Editing Philips (section)

==Operations==
Philips is registered in the Netherlands as a ''[[naamloze vennootschap]]'' (public corporation) and has its global headquarters in [[Amsterdam]].<ref name="annrep">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/finance/quote/PHG:NYSE?fstype=ii&ei=aX5ZVergDMPGugSJo4DoBg|title=Annual Report 2014|access-date=19 August 2012|publisher=Philips|archive-date=7 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207115326/http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:PHG&fstype=ii&ei=aX5ZVergDMPGugSJo4DoBg|url-status=live}}</ref> At the end of 2013, Philips had 111 manufacturing facilities, 59 R&D facilities across 26 countries, and sales and service operations in around 100 countries.<ref name="annrep2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.annualreport2013.philips.com/content/interactive_worldmap/index_en.html#global_presence-1|title=Interactive world maps|website=|access-date=30 December 2016}}{{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Philips is organized into three main divisions: [[Philips Consumer Lifestyle]] (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), Philips Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems), and Philips Lighting (former).<ref name="annrep" /> Philips achieved total revenues of €22.579{{nbsp}}billion in 2011, of which €8.852{{nbsp}}billion were generated by Philips Healthcare, €7.638{{nbsp}}billion by Philips Lighting, €5.823{{nbsp}}billion by Philips Consumer Lifestyle, and €266{{nbsp}}million from group activities.<ref name="annrep" /> At the end of 2011, Philips had a total of 121,888 employees, of whom around 44% were employed in Philips Lighting, 31% in Philips Healthcare and 15% in Philips Consumer Lifestyle.<ref name="annrep" /> The lighting division was spun out as a new company called Signify, which uses the Philips brand under license.

Philips invested a total of €1.61{{nbsp}}billion in research and development in 2011, equivalent to 7.10% of sales.<ref name="annrep" /> Philips Intellectual Property and Standards is the group-wide division responsible for licensing, trademark protection and [[patenting]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Nieuwhof, Marc |url=http://www.ip.philips.com/ |title=IP.Philips.com |website=IP.Philips.com |date=15 November 2010 |access-date=27 January 2011 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728065751/https://www.ip.philips.com/about/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Philips holds around 54,000 patent rights, 39,000 trademarks, 70,000 design rights and 4,400 domain name registrations.<ref name="annrep" /> In the 2024 review of [[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]]'s annual [[World Intellectual Property Indicators]] Philips ranked 7th in the world for its 294 [[industrial design]] registrations being published under the [[Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs|Hague System]] during 2023.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Hague Yearly Review 2024 |url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-930-2024-en-hague-yearly-review-2024.pdf |website=wipo.int|publisher=WIPO}}</ref>

===Asia===
====Thailand====
Philips Thailand was established in 1952. It is a subsidiary that produces healthcare, lifestyle, and lighting products. Philips started manufacturing in Thailand in 1960 with an incandescent lamp factory. Philips has diversified its production facilities to include a fluorescent lamp factory and a luminaries factory, serving Thai and worldwide markets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntccthailand.org/job-webboard/thai-graduate-program/241-philips-electronics-thailand-ltd |title=Philips Electronics (Thailand) Ltd |access-date=11 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815185051/http://www.ntccthailand.org/job-webboard/thai-graduate-program/241-philips-electronics-thailand-ltd |archive-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>

====Hong Kong====
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[[File:HKSP PhilipsElectronicsBldg.jpg|thumb|The Philips building in the [[Hong Kong Science Park]], August 2006]]
Philips Hong Kong began operations in 1948. Philips Hong Kong houses the global headquarters of Philips' Audio Business Unit. It also house Philips' [[Asia Pacific]] regional office and headquarters for its Design Division, Domestic Appliances & Personal Care Products Division, Lighting Products Division and Medical System Products Division.<ref name="philips.com.hk">{{cite web|url=http://www.philips.com.hk/about/company/local/index.page|title=(Company profile – Philips Hong Kong)|website=Philips.com.hk|access-date=27 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721085441/http://www.philips.com.hk/about/company/local/index.page|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1974, Philips opened a lamp factory in Hong Kong. This has a capacity of 200&nbsp;million pieces a year and is certified with [[ISO 9000|ISO 9001:2000]] and [[ISO 14000|ISO 14001]]. Its product portfolio includes prefocus, lensend and E10 miniature light bulbs.<ref name="philips.com.hk"/>

