Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is Europe´s largest and one of the world´s biggest electronic companies with sales of over US$ 33.9 billion in 1998. It is a global leader in colour television sets, lighting, electric shavers, colour picture tubes for televisions and monitors and one-chip TV products.
It has over 200,000 employees in more than 60 countries who are active in lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, components, semiconductors, medical systems and busines electronics.
Philips is quoted on the NYSE, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges.
Six divisions make up Royal Philips Electronics:
Philips Components
Philips Consumer Electronics
Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care
Philips Lighting
Philips Medical Systems
Philips Semiconductors
Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it´s hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent.
Some of its products are tucked away inside, like integrated circuits or CD drives. Some of them are undergoing dramatic changes in their dimensions - think of the flat screen TV, which can hang on the wall. Five of the world´s top ten PC manufacturers sell monitors produced by Philips.
What Philips wants is to make life and work easier. With the Genie mobile phone, for example, you dial a number by just saying it aloud, while Philips´ WebTV Internet terminal brings the excitement of cyberspace into the living room.
And on your travels around the world, whether passing by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, walking across London´s Tower Bridge, or witnessing the beauty of the ancient Sphinx and pyramids of Giza, you don´t have to wonder anymore who lights these famous landmarks.
˝Let´s make things better˝ is our commitment to improve the quality of lives on an individual basis; to strive to make things better for each and every one of them.
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