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{{Short description|Indian electronics company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Centum Electronics
| logo = Centum Electronics.svg
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| former_name = Solectron Centum Electronics
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NSE|CENTUM}}|{{BSE|517544}}}}
| ISIN = INE320B01020
| industry = {{ubl|[[Technology company|Technology]]|[[Aerospace engineering|Aerospace]]|[[Arms industry|Defence]]|[[Transport]]|[[Healthcare industry|Healthcare]]}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1993|01|8}}
| founder = Apparao Venkata Mallavarapu
| hq_location = 44, KHB Industrial Area, [[Yelahanka|Yelahanka Newtown]]
| hq_location_city = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]
| hq_location_country = India<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Head Office |url=https://www.centumelectronics.com/contact-us/ |website=Centum Electronics |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>
| areas_served = {{ubl|India|Europe|North America}}
| key_people = {{ubl|Apparao Mallavarapu <small>(Chairman and MD)</small>|Francois Cebes <small>(CEO Centum Adetel)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=Management |url=https://www.centumelectronics.com/management/ |website=Centum Electronics |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>}}
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| revenue = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|428.38|c}}
| revenue_year = FY21
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|33.12|c}}
| income_year = FY21
| profit = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|23.97|c}}
| profit_year = FY21
| assets = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|534.29|c}}
| assets_year = FY21
| equity = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|254.67|c}}
| equity_year = FY21
| owners = {{ubl|Mallavarapu family (58.8%)|[[Share (finance)|Public shares]] (41.2%)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shareholding Pattern |url=https://www.centumelectronics.com/investor-relations/shareholding-pattern/ |website=Centum Electronics |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>}}
| num_employees = 1,800<ref name="AnnualReport">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2020-21 |url=https://www.centumelectronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Centum-AR-2020-21_Digital_Low-res-17.07.2021_.pdf |website=Centum Electronics |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>
| num_employees_year =FY21
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| subsid = {{ubl|Centum Adeneo (100%)|Centum Electronics UK (100%)|Centum Adetel Group SA (64.66%)<ref name="AnnualReport"/>}}
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| website = {{URL|https://www.centumelectronics.com/}}
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'''Centum Electronics Limited''' is an Indian [[electronics]] system design and manufacturing company. The company produces [[subsystems]] and [[microelectronics]], and provides [[system integration]] services.<ref name="Forbes">{{Cite web|title=Centum Electronics|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/centum-electronics/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> The company was incorporated in January 1993 and is headquartered in [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]. Centum has a presence in 6 countries. It has manufacturing facilities, design, and sales and support teams in India, Canada, and France, a design team in Belgium, and sales and support teams in the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Investor Presentation September 2020 |url=http://www.valoremadvisors.com/pdf/centum-investor-presentation-2020.pdf |website=Valorem Advisors |access-date=26 January 2022 |date=September 2020}}</ref> The company's British subsidiary, Centum Electronics UK Ltd., services all European customers except those in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-23|title=Centum investing Rs 200 cr in B'luru|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/566353/centum-investing-rs-200-cr.html|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

Centum Electronics has multiple manufacturing facilities in Bangalore. The company opened its fourth Indian manufacturing facility at the Aerospace Park in [[Devanahalli]], near Bangalore on 15 February 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2017-02-16 |title=Centum Electronics opens fourth manufacturing facility in Bengaluru |url=https://www.business-standard.com/content/b2b-manufacturing-industry/centum-electronics-opens-fourth-manufacturing-facility-in-bengaluru-117021600370_1.html |access-date=2022-01-26 |work=Business Standard India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dutta|first=Baishakhi|date=2017-02-21|title=Centum inaugurates new facility at Devanahalli Aerospace Park, Bangalore|url=https://www.electronicsb2b.com/industry-buzz/centum-inaugurates-new-facility-devanahalli-aerospace-park-bangalore/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=ElectronicsB2B|language=en-US}}</ref> Centum is one of the largest contractors to the [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) and supplies over 50 different varieties of components for [[Satellite|satellites]] and [[Launch vehicle|launch vehicles]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The celestial bond that connects ISRO with India Inc|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/the-celestial-bond-that-connects-isro-with-india-inc/centum-for-micro-electronics/slideshow/70224320.cms|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Economic Times}}</ref> Centum opened a new space facility in [[Yelahanka]], Bangalore to support ISRO missions in September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau&|first=Our|title=To meet ISROs growing number of missions, Centum Electronics opens new facility|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/to-meet-isros-growing-number-of-missions-centum-electronics-opens-new-facility/article29501964.ece|access-date=2022-01-26|website=thehindubusinessline.com|date=24 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Centum Electronics Limited inaugurates new space facility at Yelahanka|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/centum-electronics-limited-inaugurates-new-space-facility-at-yelahanka/articleshow/71278723.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2022-01-26}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Solectron]] Centum Electronics was founded on 8 January 1993 in Bangalore, Karnataka by Apparao Venkata Mallavarapu.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Centum Electronics History {{!}} Centum Electronics Information|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/centum-electronics-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-8584.cms|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Economic Times|language=en}}</ref> The company was publicly listed on the [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] and the [[National Stock Exchange of India|National Stock Exchange]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Investor Relations – Centum|url=https://www.centumelectronics.com/investor-relations/|access-date=2022-01-26|language=en-US}}</ref> Centum Electronics demerged its [[electronics manufacturing services]] division into Solectron EMS India Ltd in November 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|title=OT-IT Convergence: Driving the Future of Industry 4.0 & Industry 5.0|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/engineering/ot-it-convergence-driving-the-future-of-industry-4-0-industry-5-0/articleshow/89093970.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2022-01-26}}</ref> The company changed its name to Centum Electronics in January 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Reporter|first=B. S.|date=2007-12-14|title=Solectron Centum is now Centum Electronics|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/solectron-centum-is-now-centum-electronics-107121400018_1.html|access-date=2022-01-26}}</ref>

