General Electric Company is a diversified technology, manufacturing and services company, committed to global leadership and customer success in each of the industries in which we operate. GE operates in more than 100 countries around the world, with a global workforce of nearly 343,000 employees, in 2006, General Electric's sales revenues were 175.5 billion dollars, the No. 1 of the world's top 10 electronics companies.
Second place: Germany Siemens
Germany Siemens has about 461,000 employees worldwide, realizing sales of 100,098 million euros, net income of 7,058 million euros. 80% of the sales come from outside Germany, its business in more than 190 countries, with about 600 factories, R & D centers and sales offices around the world, for the world's top ten electronics companies in the second place. The company's business focuses on six main areas: information and communications, automation and control, power, transportation, medical systems and lighting. Siemens' global business operations are organized into 13 business groups, including Siemens Financial Services Ltd. and Siemens Premises Asset Management Group. In addition, Siemens has two joint ventures, Bosch-Siemens Home Appliances Group and Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holdings) Inc.
Third place: Hitachi, Japan
Hitachi Ltd. was founded in 1910 by Nanpei Kodaira, initially as an electrical repair shop. The company came to China in the 1960s and became one of the few foreign companies to enter the Chinese market in the early days. At present, Hitachi has about 30 joint ventures, wholly-owned enterprises and more than 50 group companies in China. 94.9 billion U.S. dollars; for the world's top 10 electronics companies in the 3rd place.
Fourth place: Sony, Japan
Sony is one of the world's pioneers in the fields of civil/professional audiovisual products, communications products and information technology, and its achievements in music, film and television, and computer entertainment operations businesses have made it one of the largest integrated entertainment companies in the world. With sales of $88 billion as of 2006 and a total of more than 190,000 employees worldwide, the company is No. 4 of the top 10 electronics companies in the world.
Fifth place: the United States IBM
International Business Machines (IBM) is one of the world's largest multinational corporations in the information industry, currently employs more than 300,000 people around the world, with operations in more than 160 countries and regions, the world's top ten electronics companies in the fifth place. In the past eighty years, the world economy continues to develop, modern science is changing rapidly, IBM has always been the leading global information industry with advanced technology, excellent management and unique products to lead the development of the world's information industry, to ensure that the world almost all the industry users of the full range of information processing needs.
Sixth place: the United States Hewlett-Packard
HP Hewlett-Packard, the United States, today has 145,000 employees around the world, with branches in 170 countries and regions, and fiscal year 2005 revenues amounted to 86.7 billion U.S. dollars of information industry giants, the scope of business covers the IT infrastructure, global services, commercial and home computing, as well as printing and imaging and other areas. More than one billion people around the world are currently using HP technology. Today HP, the world's leading high-tech company, is ranked 10th in the U.S. Fortune 500 and 6th in Business Week's "One of the World's Top 10 Electronics Companies."
Seventh: South Korea Samsung Group
South Korea Samsung Group, is a digital multimedia networks, communications, digital home appliances, semiconductors, global digital technology leader. Samsung Electronics business in 47 countries, employing 175,000 people worldwide, Samsung's brand value of 73.8 billion U.S. dollars, for the world's top ten electronics companies in the seventh place.
Eighth: Japan Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is a multinational company with more than 270 companies around the world, employing more than 270,000 people. In China, it employs more than 67,000 people, and its sales for 2006 totaled more than $71 billion, making it the 8th of the top 10 electronics companies in the world.
Ninth place Philips Netherlands
Philips Netherlands is even more famous worldwide. The company is one of the world's top ten electronics companies, with more than 260,000 employees in more than 60 countries and regions around the world, annual sales of 65 billion U.S. dollars, for the world's top ten electronics companies in the 9th place.
Tenth: South Korea LG Group (LG)
South Korea LG was founded in 1947, in 50 years, LG continues to develop and innovate, construction of a multinational group. Now become one of the most influential force of South Korea's group, business in more than 50 countries and regions, more than 11 million employees around the world, 2006 annual sales totaled 60.574 billion U.S. dollars for the world's top ten electronics companies in the 10th place.