Philips
Philips is a Dutch electronics company. It was founded by Gerard and Frederik Philips in 1891. It employs about 120,000 people in 60 countries.
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| Company type | Public (N.V.) |
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| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Total equity | €11.901 billion (2020)[1] |
| Website | philips.com |
Philips Media
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder
The first Philips factory in Eindhoven, now a public museum, July 2008
The Evoluon in Eindhoven, opened in 1966, August 2015
Philips CD-100, the second ever commercially released CD player (after partner Sony's CDP-101)
Kees Schouhamer Immink (with his Emmy award in January 2004), Philips' greatest inventor in consumer electronics in the late 20th century, invented the coding technologies for CD, DVD, Blu-ray, and DCC