Royal Philips Co., Ltd., a world-renowned multinational electronics brand, was founded in 1891 for the production of light bulbs, the world's top 500, focusing on health care, quality of life and lighting in the field of the world's electronics industry giants, with strong scientific and technological innovation and product design is famous all over the world
Philips, a global leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting. Based on an understanding of customer needs and a brand promise of "simplicity in mind", Philips integrates technology and design into human-centered solutions.
Philips Electronics is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, ranking first in Europe. Since its founding, it has been determined to innovate for 100 years, contributing many inventions to the world, such as audio cassettes, CDs, rewritable DVDs, 100 Hz color TVs, and leading the world in the fields of color televisions, lighting, electric shavers, medical diagnostic images and patient monitors, and single-chip TV products.
Philips produces 2.4 billion energy-efficient light sources every year. Our technology is used in approximately 2.5 million cardiac procedures (including scans and interventions) performed with X-ray equipment worldwide each year. One in seven TVs in the world uses Philips color displays, and 60% of the world's phones contain Philips products. Philips lighting products are used in 30% of the world's offices, and Philips also illuminates 65% of the world's major airports, 55% of football stadiums and 30% of hospitals.
Philips is known for its production of household appliances, military and civilian communication equipment, medical equipment, computers, instrumentation and display systems. It is also one of the largest arms companies in Western Europe, with Philips products on everything from Sputnik and the Apollo moon landing spacecraft to the latest space shuttle. Philips radars are also used by U.S. warships.
Philips is the largest electronics multinational company in Europe, with hundreds of branches or factories in 150 countries and regions around the world, including more than 100 in the United States.
Historically, Philips has made significant contributions to the development of the world's home appliance industry. More than 50 years ago, Philips invented the electric razor, in the early 60s, invented the cassette recorder, the Philips cassette tape standard became the world standard, and later invented the video recorder, in the early 80s, it developed a CD player with the Japanese SONY company, and later launched DVD and Blu-ray DVD with SONY.
Philips has also launched two new products, digital cassette and laser audio and video discs, and the company also plans to promote ultra-widescreen high-definition color TV systems in Europe. Philips has been a leader in these areas, and its products have become household names.
innovation
The company has 60,000 registered patents, which fully reflects the innovative nature of the company. Philips currently has approximately 29,000 registered trademarks, 43,000 design patents and 2,000 domain names.
Philips pursues an "open innovation" strategy, which leverages the innovative power of partners and researchers to bring more innovative products to market faster and more efficiently. In 2007, Philips invested 1.6 billion euros in research and development.
Philips is internationally recognized as a global leader in design and receives numerous international awards every year. For example:
In the 2008 iF Product Design Competition, Philips won 27 design awards in 6 categories
In 2007, Philips received more than 38 design awards from different institutions, including the prestigious "Red Dot Supreme" award, and the skin probing program was named "Invention of the Year" by Time Magazine.
Philips entered the Chinese market as early as 1920. The first joint venture was established in 1985. Philips has become one of the largest investment partners in China's electronics industry, with a cumulative investment of more than US$3.4 billion, 35 joint ventures and wholly-owned enterprises in China, more than 60 offices across the country, and more than 19,000 employees. In 2002, Philips was awarded the annual "Double High Enterprise Special Contribution Award" by the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment for ranking first among foreign-invested enterprises in China in terms of turnover and export earnings.
