Company Profile

Company Profile

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”.

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Building the Leading Brand in Health and Well-Being

We seek to improve the quality of people’s lives through focusing on their health and well-being. Quite simply, we want to help people live a healthy, fulfilled life.

 

By “health” we mean not only medical-related aspects of health, but also keeping fit, eating a healthy diet, and generally living a healthy lifestyle.

 

By “well-being” we mean general sense of fulfillment, feeling good and at ease. “Well-being” also refers to a sense of comfort, safety and security people feel in their environment – at home, at work, when shopping or on the road. Our focus on Health and Well-being automatically implies that we contribute to building a sustainable society.

Business Highlights in Q3

Business Highlights in Q3

Philips agreed to acquire Discus Holdings Inc., the leading manufacturer of professional tooth whitening products. The acquisition broadens Philips’ oral healthcare portfolio and provides a strong foundation for growth in cosmetic dentistry.
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Ahead of EU legislation stipulating that all new car models must be equipped with daytime running lights, Philips has introduced its LED-based DayLight car lamp range that could reduce the number of fatalities resulting from traffic accidents by enhancing cars’ visibility to pedestrians and other motorists.

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Philips strengthened its clinical informatics portfolio with the acquisitions of Wheb Sistemas, a leading Brazilian provider of clinical information systems, and CDP Medical Ltd, an Israel-based provider of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS).

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