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The Hindu
Saturday, Dec 29, 2007

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* ECIL unveils plans for its Tirupati unit*

Staff Reporter * ECIL records Rs.1000 cr.turnover and profit of Rs.190 cr. *

TIRUPATI: After achieving an impressive Rs.1000 crore turnover and a profit
of Rs.190 crore in 2006-07, which has been officially claimed as its 'best
year', Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has unveiled an
ambitious manufacturing plan for its Tirupati unit up to the end of the
2008-09 fiscal.

The company, which has successfully met the automation, control and IT needs
of the strategy sectors like space, security, atomic energy and civil
aviation, now plans to adopt a five-pronged strategy to foray into fields as
diverse as healthcare solutions, agriculture, education, community service
and public administration.

The ECIL board which met here on Friday decided to make the most of the
sprawling Tirupati plant. The company's second manufacturing unit
established in 1983 dedicated to TV receivers, is now all set to be
developed as a world class infrastructure for bulk manufacture of
Multipurpose National Identity Cards (MNIC), which the ECIL is engaged in
jointly with BEL and ITI.

Announcing the corporation's 'vigorous engagement' in applications for
societal benefit, the Chairman and Managing Director K. S. Rajasekhara Rao
said that the company would start introducing Digital Radiology System aimed
at bringing cost-effective healthcare solutions to the rural masses. "For
this, High Resolution LCD Monitors, part of our medical electronics
equipment, are proposed to be manufactured in the Tirupati unit in phases,
for which an understanding has already been reached with a USA-based
company", he said.

Mr. Rao also said that a 'Market yard management system' based on
intelligent kiosk had been developed towards ensuring support for the
farming community.