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| Philips Lighting’s most innovatory lighting products have been taking the stands at the Light & Building Fair currently running in Frankfurt, Germany. From the revolutionary developments in LEDs, better office lighting, longer lasting lamps, reduced mercury and energy efficient solutions, the company’s been demonstrating why it’s still number 1 in world lighting. |
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| On 9 June, the waiting will finally be over for millions of fans. When the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ kicks off in Germany, it will mark the start of the world’s most popular sporting event. And for the sixth consecutive time, Philips will be an Official Partner of the FIFA World Cup™, supporting and promoting this ultimate festival of football with our most ambitious program ever. |
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| Philips has won the much sought-after Gold iF product design award for the Pedestrian LED Luminaire. This accolade crowns another extremely successful year for the Dutch company in this renowned and prestigious international design competition, in which it picked up an additional 20 awards. This is further confirmation of Philips’ acclaimed design approach that combines technological sense with user friendliness. |
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| Four years ago, Philips formed the Technology Incubator group. It’s goal: to transform promising new technologies from the company’s Research & Development department into viable business opportunities. Now the effort has paid off with the birth of the group’s first spin-off: Polymer Vision, an independent company dedicated to the rollable display market. |
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| Philips Design and Rivers Run Red, the virtual world design agency, have signed a collaboration agreement to establish a Philips Design presence within the imaginary, on-line community known as Second Life. |
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| Visitors to the 92nd annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting will see an impressive array of innovations from Philips. Under the theme of Simplicity on display, Philips is highlighting major new imaging systems, which help doctors focus better on patients. Philips is also introducing new software for lung nodule detection as well as presenting the next step for Ambient Experience. It’s all evidence of Philips’ commitment to simplifying physicians’ workflows and improving care for every patient. |
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| Two products designed by Philips Design have won Gold and Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs) from the Industrial Designers Society of America. The CityWing LED luminaire took Gold while the Titan Electron Microscope won Bronze. |
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| The noise. The atmosphere. The sense of belonging. For football fans, nothing beats actually being there. Over three million of them will live out that dream this summer as they cheer their team on to glory in the FIFA World Cup™. Helping create an unforgettable experience for players and fans alike, Philips will be enhancing the experience through advanced technology that lives up to our brand promise of ‘sense and simplicity’. |
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| Our Annual Report for 2005 is now online and available for download. Offering – to name just a few items – financial highlights, reporting and statements from the previous year, as well as shareholder information and profiles of the Group Management Committee, Board of Management and Supervisory Board, it’s available for download as a single document, or only in those sections you particularly want to read. |