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ABB India
ABB India is a leader in power and automation technologies. The company has 8
manufacturing units, 26 marketing offices, 8 service centres and 3 training
centres across the country. In 2003,ABB India’s revenues stood at US$ 310
million. To leverage India’s intrinsic technological strengths and the vast pool
of highly qualified software professionals, ABB has set up a global corporate R&D
centre in Bangalore, which focuses on industrial IT development and deployment.
It also helps maintain and support a range of software-intensive products and
partners with other ABB R&D centres. This was the first such centre to be
established outside the US and Europe. The centre works on high-tech projects.
ABB India employs about 3,400 people.
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
Bharat Electronics Ltd, established in 1954 with its corporate office at
Bangalore, has nine units in the country. It is engaged in design development
and manufacture of sophisticated state-of-the-art electronic
equipments/components for the use of defence services, para-military
organisations and other government users like All India Radio, Doordarshan,
Department of Telecommunications, Police Wireless, Meteorological Department
etc. BEL is also the premier indigenous source for professional electronic
equipment.All of BEL’s manufacturing facilities have been accredited with ISO
9002/ISO 9001. In 2002-03, BEL’s turnover stood at US$ 509 million.
Bosch
Robert Bosch India Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH,
Germany. The company is the software division of Bosch that develops software
solutions for Bosch’s units in Europe, US and Asia-Pacific. It also markets
Bosch’s gasoline systems division. The software division is ISO 9001 certified
and has attained certified CMM level 4. Its other divisions are ISO 9002
certified.
Britannia
Britannia, a subsidiary of Groupe Danone, is a leader in the organised
biscuit market in India. Britannia’s product portfolio comprises bread,
biscuits, milk-products like butter, cheese, milk-based drinks and dairy
whitener. The company has a dominant 48 per cent share in the biscuits market and
they account for almost 84 per cent of the
company’s sales. Britannia registered sales worth US$ 321.5 million in 2004.
GE India
GE India has a state-of-the-art R&D facility at Bangalore, which is the
largest of its kind outside the US. Called the John FWelch Technology Centre, it
employs over 1,800 dedicated researchers. The Centre has filed for over 185
patents, of which 12 have been granted till date. The R&D centre engages the
Indian team with technology teams from GE businesses worldwide for global
projects in the core areas of GE’s operation. GE’s revenues in India exceed US$
1 billion and the company employs over 22,000 people across the country.
Hewlett Packard India Ltd (HPIL)
Hewlett Packard India Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett Packard
Company, started operations in India in 1989. In Bangalore, HP India has two
back office groups’ Hewlett-Packard India Software Operation (HP ISO) and Global
Digisoft, both of which undertake software development. HP India also set up HP
Labs India in 2002 in Bangalore to generate ICT innovations for emerging
economies. HP’s products include printers and digital imaging equipment,
computers, storage equipment, and networking equipment. HP holds the number one
position in the printer market in the country.
Himalaya Drug Company
Bangalore-based US$ 74.5 million Himalaya Drug Company was founded in 1930
with a clear vision to bring ayurveda to society in a contemporary form. Today,
consumers in over 60 countries rely on Himalaya for their health and personal
care needs. Himalaya is the first ayurvedic facility to get Good Manufacturing
Practises (GMP) certification in the country. They are the only herbal
pharmaceutical company whose ayurvedic product, Liv 52 is registered as a
"Pharmaceutical Speciality" in Switzerland. Himalaya is one of the
chosen companies for a WHO sponsored project to standardise medically useful
herbs.
An advanced manufacturing facility was set up in Bangalore in 1975 that grew
to become the corporate headquarters. In 1991, the company moved its R&D
centre to Bangalore. The company established a state-of-the-art new
manufacturing unit and R&D centre for ayuvedic medicine and formulations in
2003 at a cost of US$ 35 million at Bidadi in Bangalore.
Himalaya Drug company is setting-up a new factory at Bangalore on 200 acres
of land. Set to be operational by the end of 2005, the unit will manufacture the
entire product range for the company and will house an integrated R&D laboratory. The unit will produce products from granulation stage to
finishing.
Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT)
Hindustan Machine Tools was founded by the Government of India
as a machine tool manufacturing company in 1953. Over the years the company has
diversified into watches, tractors, machine tools, CNC systems and bearings. HMT
comprises six subsidiaries under the ambit of a holding company. It has two
manufacturing units in Karnataka, at Tumkur and Bangalore. The company also
imports machine tools. The company has over 22,000 employees.
IBM
IBM India Ltd, a subsidiary of IBM Inc., has been present in India since
1992. IBM offers end-to-end solutions to the customers from hardware to
software, services and consulting. India is an important market for IBM and the
company has been making significant investment in the country, particularly in
Bangalore. Its facilities in Bangalore are: IBM Solution Partnership Centre (one
among 10 facilities worldwide), Linux Solution Centre (one among seven
facilities worldwide), IBM Linux Competency Centre (one among four facilities in
Asia), India Software Labs, Centre for Advanced Studies, Engineering and
Technology Service Centre, Global Delivery Centre and Business
Transformation Outsourcing Centre. IBM India has a total workforce of over
15,000 employees including those in BPO services.
Infosys
The US$ 1.06 billion Infosys Technologies Ltd is
one of India's leading IT services companies based in
Bangalore. Infosys has a global presence in over 16
countries. It provides consulting and IT services to
clients and operates with a workforce of over 35,000
people. Infosys is India's second largest exporter of
software services. The company was certified
ISO 9001/TickIT Certification in 1993. It attained SEI-CMM
Level 4 in 1997, and SEI-CMM Level 5 - the highest
rating for IT services companies, in 1999. In
2004, Business Week magazine rated it as one of the World's
Top 3 IT Companies. Infosys also won "India's Best
Managed Company Award" based on a study by Business Today and AT Kearney in
March 2005.
