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| Company type | Anonim Şirket |
|---|---|
| BİST: VESTL | |
| Industry | Consumer Electronics, Home Appliances, Information Technology |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Manisa, Turkey |
Area served | Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, United States |
Key people | Ahmet Nazif Zorlu (Chairman) Ergün Güler (CEO) |
| Products | Televisions, major appliances, digital signage displays, smartphones |
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Number of employees | 20,438 |
| Parent | Zorlu Holding |
| Website | |
Vestel is a Turkish home and professional appliances manufacturing company consisting of 18 companies specialised in electronics, [2] major appliances and information technology. Vestel's headquarters and production plant are located in Manisa, while since 1994 the company's parent conglomerate is the Istanbul based Zorlu Holding. [3]
Vestel, together with its subsidiary brands has a significant share in the European market of consumer electronics and home appliances, in particular TV sets. [4] As of 2006, Vestel was the largest TV producer in Europe with more than 8 million units sold, accounting for a quarter of the European market. [4] Vestel also has a subsidiary brand Vestfrost, used for white goods, and Luxor, used for televisions, sold in the Nordic countries. In 2014, Vestel entered the smartphone market. [5]
Most TVs produced by Vestel are sold under licensed brand names such as Toshiba, [6] Hitachi, Polaroid, JVC, Bush, Alba, Finlux, Vortex and many own brand labels.
Vestel was founded in 1984 and acquired by Zorlu Group in 1994. [7]