Company Profile

Company Profile

Royal Philips 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.

Q1 Business Highlights

Q1 Business Highlights

Philips partnered with lighting designer Régis Clouzet and installation specialist Vinci Energies Citéos to deliver an innovative and sustainable LED lighting solution for the Montparnasse Tower in Paris.
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In partnership with Smit Mobile Equipment, Philips has introduced a mobile MicroDose unit in the Middle East. The MicroDose system, a unique low-dose digital mammography solution, has been installed in a mobile breast cancer screening vehicle specifically adapted to the local requirements.
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Philips PerfectCare, an innovative iron that uses a new steam technology, is now the world’s best-selling steam generator iron. The appliance has also been voted ‘Product of the Year’ in Germany by the world’s largest consumer-voted award for product innovation.
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Philips in Q1 2012

Sales                             5.6 bln
EBITA                         552 mln
Net income                 249 mln