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Philips Avent, stylized as Philips AVENT, is a child care brand which manufactures baby bottles, breast pumps, and other baby feeding and health accessories. It is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The name AVENT came from the sub-brand Avent Naturally which was launched by a Company called Cannon Rubber (est.1936). [1]
Hegen is a Singapore brand incorporated in June 2014 [1] that designs and produces breastfeeding pumps, storage containers, and bottles. [2] Its flagship product is its Express-Store-Feed system with the patented Press-to-Close, Twist-to-Open (PCTO) technology. [3] Its current CEO is its founder, Yvon Bock.
Until 1985, subscribers' telephone numbers in Singapore were five and six digits. Five digits were introduced in 1960s, whereas 5-digit and 6-digit phone numbers were introduced in 1960s as fixed lines grew, but in that year, these changed to seven digits as the introduction of new towns arose (Tampines, Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Yishun and Hougang) and a large number of new numbers were required.
Contact Singapore (Chinese: 联系新加坡) was an agency of the Singapore government whose primary function is to draw people from around the world to work, invest and live in Singapore, with the ultimate aim of boosting economic development. [1] [2] It was an alliance of Singapore’s Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower. [3]
Edward Atkin is a businessman, investor and entrepreneur based in the UK and was CEO of Avent. His company was acquired by Philips in 2006 for £460 million. [1] [2] [3] His company was then renamed Philips AVENT. According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Atkin is worth £267 million. [4]
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder. The Philips Company was founded in 1891, by Dutch entrepreneur Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips. Frederik, a banker based in Zaltbommel, financed the purchase and setup of an empty factory building in Eindhoven, where the company started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892.
In 2002, Virgin Mobile in a joint venture with Singtel, set up the fourth telecommunications company in Singapore. It was the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Singapore. The operations were closed down on 11 October 2002 after failing to attract a significant number of customers.
out of 3 Mt bottles sold, 900kt of PET bottles (up from 600kt in 2008 [44]) were collected in 2018 (so around 1/3). 700kt of r-PET were produced for which the end uses were: 15% sheets & films; 35% bottles (1/5 for food contact). 40% fibres; 8% strapping; 1% other; In 2019, 81% of the PET bottles sold in Switzerland were recycled, [45] as in ...