Hisense
Hisense is a chinese multinational white goods and electronics manufacturer founded in 1969.
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2007
In September 2007, Hisense TV LCD module production line was put into production, which is the first LCD module production line in China's color TV industry, breaking the history of foreign monopoly.
2005
In June 2005, China's first industrial digital video processing chip with independent intellectual property rights was born in Hisense, which is the first chip with independent intellectual property rights and can be officially industrialized in China's audio and video field. The history of China's 73 million color TV sets annually using foreign chips is coming to an end.scale commercial air conditioning market.
2002
In 2002, Hisense and Hitachi established Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-conditioning System Co., Ltd. as a joint venture, and began to set foot in the large-scale commercial air conditioning market.
2001
In 2001, Hisense completed HiCON adaptive traffic signal control system, filling the gap of high-end products of China's traffic signal control system, and thus determined Hisense's leading position in domestic intelligent transportation technology.
1997
Hisense Elctronics A shares (600060) listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange
1996
Hisense South Africa was founded in October 1996, taking the first step of internationalization.
1996
In 1996, Hisense introduced frequency conversion technology in China and established air conditioning company.
1993
In 1993, "Qingdao brand" was officially renamed "Hisense". In March of that year, the new trademark was officially registered.
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1988
February 1979
September 1969
Television production in ChinaChina was limited until 1979 when a Beijing meeting of the Ministry of Electronics called for greater development of the civil-use electronics industry. QingdaoQingdao No.2 Radio Factory was then quickly merged with other local electronics makers and began to manufacture televisions under the name QingdaoQingdao General Television Factory in ShandongShandong province.
Color televisions were manufactured through the purchase of a production line from Matsushita, the first of many such technology transfers from foreign firms Hisense has made in order to remain competitive. The companies it has bought from include HitachiHitachi, LucentLucent, Matsushita, NECNEC, SanyoSanyo, ToshibaToshiba, and QualcommQualcomm.
In July 2015, Hisense bought a Mexico Mexico facility from Sharp for $23.7 million alongside rights to use the Sharp brand on televisions sold in North and South America.
In November 2017, Hisense announced that it would acquire a 95% controlling stake in Toshiba Visual Solutions for US$113 million. In 2018, Hisense became the majority shareholder in Slovenian appliance manufacturer Gorenje Gorenje with 95.4% of shares.
- GorenjeGorenje: Acquired 100% of shares in 2019 of the Slovenian Gorenje.
- CombineCombine: Affixed to no frills air conditioners and refrigerators, Combine-branded products may be purchased by Chinese farmers.
- Hisense-HitachiHitachi: A brand of commercial air-conditioners designed and manufactured by a joint venture of Hisense and Hitachi.
- Hisense KelonHisense Kelon: A high-end brand under Hisense,[8] can be found on refrigerators and air-conditioners.
- SavorSavor: A home appliance brand, from the eponymous Modern English word.
- ToshibaToshiba: On 15 November 2017, Hisense reached a $114 million deal to acquire a 95% stake of Toshiba Visual Solutions.
In 2015, Hisense received a five-year license to use the SharpSharp brand on televisions in the Americas. Hisense also bought a Sharp Sharp factory in MexicoMexico.
In June 2017, Hisense was sued by Sharp Sharp under its new owner FoxconnFoxconn, seeking to have the license agreement halted. Sharp Sharp accused Hisense of damaging its brand equity by utilizing its trademarks on products it deemed to be "shoddily manufactured", including those that it believed to have violated U.S. safety standards for electromagnetic radiation, and deceptive advertising of their quality. Hisense denied that it engaged in these practices, and stated that it planned to defend itself in court and "will continue to manufacture and sell quality televisions under the Sharp licensed brands."
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