Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
company name	Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
company logo
company type	Naamloze vennootschap
traded as	,
foundation	1891, Eindhoven
location	Amsterdam, Netherlands
area served	Worldwide
key people	Frans van Houten (CEO), Jeroen van der Veer (Chairman of the supervisory board)
products	Consumer electronics, domestic appliances, lighting, medical systems, medical technology
homepage	philips.com
industry	Electronics
revenue	€25.42 billion (2010)
operating income	€2.065 billion (2010)
net income	€1.446 billion (2010)
assets	€32.27 billion (end 2010)
equity	€15.09 billion (end 2010)
num employees	119,000 (FTE, end 2010)
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (''Royal Philips Electronics''), most commonly known as Philips, (, ) is a multinational Dutch electronics company.

Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2010, its sales were €25.42 billion. The company employs 119,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Philips is organized in a number of sectors: Philips Consumer Lifestyle (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), Philips Lighting and Philips Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems).

History

The Philips Company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik as a family business. Frederik Philips, being a banker in Zaltbommel, financed the purchase and setup of an empty modest factory building in Eindhoven where Philips started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892. This first factory survives as a Museum devoted to light sculpture

In 1895, after the first difficult years and going nearly bankrupt, Gerard's 16 years younger brother Anton entered the family business as a sales representative at the request of his father. Since then, due to Anton's brilliant business talent, the family business began to expand rapidly resulting in 1907 in the foundation of the N.V. Philips’ Metaalgloeilampfabriek (the Philips Lightwire-bulb Factory Inc) in Eindhoven, followed in 1912 by the foundation of the N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. (the Philips Light-bulbs Factories Inc). After Gerard and Anton Philips, who were first cousins of Karl Marx, changed their family business by founding the Philips Incorporation, they laid the base of the later electronics multinational.

In the 1920s, the company started to manufacture other products, such as vacuum tubes. In 1939 they introduced their electric razor, the ''Philishave'' (marketed in the USA using the Norelco brand name).

Philips was also instrumental in the revival of the Stirling engine.

Philips Radio

On 11 March 1927 Philips went on the air with shortwave radio station PCJJ (later PCJ) which was joined in 1929 by sister station PHI. PHI broadcast in Dutch to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) while PCJJ broadcast in English, Spanish and German to the rest of the world.

The international program on Sundays commenced in 1928 with host Eddie Startz hosting the Happy Station show which became the world's longest running shortwave program.

Broadcasts from the Netherlands were interrupted by the German invasion in May 1940. The transmitters in Huizen were commandeered by the Germans and used for pro-Nazi broadcasts, some originating from Germany, others concerts from Dutch broadcasters under German control.

Philips Radio did not resume after Liberation. Instead the two shortwave stations were nationalised and became Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the Dutch International Service in 1946 though PCJ programs such as Happy Station continued on the new station.

World War II

On 9 May 1940, the Philips directors were informed about the German invasion of the Netherlands to take place the following day. They decided to leave the country and flee to the United States, taking a large amount of the company capital with them. Operating from the US as the North American Philips Company, they managed to run the company throughout the war. At the same time, the company itself was moved to the Netherlands Antilles (just on paper) to keep it out of American hands.

It is also believed that Philips—both before and during the war—supplied enormous amounts of electric equipment to the German occupation forces, which has led some people to think that the company collaborated with the Nazis, like many other firms in their day. However, there is no evidence to suggest that Philips itself or its management ever sympathized with the Nazis or their ideologies. The only Philips family member who did not leave the country, Frits Philips, saved the lives of 382 Jews by indicating to the Nazis that they were indispensable for the production process at Philips, for which he was awarded recognition as a "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem in 1995. The production facility in Eindhoven was the only Dutch industrial target that was deliberately bombed by the allied forces during the war.

Postwar era

After the war the company was moved back to the Netherlands, with their headquarters in Eindhoven. Many secret research facilities had been locked and successfully hidden from the invaders, which allowed the company to get up to speed again quickly after the war.

In 1949, the company began selling television sets. In 1950, it formed Philips Records.

Philips introduced the audio Compact Audio Cassette tape in 1963 and was wildly successful. Compact cassettes were initially used for dictation machines for office typing stenographers and professional journalists. As their sound quality improved, cassettes would also be used to record sound and became the second mass media to sell recorded music alongside vinyl records. Philips introduced the first combination portable radio and cassette recorder which is marketed as the "radiorecorder" and which is now better known as the boom box. Later the cassette was used in telephone answering machines including a special form of cassette where the tape was wound on an endless loop. The C-cassette found itself also as the first mass storage device for early personal computers in the 1970s and 1980s. Philips would also reduce the cassette size for the professional needs with the Mini Cassette, although it would not be as successful as the Olympus microcassette which was the predominant dictation media up to the advent of fully digital dictation machines.

