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| type = Private company | |||
| logo = ] | |||
| foundation = 11 August 1976 | |||
| location = ], India | |||
| key_people = ] (founder & chairman) | |||
| industry = ] | |||
| revenue = {{profit}} ] 7.2 billion (2013) | |||
| num_employees = 96,000 (2014) | |||
| subsid = ] <br> HCL Infosystems | |||
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.hcl.com/}} | |||
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'''hcl''' is a global technology and IT enterprise that operates in 31 countries. Its headquarters is in ], India. The company comprises two publicly listed companies, ] and HCL Infosystems. | |||
HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some activity in the global market. | |||
On termination of the joint venture with ] in 1996, HCL became an enterprise comprising HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. HCL Technologies focuses on the global IT services market, whereas HCL Infosystems focuses on the IT hardware market in India and in APAC countries. HCL has since then operated as a holding company.{{clarify|date=January 2013}} | |||
==History of HCL== | |||
In 1976, ], ], Subhash Arora, Badam Kishore Kumar, T.V Bharadwaj and Arun Kumar H jointly started a company named Microcomp Limited.<ref></ref> The focus of the company was design and manufacturing of scientific calculators. The venture provided its founders money to start a company that focused on manufacturing computers. The company name "HCL" used to stand for "Hindustan Computer Limited" but now HCL is the only one name that the company goes by. HCL received support from the ] to set up manufacturing in ]. On 1 February 2013, Nadar announced that he would step down as chairman of HCL Corporation and his daughter Roshni Nadar would become the next chairman.<ref>{{cite news|last=TNN|title=Roshni Nadar to succeed father at HCL|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-01/software-services/36683150_1_roshni-nadar-shiv-nadar-hcl-corporation|accessdate=1 February 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|date=1 February 2013}}</ref> | |||
==Environmental Records== | |||
According to environmental organisation ], 29% of HCL products are currently free of toxic polyvinyl chloride plastic (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). In March 2010, HCL launched its first notebook entirely free of PVC and BFRs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics/which-companies-really-sell-gr/ |title=Which companies are phasing out PVC and BFRs |publisher=Greenpeace International |accessdate=2010-08-17}}</ref> | |||
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