Centum acquired a 51% controlling stake in French company Adetel Group for an undisclosed amount in June 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-17|title=Centum Electronics picks 51% stake in French firm Adetel|url=https://www.vccircle.com/centum-electronics-picks-51-stake-french-firm-adetel|access-date=2022-01-26|website=VCCircle|language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2018, Centum signed an agreement to sell its 51% stake in Centum Rakon India Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture with New Zealand company [[Rakon]], to Rakon for US$5.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rakon confirms buyout of Centum Rakon India|url=https://www.rakon.com/news/rakon-confirms-buyout-of-centum-rakon-india|access-date=2022-01-26|website=www.rakon.com|language=en}}</ref> Centum stated that it did not regard Centum Rakon, which primarily operated in the telecommunications industry, as "core to its strategy".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-30|title=New Zealand electronics firm Rakon to buy out Bengaluru's Centum in JV|url=https://www.vccircle.com/new-zealand-electronics-firm-rakon-to-buy-out-bengalurus-centum-in-telecom-jv|access-date=2022-01-26|website=VCCircle|language=en-US}}</ref> The company increased its stake in Adetel Group to 64.66% in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Market|first=Capital|date=2020-12-11|title=Board of Centum Electronics approves further investment in Centum Adetel Group SA|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/board-of-centum-electronics-approves-further-investment-in-centum-adetel-group-sa-120121100253_1.html|access-date=2022-01-27}}</ref>

The company was awarded the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]]'s Defence Technology Absorption Award by Defence Minister [[Rajnath Singh]] in January 2021 for its work on the [[EMISAT]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Centum Electronics Limited Receives DRDO's Prestigious Defence Technology Absorption Award|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/centum-electronics-limited-receives-drdos-prestigious-defence-technology-absorption-award20210104183156/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref> In March 2021, Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems CEO Rudra Jadeja stated that Centum Electronics was among the companies that contributed to the manufacture of [[Spice (bomb)|Spice 2000]] bombs including those used in the [[2019 Balakot airstrike]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bharadwaj|first=Swati|title=Spice bombs used in Balakot air strike were made in Hyderabad|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/spice-bombs-used-in-balakot-air-strike-were-made-in-hyd/articleshow/81538800.cms|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Times of India|date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Centum Electronics has been a partner of the non-profit [[Akshaya Patra Foundation]] since the 2000s. Between 2010 and 2020, Centum stated that it had sponsored meals for 360,000 school children at public and Government-aided schools in Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-23|title=CSR: Centum Electronics sponsored meals for 3.6 lac school children over 10 years in Bangalore|url=https://thecsrjournal.in/csr-centum-electronics-sponsored-meals-for-3-6-lac-school-children-over-10-years-in-bangalore/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The CSR Journal|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Industry collaboration ==
An agreement has been signed by Nibe Space, a division of Nibe Defence and Aerospace on 9 September 2024, with Centum Electronics, [[Skyroot Aerospace]], [[AgniKul Cosmos]], SpaceFields, Sisir Radar, CYRAN AI Solutions, and [[Larsen & Toubro]] for the launch of India's first constellation of multi-sensor, all-weather, high-revisit [[Earth observation satellite|Earth observation satellites]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shukla |first1=Ajai |date=11 September 2024 |title=Nibe shoots for stars with Earth observation satellite constellation |url=https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/nibe-shoots-for-stars-with-earth-observation-satellite-constellation-124091101304_1.html |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=Business Standard}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Defence companies of India]]
[[Category:Electronics companies of India]]
[[Category:Electronics companies established in 1993]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Bengaluru]]

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Abhishek Mandal at 11:40, 21 September 2025