TCL-Thomson Electronics Corporation: A Failed Joint Venture?
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Case Code : BSTR198
Case Length : 14 Pages
Pages Period : 1999-2005
Organization : TCL-Thomson Electronics Corporation, TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited and Thomson SA
Pub Date : 2006
Teaching Note :Not Available
Countries : China, France
Industry : Consumer Electronics
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"In the past [few] months of operations, we found out the challenges and difficulties are deeper than we thought." 1
- Vincent Yan, Chief Financial Officer, TCL Corporation, on TTE's First Anniversary.
"Starting from this type of situation, it is impossible to avoid being beaten black and blue. If the fall hurts, then you must draw lessons from the pain." 2
- Liu Erfei, Regional Chairman of Merrill Lynch3 in China, on the competition faced by TTE, in July 2005.
Introduction
For the first quarter ended in March 2006, China based TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited (TMTHL) posted a loss before tax of HK$ 98 million on the total sales of HK$4 8 billion. Earlier known as TCL International Holdings Limited (TIHL), TMTHL had been posting losses since the first quarter of 2005.
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TMTHL reported a loss before tax of HK$ 584 million on a turnover of HK$ 34.55 billion in the financial year 2005 as compared to HK$ 497 million profit before tax on a turnover of HK$ 25.6 billion in the financial year 2004 (Refer Table I for TMTHL's financial performance between 2000 and 2005). TMTHL's core product was television, which accounted for nearly 88% of its revenues. It also manufactured computers and audio-video products. TMTHL's television business was operated under its wholly-owned subsidiary, TCL-Thomson Electronics Corporation (TTE). TTE was the world's largest manufacturer of television sets in terms of volumes. It was a joint venture formed in late 2003 between TCL Corporation (TCL)
and France-based Thomson SA.
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TTE sold television sets under the brand names TCL (in China), Thomson (in Europe) and RCA (in Asia).5 TTE attributed the loss primarily to falling market demand for televisions, greater competition from other brands and a substantial fall in prices of high-end television sets in the US and Europe.6
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The company was not strong in the liquid crystal displays (LCD) segment and this affected its sales particularly hard in Europe, where the LCD television market was growing rapidly. Though TMTHL tried to improve its flat television business in 2005 by investing more money, it failed to turn around this business. The combined loss for North American and European markets in the first quarter of 2006 was HK$ 210 million on revenues of HK$ 3.3 billion while the loss was HK$ 779 million on revenues of HK$ 14.5 billion in the financial year 2005. TMTHL expected that TTE would break even in 2005. The company said that the situation was getting better and it was planning to promote its flat-panel televisions aggressively. |
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