Thakral Corporation Ltd. (Chinese: 德加拉集团) is a diversified company listed on the Singapore stock exchange () involved in manufacturing, logistics and property development in India,

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and south-east Asia.

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is the Executive Chairman of the Board — he joined his family's trading business in 1949, which now includes Singapore-listed Thakral Corp., which distributes tech gear such as iPods in China and India, and Australian property group Thakral Holdings. Son Inderbethal helps run the business. ''Forbes'' ranked him as the 25th richest person in Singapore in 2006, with a fortune of $175 million. The company is engaged in the

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management in the consumer electronics sector,

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(EMS), creation of technology products, as well as property and equity investments. It has four core activities:

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, marketing and brand building; EMS; property holding division, and others. Its brand portfolio includes Apple, Asus, Canon, Casio, Cisco, Fuji, Kodak, Lenovo, Nikon, Nokia, Olympus, Orion, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung and Sony. Some of the products distributed under these brands include digital video cameras, digital still cameras, plasma televisions, desktop and notebook computers, personal digital assistants, data projectors, electronic accessories, mobile phones and audio products, including Moving Picture Experts Group layer-3 audio/ Moving Picture Experts Group layer-4 audio/ Moving Picture Experts Group layer-5 audio (MP3/MP4/MP5) players. It also creates and markets consumer products under its own brand name, YES.

Chinese subsidiary

CAV Thakral Home Entertainment Co, Ltd. (Chinese: 中录德加拉家庭娱乐有限公司) is a Chinese company that distributes DVDs, VCDs and CDs. It has released many DVDs and VCDs with movies from Disney, Warner Bros. Pictures, MGM,

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and

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. It is the largest distributor of

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films on video in China.A Tale of Piracy: How the Chinese Stole the Grinch
- New York Times In 2006, CAV Thakral was defunct and absorbed into

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* Official website: http://www.thakralcorp.com/ Conglomerate companies of Singapore Privately held companies of China Companies listed on the Singapore Exchange

Chinese subsidiary

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