Royal Philips Electronics | Wikipedia audio article
Royal Philips Electronics | Wikipedia audio article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips
00:02:12 1 History
00:04:20 1.1 Philips Radio
00:06:01 1.2 Stirling engine
00:08:59 1.3 Shavers
00:09:26 1.4 World War II
00:11:20 1.5 1945–1999
00:17:16 1.6 2000s
00:21:32 1.7 2010s
00:26:39 2 Corporate affairs
00:26:49 2.1 CEOs
00:28:29 2.2 CFOs
00:28:54 2.3 Vice Presidents
00:29:21 2.4 Acquisitions
00:30:54 3 Operations
00:33:04 3.1 Asia
00:33:13 3.1.1 Thailand
00:33:53 3.1.2 Hong Kong
00:34:48 3.1.3 Mainland China
00:35:22 3.1.4 India
00:37:12 3.1.5 Israel
00:38:22 3.1.6 Pakistan
00:38:52 3.2 Europe
00:39:01 3.2.1 France
00:39:43 3.2.2 Germany
00:41:01 3.2.3 Greece
00:41:23 3.2.4 Italy
00:41:44 3.2.5 Poland
00:42:11 3.2.6 Portugal
00:43:08 3.2.7 Sweden
00:43:34 3.2.8 United Kingdom
00:47:03 3.3 North America
00:47:12 3.3.1 Canada
00:48:30 3.3.2 Mexico
00:49:17 3.3.3 United States
00:52:01 3.4 Oceania
00:52:10 3.4.1 Australia and New Zealand
00:53:29 3.5 South America
00:53:39 3.5.1 Brazil
00:54:52 3.6 Former operations
00:58:11 4 Products
00:59:03 4.1 Lighting products
00:59:56 4.2 Audio products
01:00:23 4.3 Healthcare products
01:00:37 4.3.1 Clinical informatics
01:01:03 4.3.2 Imaging systems
01:01:51 4.3.3 Diagnostic monitoring
01:02:04 4.3.4 Defibrillators
01:02:19 4.3.5 Consumer
01:02:40 4.3.6 Patient care and clinical informatics
01:04:03 5 Coat of arms/logotype
01:04:14 6 Sponsorships
01:06:12 7 Environmental record
01:06:22 7.1 Green initiatives
01:06:58 7.2 L-Prize competition
01:07:40 7.3 Greenpeace ranking
01:09:05 8 Publications
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Koninklijke Philips N.V. (literally Royal Philips, stylized as PHILIPS) is a Dutch multinational technology company headquartered in Amsterdam, one of the largest electronics companies in the world, currently focused in the area of healthcare and lighting. It was founded in Eindhoven in 1891 by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik, with their first products being light bulbs. It was once one of the largest electronic conglomerates in the world and currently employs around 74,000 people across 100 countries. The company gained its royal honorary title in 1998 and dropped the “Electronics” in its name in 2013.Philips is organized into two main divisions: Philips Consumer health and well-being (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care) and Philips Professional Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems). The lighting division was spun off as a separate company, Signify N.V. (formerly Philips Lighting prior to 2018). The company started making electric shavers in 1939 under the Philishave brand, and post-war they developed the Compact Cassette format and co-developed the Compact Disc format with Sony, as well as numerous other technologies. As of 2012, Philips was the largest manufacturer of lighting in the world as measured by applicable revenues.
Philips has a primary listing on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Acquisitions include that of Signetics and Magnavox. They also have had a sports club since 1913 called PSV Eindhoven.
