Here are the world's top manufacturers of color televisions. Companies are ranked by the consulting firm BIS Mackintosh according to the number of sets sold in 1987 (figures in millions). 1. Thomson Group, France (including GE-RCA), 7.3. 2. NV Philips, Netherlands (excluding Grundig), 6.8. 3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Japan, 5.3. 4. Toshiba Corp., Japan, 4.0. Sony Corp., Japan, 4.0. 6. Hitachi Ltd., Japan, 3.6. Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Japan, 3.6. Samsung Group, South Korea, 3.6. Lucky Goldstar Group, South Korea, 3.6. 10. Sharp Corp., Japan, 3.0. 11. Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. (JVC), Japan, 2.6. 12. Grundig AG, West Germany, 2.2. 13. Nokia Corp., Finland, 2.1. Zenith Electronics Corp., United States, 2.1. Note: Philips owns 31 percent of Grundig.
