A RESEARCH BASED PROJECT
NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH IN THE MARKET
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COMPANY PROFILE: * Type: Public (BSE:ITC) * Founded: 24 August 1910a Radha Bazaar Lane, Kolkata, India * Headquarters: Kolkata, India * Key people: Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Chairman K. Vaidyanath, Director, Partho Chatterjee, CFO * Industry: Tobacco, foods, hotels, stationery, greeting cards
Products: Cigarettes, packaged food, hotels, apparel
Employees: over 25,000 (2009)
Website: http://www.i tcp ortal.com/
Forbes Global 2000 List: 987 rank (2009) * Sales ($ billion):3. 65
Profits($ billion):0.79
Assets($ billion):4.43
Market Value($ billion):13.48

* ITC S VISION | | Sustain ITC's position as one of India's most valuable corporations through world class performance, creating growing value for the Indian economy and the Company’s stakeholders. * ITC S MISSIONTo enhance the wealth generating capability of the enterprise in a globalizing environment, delivering superior and sustainable stakeholder value | |

ITC is one of India's foremost private sector companies with a market capitalization of over US $ 30 billion and a turnover of US $ 6 billion. ITC is rated among the World's Best Big Companies. ITC ranks among India's `10 Most Valuable (Company) Brands', in a study conducted by Brand Finance and published by the Economic Times. ITC also ranks among Asia's 50 best performing companies compiled by Business Week.
ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Information Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal Care, Stationery, Safety Matches and other FMCG products. While ITC is an outstanding market leader in its traditional businesses of Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards, Packaging and Agri-Exports, it is