In 1972 Philips launched the world's first home video cassette recorder, in England, the N1500 with bulky video cassettes that could record 30 minutes or 45 minutes. Later one hour tapes were also offered. As competition came from Sony's Betamax and the VHS group of manufacturers, Philips introduced the N1700 system which allowed double length recording and for the first time would fit a 2 hour movie onto one video cassette; in 1977, the company unveiled a special promotional film for this system in the UK featuring comedian Denis Norden. This idea was soon copied by the Japanese makers whose tapes were significantly cheaper. Philips made one last attempt at a new standard for video recorders with the Video 2000 system with tapes that could be used on both sides and had thus 8 hours of total recording time. As Philips only sold its systems on the PAL standard and in Europe, and the Japanese makers sold globally, the scale advantages of the Japanese proved insurmountable and Philips withdrew the V2000 system and joined the VHS Coalition.

Philips had early developments of a laser disk for selling movies but delayed its commercial launch for fear of cannibalizing its video recorder sales. Later Philips would join with MCA to launch the first commercial laser disk standard and players. In 1982, Philips would team with Sony to launch Compact Disc and optical telecommunication systems. These formats evolved to the present day DVD and Blu-Ray, which Philips launched with Sony in 1997 and 2006 respectively.

In 1991, the company's name was changed from N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken to Philips Electronics N.V. At the same time, North American Philips was formally dissolved, and a new corporate division was formed in the U.S. with the name Philips Electronics North America Corp.

In 1997 the decision was made to move the headquarters from Eindhoven to Amsterdam along with the corporate name change to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. The move was completed in 2001. Initially, the company was housed in the Rembrandt Tower, but in 2002 they moved again, this time to the Breitner Tower. In a sense, the move to Amsterdam can be considered a return to the company's roots, because Gerard Philips lived in Amsterdam when he came up with the idea of building a light bulb factory. He also conducted his first experiments in the field of mass production of light bulbs there, together with Jan Reesse. Philips Lighting, Philips Research, Philips Semiconductors (spun off as NXP in September 2006) and Philips Design, are still based in Eindhoven. Philips Healthcare is headquartered in both Best, Netherlands (just outside Eindhoven) and Andover, Massachusetts, United States (near Boston).

The Philips physics laboratory has scaled down and as of 2010 the company does not try to be innovative anymore in consumer electronics through fundamental research.

Main inventions

Compact Cassette

In 1962 Philips invented the compact audio cassette medium for audio storage. Although there were other magnetic tape cartridge systems, the Compact Cassette became dominant as a result of Philips's decision to license the format free of charge.

Laserdisc

Laserdisc was a 30 cm disc designed with MCA meant to compete with VHS and even replace it. It was not as generally popular as VHS, because of the initial investment costs of players, somewhat higher costs of movie titles, and the read-only format. But like Betamax, it enjoyed extensive success among serious video collectors. The technologies created for Laserdisc would later be used again for the Compact Disc.

Compact Disc (CD)

Although Philips' and MCA's Laserdisc project never reached the VHS mass market level, Philips still thought the format should be able to succeed, and, in collaboration with Sony, launched the smaller CD in 1982.

Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc (DVD)

The DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc), the eventual successor of the CD (Compact Disc), met a long road of setbacks. Philips wanted to continue with the CD in a new format called ''MultiMedia Compact Disc'' (MMCD), while another group (led by Toshiba) was developing a competing format, then named ''Super Density'' (SD) disc. Their representatives approached IBM for advice on the file system. IBM also learned of Philips' and Sony's initiative. IBM convinced a group of computer industry experts (among them Apple, Dell, etc.) to form a working group. The Technical Working Group (TWG) voted to boycott both formats unless they merged to prevent another format war (like the videotape format war). The result was the DVD specification, finalized in 1995. The DVD video format was first introduced in Japan in 1996, later in 1997 in the U.S. as limited test run, then across Europe and the other continents from late 1998 onwards.

Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc, yet again primarily developed by Philips and Sony, utilizes blue-violet coloured diodes to create an even shorter wavelength beam than CD or DVD. Because of this, the capacity is much more than that of CD or DVD, being 25 GB single-layered or 50 GB dual-layered.

Sale of semiconductors

As a chip maker, Philips Semiconductors was among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.

In December 2005 Philips announced its intention to make the Semiconductor Division into a separate legal entity. This process of "disentanglement" was completed on 1 October 2006.

On 2 August 2006, Philips completed an agreement to sell a controlling 80.1% stake in Philips Semiconductors to a consortium of private equity investors consisting of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), Silver Lake Partners and AlpInvest Partners. The sale completed a process, which began December 2005, with its decision to create a separate legal entity for Semiconductors and to pursue all strategic options. Six weeks before, ahead of its online dialogue, through a letter to 8,000 of Philips managers, it was announced that they were speeding up the transformation of Semiconductors into a stand-alone entity with majority ownership by a third party. It was stated then that "this is much more than just a transaction: it is probably the most significant milestone on a long journey of change for Philips and the beginning of a new chapter for everyone – especially those involved with Semiconductors".

