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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.
Philips Records is a record label founded by Dutch electronics company Philips and Dutch-American music corporation Universal Music Group. It was founded as Philips Phonographische Industrie in 1950. In 1946, Philips acquired the company which pressed records for British Decca's Dutch outlet in Amsterdam.
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), co-founder of Philips Electronics. CEO 1891–1922; Anton Philips (1874–1951), joined Philips Electronics in 1912 and CEO 1922–39; Sons of Anton Philips: Frans Otten (1895–1969), son-in-law of Anton. CEO of Philips Electronics 1939–61; Frits Philips (1905–2005), a director of Philips Electronics from 1935 ...
The company started out as a light bulb maker in 1891, but has reinvented itself in the 21st century as a health tech company. Philips's corporate museum in Eindhoven, a 75-minute train ride south ...
Phillips Petroleum Company was an American oil company incorporated in 1917 that expanded into petroleum refining, marketing and transportation, natural gas gathering and the chemicals sectors. It was Phillips Petroleum that first found oil in the North Sea on December 23, 1969, at a position that was later named Ekofisk .
Philco (an acronym for Philadelphia Battery Company) [1] is an American electronics manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia. Philco was a pioneer in battery, radio, and television production. In 1961, the company was purchased by Ford and, from 1966, renamed "Philco-Ford". Ford sold the company to GTE in 1974, and it was purchased by Philips ...
Philips Norelco is the American brand name for electric shavers and other personal care products made by the Consumer Lifestyle division of Philips. [1] [2]For personal care products marketed outside the United States, Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands, Philips used the Philishave trademark until 2006.
It was purchased by North American Philips in 1974, [1] which was absorbed into Dutch electronics company Philips in 1991. The predecessor to Magnavox was founded in 1911 by Edwin Pridham and Peter L. Jensen , co-inventors of the moving-coil loudspeaker at their lab in Napa, California , under United States Patent number 1,105,924 for telephone ...