Intel
Intel India was established in 1988 in Bangalore. Today, Intel India is the only Intel subsidiary to have most
Intel divisions outside the United States. In 2003, Intel had a market share of about 90 per cent in the Indian
computer chip market - over 3 million units annually. Intel's India operations includes the Intel India Design
Centre which was set up in 1999.This is Intel's largest non-manufacturing site internationally
and
is involved in developing software and designing chip sets and microprocessors.
Intel also has a sizable sales and marketing organisation located in Bangalore.
In India, Intel has over 2,000 employees.
Motor Industries Co Ltd (MICO)
Motor Industries Co Ltd, a member of the Bosch Group, Germany, was
founded in 1951.The company is the country's largest manufacturer of diesel fuel
injection equipment and among the largest in the world. MICO also manufactures
industrial equipment, auto-electricals, hydraulic gear pumps for tractor
appliances, electric power tools, packaging machines and car audio systems. One
of the company's manufacturing facilities is located at Naganathapura, near
Bangalore. In 2003, the company reported a turnover of over US$ 495 million. The
company employs over 1 1,000 people across the country.
Motorola
Motorola India Electronics Ltd has a state-of-the-art software development
facility at Bangalore. This facility produces a wide range of high quality
two-way radio products. Motorola's presence in Bangalore also includes a sales
office and a research and development centre. Motorola has installed India's
first Public Mobile Radio Trunk Service in Bangalore. It also manufactures
Smartnet Privacy Plus Radio Trunking equipment at its facility in Bangalore. In
2003-04, Motorola India revenues stood at US$ 350 million. It employs about
2,000 people across its business units.
Oracle
Oracle India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, the world's largest
enterprise software company was established in August 1993 with less than 10
people. In 1994, it became the first major US software company to establish an
India Development Centre in Bangalore to support its product development
strategy for global markets. Currently, Oracle's facilities in Bangalore include
the India Development Centre, the International Support Centre, Oracle Solution
Services Centre and a Global Financial Information Centre. Oracle is one of the
largest software multinational employers in India with over 6,900 employees. The
company is serious about investing in India and Oracle India has the highest in
R&D outside the US.
Reva
Reva makes India's first indigenously developed electric
car that is both eco-friendly and cost effective. The
company has a plant at Bommasandra Industrial
area in Bangalore with a capacity to produce 5,000 units per annum. Reva manufactures
and
exports three variants of the car. Reva has bagged the
Thomas Alva Edison Award for Innovation and the
Dr M S Swaminathan Award for Environment
Protection in the year 2001. Reva has a workforce of about 800 people.
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd is a subsidiary of US$ 1 1.2 billion Sun
Microsystems Inc. In India, Sun Microsystems has a presence in hardware (servers
and workstations); software (operating systems, application development); data
storage solutions and services (assess, plan, design and implement IT
architecture).
Texas Instruments (TI)
Texas Instruments India, a subsidiary of Texas Instruments, USA, started
its operations in India in 1985. It was the first MNC to set up a facility in
India, and the first to set up an R&D lab outside the US. It later set up
its System-On-Chip Centre of Excellence in Bangalore. TI is one of the leading
suppliers of DSP-based semiconductor solutions globally. In India it has over
1,200 employees and revenues of over US$ 100 million. The Bangalore centre is
instrumental in developing various solutions for the company's products
globally. TI India has been awarded the highest number of patents (225) for any
R&D centre in the country.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (TKM)
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd is a joint venture between
Kirloskar Group and Toyota Motor Corporation. The company is one of the leading
automobile manufacturers in the country and aims to occupy a leading role in the
development of India's automotive industry. Its product range includes Qualis,
Corolla, Camry and Innova with variants. TKM's manufacturing plant is located
about 40 km from Bangalore and has a capacity of 45,000 units per annum. The
company plans to expand it to 60,000 units with an investment of about US$ 27
million. It employs close to 2,400 people and in 2004-05, the company sold
43,077 vehicles.
UB Group
The UB Group is the world's second largest andIndia's largest spirits
manufacturer. It enjoys over60 per cent market share in the country and has a
portfolio of 130 brands. Its flagship brands are Bagpiper whisky, Honeybee
brandy, Romanov vodka and Kingfisher beer, among others. The Group's business
interests also extend to other sectors
including pharmaceuticals (Aventis) agro-business (Bayer), fertiliser sector
(Mangalore Chemcials & Fertilisers) and more recently the airline industry.
Volvo
Volvo is one of the largest producers of heavy commercial vehicles in the
world. The company established its manufacturing facility for heavy commercial
vehicles in Hoskote, near Bangalore, in 1998, with an initial investment of
around US$ 65 million. This unit has a capacity of 4,000 units per annum and
manufactures vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of over 16 tonnes. The company
recorded a turnover of US$ 500 million in 2001. Volvo plans to eventually
develop its operations in India into a cornerstone for its global production and
distribution systems. Volvo's India unit is one of the only two outside Sweden to
assemble gear boxes.
Wipro Technologies
The US$ 1 billion Wipro Technologies has over two decades of experience in
the IT business and was the world's first PCM M Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5
certified IT services company. Wipro provides IT solutions and services to global
corporations worldwide. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Wipro has
been ranked as India's Most Valuable Company by India's business magazine
Business Today and the seventh software services company in the world by
Business Week magazine. Wipro also has a presence in ITES, consumer care,
lighting and healthcare.
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