In its more than 115 year history, this counts as a big step that is definitely changing the profile of the company. Philips was one of few companies that successfully made the transition from the electrical world of the 19th century into the electronic age, starting its semiconductor activity in 1953 and building it into a global top 10 player in its industry. As such, Semiconductors was at the heart of many innovations in Philips over the past 50 years.

Agreeing to start a process that would ultimately lead to the decision to sell the Semiconductor Division therefore was one of the toughest decisions that the Board of Management ever had to make.

On 21 August 2006, Bain Capital and Apax Partners announced that they had signed definitive commitments to join the expanded consortium headed by KKR that is to acquire the controlling stake in the Semiconductors Division.

On 1 September 2006, it was announced in Berlin that the name of the new semiconductor company founded by Philips is NXP Semiconductors.

Corporate affairs

In 2004, Philips abandoned the slogan "Let's make things better" in favour of a new one: "Sense and simplicity".

ASM Lithography is a spin-off from a division of Philips.

Origin, now part of Atos Origin, is a former division of Philips.

Its record division, PolyGram, was sold to Seagram in 1998 and was merged into Universal Music Group. Philips Records continues to operate as part of UMG, its name licenced from its former parent.

Philips Intellectual Property and Standards, is the company's division dealing with licensing, trademark protection and patenting. Philips currently holds about 55,000 patent rights, 33,000 trademark registrations, and 49,000 design registrations.

CEOs

Past and present CEOs:

1891–1922: Gerard Philips

1922–1939: Anton Philips

1939–1961: Frans Otten

1961–1971: Frits Philips

1971–1977: Henk van Riemsdijk

1977–1981: Nico Rodenburg

1982–1986: Wisse Dekker

1986–1990: Cornelis Van der Klugt

1990–1996: Jan Timmer

1996–2001: Cor Boonstra

2001–2011: Gerard Kleisterlee

2011–now: Frans van Houten

Acquisitions, subsidiaries and spinouts

Acquisitions

Companies acquired by Philips through the years include Amperex, Magnavox, Signetics, Mullard, VLSI, Agilent Healthcare Solutions Group, Marconi Medical Systems, ADAC Laboratories, ATL Ultrasound, portions of Westinghouse and the consumer electronics operations of Philco and Sylvania. Philips abandoned the Sylvania trademark which is now owned by Havells Sylvania except in Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and the USA where it is owned by the Osram unit of Siemens. Formed in November 1999 as a equal joint venture between Philips and Agilent Technologies, the light-emitting diode manufacturer Lumileds became a subsidiary of Phillips Lighting in August 2005 and a fully owned subsidiary in December 2006. In 2000, Philips bought Optiva Corporation, the maker of Sonicare electric toothbrushes. The company was renamed Philips Oral Healthcare and made a subsidiary of Philips DAP. In 2006 Philips bought out the company Lifeline Systems headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts. In August 2007 Philips acquired the company Ximis, Inc. headquartered in El Paso, Texas for their Medical Informatics Division. In October 2007, it purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent (MPP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group.

On Friday, 21 December 2007 Philips and Respironics, Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Philips will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Respironics for US$66 per share, or a total purchase price of approximately €3.6 billion (US$5.1 billion) to be paid in cash upon completion.

On 21 February 2008 Philips had completed its acquisition of VISICU Baltimore, Maryland through the merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary into VISICU. As a result of that merger, VISICU has become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Philips. VISICU was the creator of the eICU concept of the use of Telemedicine from a centralized facility to monitor and care for ICU patients.

Spinouts

Polymer Vision, the maker of The Readius, is a spin out from Philips Electronics. In May 2011, Polymer Vision designed and manufactured a 6-inch screen that displays black and white e-ink text and images at 800×600 pixels and can roll around a tube the circumference of a dime.

APRICO Solutions is a venture within Philips Intellectual Property and Standards.

Philips also forayed into the pharmaceuticals market in a company best known as Philips-Duphar (Dutch Pharmaceuticals). Philips-Duphar made products for crop protection, veterinary medicine and products for human use. Duphar was sold to Solvay, now Solvay Pharmaceuticals. In subsequent years divisions have been sold of, by Solvay, to other companies (crop protection was sold to UniRoyal, now Chemtura and the veterinary division was sold to Fort Dodge, a division of Wyeth). Philips also acquired Dynalite, an Australia based lighting control company in 2009, in order to provide its customer a complete lighting solution.

