Onida Electronics (formerly Mirc Electronics) is an Indian multinational

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s manufacturing company, based in

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. Onida became well known in India for its colour

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s. Other appliances manufactured by the company include flat panel TVs (LED, LCD TVs), air conditioners, washing machines, microwave ovens, DVD home theatre systems, mobile phones, projector systems and LED lights.

History

Onida was started by G.L. Mirchandani and Vijay Mansukhani in 1981 in

. G.L. Mirchandani is the chairman and managing director of M/s Mirc Electronics Ltd. In 1982, Onida started assembling

sets at their factory in

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. It was established as "Mirc Electronics" in 1981. Since then, Onida has evolved into a multi-product company in the consumer durables and appliances sector. Onida achieved a 100% growth in ACs and

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s and a 40% growth in

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s last year. Onida came out with the famous caption ''Neighbour's Envy, Owner's Pride''. The popular theme of the ads was a

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complete with horns and tail in the 1980s. Onida has a network of 33 branch offices, 208 Customer Relation Centers and 41 depots spread across India. As on 31 March 2005, Onida had a market capitalization of 3,014.6 million. Mirc Electronics won an "Award for Excellence in Electronics" in 1999, from the Ministry of Information Technology,

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. Onida with its Sales & Marketing office in

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reported a 215% export growth in two years, setting the base for an increased robust international presence. The shipments to the Gulf contribute almost 65% of Onida's export revenue, while shipments to the fast-growing East African market (

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) and the

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countries accounted for 16% of export revenues. In addition to the Gulf countries, Onida has a presence in

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and neighboring CIS countries. Apart from television exports to

, Onida also exports DVD players and high-end LCD televisions.

Products

Onida brand has following range of products: * LCD TVs * Plasma TVs *

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and Home theater systems *

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References

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