page_title: Hisense
section_title: Subsidiaries
hierarchical_section_title: Hisense / Operations / Subsidiaries
caption_attribution_description: English: hisense Group R&amp;D
context_page_description: Hisense Group is a Chinese multinational white goods and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. It started out making radios in 1969.
  At present, Hisense owns two listed companies, Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. and HISENSE H.A., listed in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
  Hisense retails products under several brand names. These include Combine, Hisense, Toshiba, Gorenje, Kelon and Ronshen. Hisense is also an OEM, so some of the products it makes are sold to other manufacturers and carry a brand name not related to Hisense. The main products of Hisense are televisions; their first TV model CJD18 was produced in 1978. It has invented a type of transparent television in 2013. In 2015 it acquired the right to sell televisions in the Americas using the brand name of the Japanese firm Sharp.
  In 2020, it introduced the world's first true 8K 10 bit HDR screen TV that is based on an AI-powered HDR algorithm and an image quality engine claiming 6.5T supercomputing power.
  With more than 80,000 employees world-wide Hisense Group has 14 industrial parks, which are located in Qingdao, Shunde, Huzhou, Czech Republic, South Africa, Mexico and so on.
context_section_description: Hisense owns over 40 subsidiaries, both in and outside China. A list is available here.
  Hisense-Hitachi Air-conditioning System Co Ltd
  Established in 2003 as a joint venture between Hitachi and Hisense, Hisense-Hitachi Air-conditioning System Co Ltd is an air-conditioner company that sells under the brand names "Hisense-Hitachi" and "Hitachi". It designs, manufactures and markets its products, which include commercial and household central air-conditioning systems, in China. Hisense-Hitachi products are also sold in Japan. It operates a commercial air-con production facility in the Hisense Information Industrial Park.
  Hisense Air Conditioning Co Ltd
  This subsidiary was set up in the Hisense Pingdu Home Appliance Industrial Park in Pingdu, China, in 1996 to produce air-conditioners using frequency conversion air-conditioner technology purchased from Sanyo.
  Hisense Australia Pty Ltd
  Headquartered in Qingdao, China, Hisense's Australian subsidiary helps distribute Hisense products in this country.
  Hisense (Beijing) Electric Co Ltd
  Formed from the assets of a failing joint venture between Whirlpool and Beijing Snow Flake, Hisense was able to take over a modern refrigerator factory near Beijing that with the help of local government after Whirlpool had withdrawn from the project in 1998. Hisense (Beijing) Electric Co Ltd is now responsible for R&D, production and marketing of refrigerators.
  Hisense-Whirlpool (Zhejiang) Electric Appliances Co Ltd
  A joint venture between Hisense Kelon and Whirlpool formed in 2008 for the development and production of washing machines and refrigerators, Hisense provides this joint venture with refrigerator know-how and Whirlpool, its washing machine manufacturing expertise. The company operates a plant in Huzhou,  Zhejiang province, which manufactures washing machines and large capacity refrigerators.
  Hisense Export & Import Co Ltd
  Created in 1991, this subsidiary is tasked with establishing OEM contracts with foreign companies.
  Hisense Hungary Kft
  A failed subsidiary established in 2004 as a joint venture with Flextronics, it was located in Sárvár, Vas County, Hungary. Hisense Hungary Kft assembled TVs.
  Initially, few of the products it manufactured were sold under the Hisense brand name, and production focus was on OEM products, instead. As of 2009, the television plant has been shut down due to falling orders, and Hisense Hungary Kft operates with a staff of 13.
  Hisense (Shandong) Information Technology Co Ltd
  Created in 2001 and located in Jinan, Shandong province, this subsidiary is responsible for infrastructure-use IT. It develops and markets security technology and intelligent traffic control products and their software.
  Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Ltd
  Listed on two stock exchanges, Hisense Kelon is a large Hisense subsidiary.
  Hisense Intelligent Commercial Equipment Co Ltd
  Founded in 1989, this subsidiary manufactures, designs, markets and services POS terminal, electronic cash registers and other specialized peripheral equipment for retailing, tax monitoring and finance. It is also responsible for R&D and manufactures at the Hisense Yellow Island Information Product Manufacturing Park.
  Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co Ltd
  Created in 2005, Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co Ltd has its roots in the Hisense Mobile Communications Research Institute, an R&D team created in 2000. Holding a total of 233 patents, 64 inventions and 116 software copyrights, its products include mobile handsets, Linux OS smart phones, wireless modules, PC cards and industry customized terminals.
  Hisense Optics Co Ltd
  Established in 1996, Hisense Optics has its roots in Qingdao Camera Co, a former subsidiary of Qingdao Electric Instrument Bureau, which in 1995 was facing bankruptcy when the government of Qingdao erased its debts and gave its assets to the Hisense Group who renamed it Hisense Optics. This subsidiary operates a remote control factory, a degaussing coil factory and an accessory parts factory. Products manufactured include remote controls, degaussing coils and injection mold
caption: Hisense R&D center in Qingdao, China
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