Sports, sponsorships and naming rights

Traditionally Philips has a vested interest in sports, originally as a means to provide a healthy form of recreation for its employees. In 1913, in celebration of the Centenary of Dutch independence from France, Philips founded a sports club called ''Philips Sport Vereniging'' (Philips Sports Club), or PSV, as it is now known. The sports club encompasses all kinds of sports, but is currently most famous for its Premier League football team and its swimming team. Philips owns the naming rights to Philips Stadion, located in Eindhoven, which is home to Dutch football team PSV Eindhoven.

Abroad, Philips sponsors and has sponsored numerous sport clubs, sport facilities, and events. Philips recently (November 2008) extended its very successful F1 partnership with AT&T; Williams to include many more product groups.

Furthermore, Philips owns the naming rights to the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and to the ''Philips Championship'', the premier basketball league in Australia, traditionally known as the National Basketball League. Between 1988 and 1993 Philips were also the major sponsors of The Balmain Tigers, an Australian rugby league team.

Outside of sports Philips sponsors the ''Philips Monsters of Rock festival'', held in many countries all over the world.

Worldwide presence

Philips also used to sell major household appliances (whitegoods) under the name Philips. After selling the Major Domestic Appliances division to Whirlpool Corporation it changed via Philips Whirlpool and Whirlpool Philips to Whirlpool only. Whirlpool bought a 53% stake in Philips' major appliance operations to form Whirlpool International. Whirlpool bought Philips' remaining interest in Whirlpool International in 1991.

Philips is a member of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies (also including SES Astra, Humax, OpenTV and ANT Software) that is promoting and establishing an open European standard (called HbbTV) for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.

Australia

Philips Australia was founded in 1927 and has been involved in many activities over the years, especially manufacturing. Philips Australia has its headquarters in North Ryde, New South Wales. The company employs over 400 people nationwide.

Regional sales and support offices are located in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. IT infrastructure Services are provided by IBM under the APAC regional River contract and managed by Philips ITI.

Current operating sectors/activities include;

Philips Healthcare (also responsible for New Zealand operations)

Philips Lighting (also responsible for New Zealand operations)

Philips Consumer Lifestyle (also responsible for New Zealand operations)

Philips Dictation Systems

Philips Dynalite (Lighting Control systems, acquired in 2009)

Philips Lumileds (Lumiled-LED lights, used in cellphones as a camera flash. One example is the Sony Ericsson W995 flash.)

As of 2009 philips removed the majority of its AV products from Australia. It is now only a small appliance reseller. These products are sold by a distributor.

Brazil

Philips do Brasil was founded in 1924 Rio de Janeiro. In 1929, Philips started to sell radio receivers. In the 1930s, Philips was making its light bulbs and radio receivers in Brazil. From 1939 to 1945, World War II forced Brazilian branch of Philips to sell bicycles, refrigerators and insecticides. After the war, Philips had a great industrial expansion in Brazil,and was among first groups to establish in Manaus Free Zone. In the 1970s, Philips Records was a major player in Brazil recording industry. Nowadays, Philips do Brasil is one of the largest foreign-owned companies in Brazil.

Canada

Philips Canada was founded in 1934. It is well known in medical systems for diagnosis and therapy, lighting technologies, shavers, and consumer electronics.

The Canadian headquarters are located in Markham, Ontario.

For several years, Philips manufactured lighting products in two Canadian factories. The Windsor, Ontario, plant opened in 1971. It produced A19 lamps (including the "Royale" long life bulbs), PAR38 lamps and T19 lamps (originally a Westinghouse lamp shape). Philips closed the factory in May, 2003. The Trois-Rivières, Quebec plant was a Westinghouse facility which Philips continued to run it after buying Westinghouse's lamp division in 1983. Philips closed this factory a few years later, in the late 1980s.

China, People's Republic of

In early 2008 Philips Lighting, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, opened a small engineering center to adapt the company's products to vehicles in Asia.

Hong Kong

Philips Hong Kong began operation in 1948. Philips Hong Kong houses the global headquarter of Philips' Audio Business Unit. It also house Philip's Asia Pacific regional office and headquarters for its Design Division, Domestic Appliances & Personal Care Products Division, Lighting Products Division and Medical System Products Division.

Philips also has a Light Factory in Hong Kong, with 11 automatic production lines installed which is capable of producing 200 million pieces a year. The Philips Light Factory was established in 1974, now certified with ISO9001:2000 & ISO14001, its product portfolio ranges from Prefocus, Lensend to E10 miniature light bulbs.

France

Philips France has its headquarters in Suresnes. The company employs over 3600 people nationwide.

Philips Lighting: Manufactures in Chalon-sur-Saône (fluorescent lamps), Chartres (automotive lighting), Lamotte-Beuvron (architectural lighting by LEDs and professional indoor lighting), Longvic (lamps), Miribel (outdoor lighting), Nevers (professional indoor lighting).

