189 1 was founded in the Netherlands, mainly producing lighting, household appliances and medical systems. In 2007, Philips had 65,438+028,65,438+000 employees around the world, production bases in 28 countries and sales offices in 65,438+050 countries, with 80,000 patents and outstanding strength.
20 1 1 July11day, Philips announced the acquisition of Pentium Electric (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. for about 2.5 billion yuan. On October 201110/0/0/0/7, Philips Electronics released its third quarter financial report. When the net profit in the third quarter dropped by 85.9% year-on-year, Philips announced that it would lay off 4,500 people worldwide. By the end of 20 13 and 1 year, Philips' consumer electronics business had been completely divested, focusing on quality life, medical care and lighting equipment industries.
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Philips is in a leading position in digital technology fields, such as TV sets, monitors, wireless communication, voice recognition, video compression, optical storage products, and semiconductor technology fields that support the above breakthrough achievements.
The technology in lighting, medical system, household appliances and personal care products has reached the world-class level.
According to the data, Philips produces 2.4 billion incandescent lamps and 300 million color picture tubes every year, and about 2.5 million heart operations (including scanning and interventional operations) using X-ray equipment use Philips technology every year.
One out of every seven TV sets in the world uses Philips color picture tubes, and 60% of mobile phones in the world contain Philips products. 30% offices around the world use Philips lighting products. At the same time, Philips also provides lighting for 65% of major airports, 55% of football fields and 30% of hospitals around the world.
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