Samsung India plans 40 percent turnover growth to clock $5 bn
September 9th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Sep 9 (IANS) Digital technology major Samsung Electronics plans a turnover growth of 40 percent for 2011 to clock $5 billion in India this year, a top company executive said Friday.
“Our plan for growth is 40 percent across segments for this year… Last year our turnover was $3.5 billion and this year we plan to achieve $5 billion,” Samsung India (Home Appliances) vice president K. Mahesh said.
“We have clocked about 80 percent growth in LED TV sets,” he said.
Asked which region is giving the maximum growth to the company, he said: “A lot of expansion is happening in Tier I, II and III towns. We see a lot of growth coming from the smaller towns.”
On investment plans, Mahesh said the company has just completed an investment of about Rs.350 crore in its Chennai plant to upgrade capacity.
The company normally invests another Rs.100 crore to Rs.110 crore every year, he said.
He said the company has hired an Italian designer to design its premium segment refrigerators.
“We hired Italian designer Nathimo Zucci. He basically designs watches and jewellery. We got him to design our refrigerators. This is for the premium segment. The refrigerators are already available in the market. This is the first of its kind,” he said.
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