India

Philips started operations in India at Kolkata (Calcutta) in 1930 under the name Philips Electrical Co. (India) Pvt Ltd, comprising a staff of 75. It was a sales outlet for Philips lamps imported from overseas.

In 1938,Philips India set up its first Indian lamp-manufacturing factory in Kolkata. After the Second World War in 1948, Philips started manufacturing radios in Kolkata. In 1959, a second radio factory is established near Pune.

In 1957, the company is converted into a public limited company, renamed "Philips India Ltd".

In 1965 on 3 April, the millionth Philips radio is manufactured in India.

In 1970 a new consumer electronics factory is started in Pimpri near Pune. (This factory was shut down in 2006.)

In 1982, Philips brought colour television transmission to India with the supply of four outdoor broadcast vans to DD National during the IX Asian Games.

In 1996, the Philips Software Centre was established in Bangalore (It is now called the Philips Innovation Campus).

In 2008, Philips India entered a new product category, water purifiers designed and made in India, and exported to other countries.

As of 2008, Philips India has about 4,000 employees.

Israel

Philips has been active in Israel since 1948 and in 1998 set-up a wholly owned subsidiary, Philips Electronics (Israel) Ltd. The company has 600 employees in Israel and generated sales of over $300 million in 2007.

Philips Medical Systems Technologies Ltd. (Haifa) is a developer and manufacturer of Computerized Tomography (CT), diagnostic and Medical Imaging systems. The company was founded in 1969 as Elscint by Elron Electronic Industries and was acquired by Marconi Medical Systems in 1998, which was itself acquired by Philips in 2001.

Philips Semiconductors Israel, now part of NXP Semiconductors

Mexico

Philips Mexicana SA de CV corporate office is based in Mexico City.

There are several manufacturing plants in Mexico. Some of them are:

Philips Lighting in:

Monterrey, Nuevo León

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua

Tijuana, Baja California

Philips Consumer Electronics in:

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua

Philips Domestic Appliances used to be manufactured in a large factory in Industrial Vallejo sector of Mexico City but was closed in 2003–2004.

Poland

European financial and accounting centre: Łódź

Philips Lighting: Bielsko-Biała, Pabianice, Piła, Ketrzyn,

Philips Domestic Appliances: Białystok

United Kingdom

Philips UK has its headquarters in Guildford, Surrey. The company employs over 2500 people nationwide.

Philips Applied Technology, Redhill, Surrey develops new products and sub-systems including digital TV and communication technologies.

Philips Healthcare Informatics, Belfast develops healthcare software products.

Philips Business Communications, Cambridge offers voice and data communications products, specialising in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications, IP Telephony, data networking, voice processing, command and control systems and cordless and mobile telephony. In 2006 the business was placed into a 60/40 joint venture with NEC. As of 2010 this business now forms part of NEC Unified Solutions with headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands. Now 100% owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation of Japan.

Philips Consumer Products, Guildford provides sales and marketing for televisions, including High Definition televisions, DVD recorders, hi-fi and portable audio, CD recorders, PC peripherals, cordless telephones, home and kitchen appliances, personal care (shavers, hair dryers, body beauty and oral hygiene ).

Philips Dictation Systems, Colchester, Essex.

Philips Lighting: sales from Guildford and manufacture in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

Philips Healthcare, Reigate, Surrey. Sales and technical support for X-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, patient monitoring, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, and resuscitation products.

Philips Research Laboratories, Cambridge (Until 2008 based in Redhill, Surrey. Originally these were the Mullard Research Laboratories.)

Philips Semiconductors, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater Manchester and Southampton, Hampshire, both also earlier part of Mullard. These now become part of NXP.

In the past, Philips UK also included

Consumer product manufacturing in Croydon

Philips Domestic Appliances: Electric kettles production at Hastings

London Carriers, logistics and transport division.

Mullard Equipment Limited (MEL) which produced products for the military

Pye Telecommunications Ltd of Cambridge

TMC Limited of Malmesbury, Wiltshire

United States

Philips' American headquarters is Philips Electronics North America Corporation, 3000 Minuteman Rd., Andover, Massachusetts. For many years, the North American headquarters was located in New York, but with the company's footprint in healthcare ever increasing, it made sense to co-locate its headquarters office with its largest business sector (healthcare).

Philips Lighting has its corporate office in Somerset, New Jersey

with manufacturing plants in:

Danville, Kentucky

Bath, New York

Salina, Kansas

Paris, Texas

distribution centers in:

Mountain Top, Pennsylvania

Ontario, California

Memphis, Tennessee

Philips Healthcare is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. The North American sales organization is based in Bothell, Washington. There are also manufacturing facilities in:

Andover, Massachusetts

Bothell, Washington

Baltimore, Maryland

Cleveland, Ohio

Foster City, California

Milpitas, California

Reedsville, Pennsylvania

One factory in Knoxville, Tennessee has closed. (Need info.)

