaabroad.rediff.com /business/2000/jun/05bpl.htm (132 words)

	:::DVSystem::::
		The two companies launched their joint sales initiative with an advertising campaign in the local press, on billboards, and in over 200 consumer electronics retail outlets across Kerala State.
		BPL Limited is one of the country’s largest nationwide consumer electronics companies.
		BPL Limited was incorporated in 1963 as a private limited company under the name British Physical Laboratories India Private Limited for the manufacture of electronic test and measuring instruments in collaboration with BPL Instruments Ltd. UK.
	www.dvsystems.com /press_releases/040929.html (651 words)

	India takes first steps in electronics - 9/15/2005 - Purchasing - CA6255675 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The electronics industry in India is in its infancy, with many electronics companies locating there to take advantage of low labor rates and to gain access to a huge domestic market.
		Most analysts say that while the Indian electronics industry is where the Chinese supply base was 10 to 15 years ago, they doubt it can develop as quickly and as extensively as the Chinese supply base has.
		Companies incorporated in India even with 100% foreign ownership are now considered domestic companies under India's laws.
	www.purchasing.com /article/CA6255675.html?title=Article&spacedesc=news&nid=2526 (3124 words)

	BPL family feud will weaken group further - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The flagship BPL Ltd, which is fighting to regain its premier position in the colour TV business, has just entered into a joint venture with Sanyo of Japan that brought in $80 million investment.
		The companies that made refrigerators, washing machines and audio systems are also reeling under huge losses and have almost ceased operations.
		The cellular companies, though growing fast, are marred by court cases filed by suppliers and foreign shareholders.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep292004/b1.asp (476 words)

	Electronics Hyderabad Yellow Pages, Hyderabad Directory, Hyderabad Business Pages
		At least two Indian companies — Mirc Electronics, which sells Onida, the single largest selling domestic brand of colour television, and Videocon, the largest CTV manufacturer in the country are in negotiations with the US retail behemoth to supply televisions.
		Indian manufacturers will be competing with other manufacturers from Mexico, Thailand and Indonesia, given the fact that the domestic industry in the US has been extinguished in the past by cheap but tech-heavy foreign brands.
		Electronics components exports to US and Canada slipped to the third slot from the second which it had occupied in the previous year.
	www.hydepages.com /news/9-200312-news-index.html (4263 words)

	domain-B : Indian business : consumer electronics : Videocon's multi-pronged strategy
		However, the company is not willing to dip too low on prices (and features) and play the volumes game alone.
		The company claims that the scheme was highly successful, and during March-April '98, some 95,000 TV sets were sold.
		He says Indian companies have the distinct advantage of understanding the Indian market like no one else.
	www.domainb.com /industry/electronics_cons/19990726tvwarsc.html (720 words)

	Consumer Electronics in India
		Indian brands like Onida, Beltek, Oscar and Salora are reinventing themselves and aggressively attacking the low-end, high volume segment.
		However, Indian companies like BPL Ltd are struggling to retain share, and consistently lost share in the review period.
		These are companies that were in the upper end of the market in the 1990s.
	www.euromonitor.com /Consumer_Electronics_in_India (895 words)

	BPL signs strategic partnership with Sanyo - Indiantelevision.com's Technology Update
		BPL has announced a partnership with Sanyo Electric to create a 50:50 joint venture for the colour television business in India.
		This includes value of the CTV business undertaking to be transferred to the Joint Venture Company by BPL, valued at Rs.
		The BPL brand, sales, distribution, service, marketing and manufacturing infrastructure and SANYO’s economies of scale, global base, research and development, state-of-the-art technologies will propel the joint venture company to greater heights in the fast growing colour television market in India.
	www.indiantelevision.com /tec/y2k4/july/julytec5.htm (212 words)

	ESM - India's Videocon buys TV plant from Thomson
		The deal is part of the French company's strategy to exit the low-margin electronics business and instead focus on the media and entertainment business.
		Videocon is among the leading Indian companies in consumer electronics, many of whom have been recently battered by aggressive marketing from Korean companies such as LG and Samsung of South Korea.
		Several years ago, BPL, another Indian consumer electronics company, set up assembly plants in Europe to market TVs in the U.K. But little is known of that plan now, with the group in disarray because of a battle for ownership within the family that owns it.
	www.my-esm.com /printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=59100033 (224 words)

	EETimes.com - Hardware withers as software blooms in India
		Despite growing demand for electronics here and large potential revenues from direct and indirect taxes on purchases, Chatterjee said the government has failed to adopt policies that would attract manufacturing investments.
		BPL recently began exporting PC monitors made with imported components to the United States.
		The company can't sell the monitors in India because there is no component manufacturing base to draw from.
	www.eetimes.com /story/OEG20000214S0048 (1228 words)

	domain-B : Indian business : companies : LG Electronics: healthy growth to the top
		The financial year 1999-2000 was not a very good year for the consumer electronics and consumer durable industry as is evident from the fact that BPL Ltd. - the largest player in the market - declared a mere four per cent increase in turnover against previous year's results.
		According to the company, its advertising strategy, starting with World Cup cricket, where it was one of the official sponsors, has led to the LG brand enjoying a brand recall of as high as 30 per cent.
		The company hopes this will give it a major manufacturing presence in a range of white and brown goods as well as a range of electronic components by the year 2005.
	www.domainb.com /companies/companies_l/lg_electronics/20000807healthygrowth.html (925 words)

	Indian Company Reports, company research in india, indian corporate database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Company expects to achieve this with the assistance and technology and other resources available through two of the associate companies.
		Though the Company buys these tubes from OSRAM in India, the tubes are produced in OSRAM factories in the European Economic Community.
		We have taken proper and sufficient care for maintenance of appropriate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities.
	www.indiainfoline.com /comp/asel/dr00.html (653 words)

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