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| Philips recorded net income of EUR 1,436 million (EUR 1.14 per share), compared with net income of EUR 1,172 million (EUR 0.92 per share) in the corresponding period of 2004. The increase was primarily attributable to the sale of several stakes which together yielded a non-taxable gain of EUR 1,086 million. Q3 2004 included a EUR 635 million non-taxable gain related to the NAVTEQ IPO.
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| The traditional Philips light bulbs of the New Year’s Eve Ball on Times Square will be replaced by environmentally friendly and more advanced LED technology.
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| Two Philips indoor LED video screens are providing visitors to the CNN Center in Atlanta with larger-than-life news programming. Selected as supplier of choice for the project, Philips Vidiwall screens are broadcasting CNN's 24 hours news reporting into the center's atrium and Turner Store.
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| Reaffirming Philips’ pride in being an official sponsor of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™, the company is transforming the outside of its global headquarters in Amsterdam into a massive 800 square meter screen for the weeks before and after the Official Draw on December 9.
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| This year, Philips Design, Royal Philips Electronics’ in-house design center, celebrates its 80th birthday. Design took its first steps at the company in 1925, with Louis Kalff and the advertising for Philips’ lighting products. Since then the competence of design has evolved into what is today Philips Design, one of the largest, innovative and reputable design groups in the world.
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| Philips and the Advocate Lutheran General Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, today announced the opening of the world’s first Ambient Experience pediatric radiology suite. The suite is designed to create a soothing environment that helps children relax while undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans and cuts down the need for sedation. |
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