Philips Consumer Lifestyle has its corporate office in Stamford, Connecticut. It has a manufacturing plant in Snoqualmie, Washington which makes Sonicare electric toothbrushes.

Philips Research has a laboratory in Briarcliff Manor, New York.

In 2007, Philips has entered into a definitive merger agreement with North American luminaires company Genlyte Group Incorporated, which provides the company with a leading position in the North American luminaires (also known as ˜lighting fixtures"), controls and related products for a wide variety of applications, including solid state lighting. The company also acquired Respironics, which was a significant gain for its healthcare sectore.

On 21 February 2008 Philips had completed its acquisition of VISICU Baltimore, Maryland through the merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary into VISICU. As a result of that merger, VISICU has become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Philips. VISICU was the creator of the eICU concept of the use of Telemedicine from a centralized facility to monitor and care for ICU patients.

Philips has received many awards for its design, innovation and business standards. It is considered by many as one of the world's leading innovators in technology, particularly for healthcare, lighting and consumer products.

Bigger consumer electronics products

1949, began selling television sets.

1951, introduced the Philishave two-headed rotary shaver, marketed in the USA under the Norelco name.

1963, introduced the Compact Cassette.

1963, introduced the first domestic home video tape recorder, the 405 line 1" tape reel model EL3400.

1978, introduced the Laserdisc player, using technology invented in the 1960s.

1978, introduced the Philips Videopac G7000 (pictured at right), a home video game console developed by its Magnavox division. Marketed in the United States as the Odyssey² console. Variations of the console are sold worldwide through 1984.

1979, introduced the Video 2000-system: a technically superior design, but a commercial failure.

1982, launched the Compact Disc in partnership with Sony.

1983, participated in developing the MSX home computer standard. This computer standard was mainly popular in Japan and the Netherlands.

1991, introduced the CD-i, the Compact Disc Interactive system which had many video-game console-type features, but was not a sales success .

1992, launched the ill-fated Digital Compact Cassette format.

1995, manufactured the Atari Jaguar's CD add-on for Atari.

1999, launched the Super Audio CD in partnership with Sony.

2000, launched the luminaire Iridium.

2001, successfully launched the Senseo coffeemaker, first in the Netherlands and from 2002 onwards, in other countries across Europe. It produces coffee by brewing from custom-made pads containing coffee grounds. The original Senseo pads are produced by Douwe Egberts. The Senseo has been available in the US since 2004.

2004, Philips HomeLabs research center created the Mirror TV technology used in their MiraVision television line.

2006, introduced the Blu-ray Disc in partnership with Sony.

2008, introduced flatscreen with WOW VX technology. (3D TV)

2008, introduced the Relationship Care range of Philips Intimate Massagers to the UK market. The company receives a royalty on every DVD manufactured.

2009, introduced the Philips Cinema 21:9 TV in a widescreen mode for HDTVs with an LCD display using the aspect ratio.

Environmental record

In the Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, Philips ranks on the 3rd place (after Nokia and Sony Ericsson). The company gains its points mainly for launching a LED TV that is free from PVC and BFRs, the first product in this category to be free from these hazardous substances. Philips have made some considerable progress since 2007 (when it was first ranked in this guide), in particular by supporting the Individual Producer Responsibility principle, which means that the company is accepting the responsibility for the toxic impacts of its products on e-waste dumps around the world. For its "green products", Philips is using Philips Green Logo, which identifies products that have a significantly better environmental performance than their competitors or predecessors. Also, the company is running the EcoVision4 initiative in which it committed to a number of environmentally positive improvements by 2012. In 2011, Philips won a $10 million cash prize from the Department of Energy's L-Prize competition, which rewarded the company with first place for its LED replacement bulbs. Healthcare products Healthcare Informatics Cardiology Informatics (Xcelera) Enterprise Imaging Informatics (iSite PACS, XIRIS) IntelliSphere ViewForum Imaging Systems Cardio/Vascular X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) Fluoroscopy Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Mobile C-Arms Nuclear Medicine PET (Positron Emission Tomography) PET/CT Radiography Radiation Oncology Systemsroots Ultrasound Diagnostic Monitoring Diagnostic ECG Defibrillators Accessories Equipment Software Consumer Philips AVENT Patient Care and Clinical Informatics Anesthetic Gas Monitoring Blood Pressure Capnography D.M.E. 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This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. Carl Erik is an actor in gay pornography. Awards and nominations 1996 Grabby Awards winner of ''Promising New Performer" in "Trying it on for Size" (Studio 2000). See also List of pornographic movie studios List of Grabby recipients List of male performers in gay porn films List of pornographic movie studios List of gay porn magazines References External links Category:Actors in gay pornographic films Category:Living people fa:کارل اریک id:Carl Erik This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. Coordinates 12°58′0″N77°34′0″N name Emo Philips birth date February 07, 1956 birth place Chicago, Illinois medium Stand-up nationality American genre Surreal humor, Wit/Word play influenced Jimmy Carr, Demetri Martin, Patton Oswalt, Mitch Hedberg, Bo Burnham, Milton Jones website EmoPhilips.com footnotes }} Emo Philips (born February 7, 1956) is an American entertainer and comedian born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians and garden path sentences spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice and a confused, childlike delivery of his material to produce the intended comic timing in a manner invoking the 'wisdom of children' or the idiot savant. Career Philips has recorded three comedy albums. His album ''E=mo²'' won the 1985 New Music Award for best comedy album. It was later re-released along with his ''Live at the Hasty Pudding Theatre'' album on a single CD. He also released an album called "Emo" in 2001. A joke of his was voted funniest religious joke ever in a 2005 online poll. In 2006, he appeared at the Newbury Comedy Festival. He was included in the top 50 of ''E4'''s 100 Greatest Comedians, and also appeared number 54 on Channel 4's top 100 greatest standups. Aside from Philips' long career as a standup comic, he has been featured in acting roles on television series such as ''Miami Vice'' and ''The Weird Al Show''. He has also recently appeared on British television, appearing as a guest on the panel game ''8 Out of 10 Cats''. Philips has several voiceover credits, including work on the animated series ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist''; ''Home Movies''; ''Space Ghost: Coast to Coast''; and the voice of Dooper in the animated series Slacker Cats. He has appeared in feature films, including 1989's ''UHF'' (as a rather clumsy school shop teacher who accidentally saws his thumb off), the original 1992 version of ''Meet the Parents'' (also executive producer), and ''Desperation Boulevard'' in 1998. Discography Date of Release Title Label 1985 ''E=MO2'' CBS 1987 ''Live at the Hasty Pudding Theatre'' Epic 2001 ''Emo'' Louipimps Records Personal life In 1988, Philips married comedian Judy Tenuta, another entertainer with an offbeat comic persona. The couple later divorced. References External links Category:1956 births Category:American actors Category:American comedians Category:Living people Category:People from Downers Grove, Illinois it:Emo Philips he:אמו פיליפס pt:Emo Philips fi:Emo Philips This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. Peter Philips (also ''Phillipps'', ''Phillips'', ''Pierre Philippe'', ''Pietro Philippi'', ''Petrus Philippus'', c. 1560–1628) was an eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders. He was one of the greatest keyboard virtuosos of his time, and transcribed or arranged several Italian motets and madrigals by such as Lassus, Palestrina, and Giulio Caccini for his instruments. Some of his keyboard works are found in the ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book''. Philips also wrote many sacred choral works. Life Philips was born in 1560 or 1561, possibly in Devonshire or London. From 1572 to 1578 he began his career as a boy chorister at St Paul's Cathedral in London, under the aegis of the Catholic master of choristers, Sebastian Westcote (d. 1582), who had also trained the young William Byrd some twenty years earlier. Philips must have had a close relationship with his master, as he lodged in his house up to the time of Westcote's death, and was a beneficiary of his Will. In this same year of 1582 Philips left England for good, like so many others for reasons of his Catholicism, and stayed briefly in Flanders before travelling to Rome where he entered the service of Alessandro Farnese (1520–1589), with whom he stayed for three years, and was also engaged as organist at the English Jesuit College. It was here that in February 1585 he met a fellow Catholic exile, Thomas, third Baron Paget (c.1544-1590). Philips entered Paget's service as a musician, and the two left Rome in March 1585, travelling over several years to Genoa, Madrid, Paris, Brussels and finally Antwerp, where Paget died in 1590. Philips settled in Antwerp, where he married, gaining a precarious living by teaching the virginals to children. In 1593 he went to Amsterdam "to sie and heare an excellent man of his faculties", doubtless Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck whose reputation had by then long been made. On his way back, Philips was denounced by a compatriot for complicity in a plot on Queen Elizabeth's life, and he was temporarily imprisoned at the Hague, where he probably composed the pavan and galliard ''Doloroso'' (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book nos. LXXX and LXXXI). Philips himself translated the accusations made against him during his trial, revealing that he could by then speak Dutch. He was acquitted and released without further charges. Philips' fortunes took a turn for the better on his return, and in 1597 he was employed in Brussels as organist to the chapel of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria who had been appointed governor of the Low Countries in 1595. Here, after his wife – and child's – deaths, he was ordained a priest in either 1601 or 1609 – opinions differ; in any case, he received a canonry at Soignies in 1610, and another at Béthune in 1622 or 1623. In his position at court, Philips was able to meet the best musicians of the time, including Girolamo Frescobaldi, who visited the Low Countries in 1607-1608, and his fellow-countryman John Bull, who had fled England on a charge of adultery. His nearest colleague however was Peeter Cornet (c. 1575-1633), organist to Archduchess Isabella, wife of Philips' employer the archduke. Philips died in 1628, probably in Brussels, where he was buried. Works Philips was an extremely prolific composer: his surviving motets number in the hundreds, and he also composed both instrumental and consort music. His keyboard pieces are mostly in the tradition of the English ''virginalist school'', but his choral works, although retaining occasional English characteristics, are largely in the style of more conservative Italian contemporary composers such as Giovanni Croce. Works in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: The earliest surviving piece we know to be by Philips is a pavan dated 1580 in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (no. LXXXV). It bears the note: ''The first one Phi[lips] made'', and was the subject of a magnificent set of variations by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck entitled ''Pavana Philippi'', and others by Thomas Morley and John Dowland. Of Philip's 27 known (excluding doubtful works) keyboard pieces – pavans, galliards, fantasias and settings of Italian masters – no less than nineteen are included in the same collection. The probable compiler of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Francis Tregian the Younger, a fellow Catholic, was almost certainly acquainted with Philips: both men were at the court of Brussels in 1603, and Tregian may well have been responsible for importing Philips' works to England. The pavan ''Doloroso'' (no. LXXX) appears to be dedicated to Tregian, bearing the title ''Pauana Doloroso. Treg[ian]'', and there is also a ''Pavana Pagget'' with its galliard, dated 1590 and no doubt written on the death of his patron, Lord Thomas Paget. Many of the pieces are settings of Italian composers, and in some Philips' name is spelled the Flemish way: ''Peeter'' suggesting that the scribe – possibly Tregian himself – was copying from continental manuscripts. Other works: 1591: Philips' publisher in Antwerp, Pierre Phalèse the Younger (1550–1629), printed his collection of madrigals entitled ''Melodia Olympica'', followed by further editions in 1594 and 1611. 1596: Philips published his ''Primo Libro de Madrigali a sei voci'', a book of madrigals for six voices. 1598: A further book of madrigals for eight voices published. 1603: Another set of madrigals for six voices published. 1612: The first set of ''Cantiones Sacrae'' for five voices printed by Phalèse. 1613: A second set of ''Cantiones Sacrae Octonis Vocibus'' for double chorus of eight voices. 1613: ''Gemmulae Sacrae Binis et Ternis Vocibus cum Basso Continuo Organum.'' 1615: 3 Trios (without instrumentation) in ''L'Institution Harmonique'' by Salomon De Caus, Frankfurt 1616: ''Les Rossignols spirituels'' published, two and four-part arrangements of popular songs adapted to sacred texts in Latin and French. 1616: ''Deliciae sacrae binis et ternis vocibus cum basso continuo organum.'' 1623: ''Litanies to Loreto''. 1628: ''Paradisus sacris cantionibus consitus, una, duabus et tribus vocibus decantantis''. Collections and scores The ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'', J.A. Fuller Maitland and W. Barclay Squire, Dover Publications, New York 1963. SBN 486-21068-5. ''Eight Keyboard Pieces by Peter Philips: A collection of all Philips' known music for keyboard instruments contained in sources other than the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.'' John Harley (ed.). Stainer & Bell, London 1995. ''Complete Keyboard Music''. David J Smith (ed.). Stainer & Bell, London 1999. ''Cantiones Sacrae Octonis Vocibus (1613)''. Musica Britannica vol. 61. John Steele (ed.). Stainer & Bell, London 1992. ''Select Italian Madrigals''. Musica Britannica vol. 29. John Steele (ed.). Stainer & Bell, London 1985. Discography ''Paradisus Sacris Cantionibus''. Currende Vocal Ensemble. Accent ACC 8862 ''Consort Music''. The Parley of Instruments. Hyperion CDA 66240 ''Keyboard Music''. Paul Nicholson. Hyperion CDA 66734 ''Harpsichord Music''. Emer Buckley. Harmonis Mundi HMC 901263 ''The English Exile''. Colin Booth. Soundboard. SBCD 992 ''Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus''. The Sarum Consort. Gaudeamus 217 ''Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus''. The Tudor Consort. Naxos 8.55056 ''Complete Keyboard Works Vol 1''. Siegbert Rampe. MDG 341 1257-2 ''Complete Keyboard Works Vol 2''. Siegbert Rampe. MDG 341 1435-2 ''"Motets et Madrigaux" Cappella Mediterranea Leonardo García Alarcón AMBRONAY AMY015 External links Category:1560s births Category:1628 deaths Category:English composers Category:Renaissance composers Category:Baroque composers Category:English Roman Catholic priests Category:People of the Tudor period Category:16th-century English people Category:17th-century English people ca:Peter Philip de:Peter Philips fr:Peter Philips it:Peter Philips nl:Peter Philips pt:Peter Philips This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. 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