====China====
Philips established its first 50/50 joint venture company Beijing Philips Audio/Video  Corporation (北京飞利浦有限公司) with Beijing Radio Factory (北京无线电厂) to manufacture audio consumer electronic products in Beijing in 1987. In 1990, a factory was set up in [[Zhuhai]], [[Guangdong]], mainly manufactures [[Philishave]]s and healthcare products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qixin.com/company/72a62d25-5108-4ef1-b9f0-8ed7816f8612?token=6634d44741ea2a3640fcc99c4f9032c6&from=bkdt|title=珠海经济特区飞利浦家庭电器有限公司联系方式_信用报告_工商信息－启信宝|website=Qixin.com|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408010333/http://www.qixin.com/company/72a62d25-5108-4ef1-b9f0-8ed7816f8612?token=6634d44741ea2a3640fcc99c4f9032c6&from=bkdt|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In early 2008, Philips Lighting, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, opened a small engineering center in [[Shanghai]] to adapt the company's products to vehicles in Asia.<ref>[http://www.autonews.com/article/20080501/ANE02/748157025/philips-opens-lighting-center-in-china Philips opens lighting center in China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120055343/http://www.autonews.com/article/20080501/ANE02/748157025/philips-opens-lighting-center-in-china |date=20 November 2018}} Automotive News Report – 1 May 2008</ref> Today,{{when|date=September 2024}} Philips has 27 WOFE/JVs in China, employing more than 17,500 people. China is its second-largest market.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europeanchamber.com.cn/en/business-directory/9942 |title=Philips (China) Investment Co. Ltd. |website=The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327111623/http://www.europeanchamber.com.cn/en/business-directory/9942 |archive-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

====India====
Philips began operations in India in 1930, with the establishment of '''Philips Electrical Co. (India) Pvt Ltd''' in [[Kolkata]] (then Calcutta) as a sales outlet for imported Philips lamps. In 1938, Philips established its first Indian lamp manufacturing factory in Kolkata. In 1948, Philips began manufacturing radios in Kolkata. In 1959, a second radio factory was established near [[Pune]]. This was closed and sold around 2006. In 1957, the company converted into a public limited company, renamed "Philips India Ltd". In 1970, a new consumer electronics factory began operations in Pimpri near Pune. Also, a manufacturing facility was started in Chakan, Pune in 2012. In 1996, the Philips Software Centre was established in [[Bangalore]], later renamed the Philips Innovation Campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangalore.philips.com/ |title=About Us |website=Philips Innovation Campus |access-date=24 November 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719085246/http://www.bangalore.philips.com/ |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, Philips India entered the water purifier market. In 2014, Philips was ranked 12th among India's most-trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report, a study conducted by Trust Research Advisory.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia_2014.html|title =India's Most Trusted Brands 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150502221904/http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia_2014.html|archive-date =2 May 2015 |access-date =29 October 2014 |website=Trust Advisory}}</ref>
Now Philips India is one of the most diversified health care companies and focuses on imaging, sleep and respiratory care products, ultrasound, monitoring and analytics items, as well as therapeutic care products. In 2020, Philips introduced mobile ICUs in order to support clinicians to meet the rising demand of ICU beds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

====Israel====
Philips has been active in Israel since 1948 and in 1998, set up a wholly owned subsidiary, Philips Electronics (Israel) Ltd. The company has over 700 employees in Israel and generated sales of over $300&nbsp;million in 2007.<ref>{{cite web
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Philips Medical Systems Technologies Ltd. ([[Haifa]]) is a developer and manufacturer of [[CT scan|computerized tomography]] (CT), diagnostic and [[medical imaging]] systems. The company was founded in 1969 as [[Elscint]] by [[Elron Electronic Industries]] and was acquired by Marconi Medical Systems in 1998, which was itself acquired by Philips in 2001. Philips Semiconductors formerly had major operations in Israel; these now form part of [[NXP Semiconductors]].

On 1{{nbsp}}August 2019, Philips acquired Carestream HCIS division from Onex Corporation. As part of the acquisition, Algotec Systems LTD (Carestream HCIS R&D) located in Raanana Israel changed ownership in a share deal. In addition to that, Algotec changed its name to Philips Algotec and is part of Philips HCIS. Philips HCIS is a provider of medical imaging systems.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

====Pakistan====
Philips has been active in Pakistan since 1948 and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Philips Pakistan Limited (Formerly Philips Electrical Industries of Pakistan Limited).<ref>{{cite web
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====Singapore====
[[File:Philips Singapore HQ.JPG|thumb|A part of the former Philips Singapore HQ complex at Toa Payoh in September 2006; the new Philips APAC HQ was opened on the site of this particular building in June 2016]]

Philips began operations in Singapore in 1951, initially as a local [[Distribution (marketing)|distributor]] of [[import]]ed Philips products.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0326862D:SP | title=Philips Singapore Pte Ltd – Company Profile and News | website=[[Bloomberg News]] | access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> Philips later established manufacturing sites at [[Boon Keng|Boon Keng Road]] and [[Jurong|Jurong Industrial Estate]] in 1968 and 1970 respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://remembersingapore.org/2015/07/25/50-made-in-singapore-products-exhibition/ | title="50 Made in Singapore Products" Exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore | date=25 July 2015 | access-date=15 May 2022 | archive-date=24 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124060907/https://remembersingapore.org/2015/07/25/50-made-in-singapore-products-exhibition/ | url-status=live}}</ref> Since 1972, its regional headquarters has been based in the central [[New towns of Singapore|HDB town]] of [[Toa Payoh]], which from the 1990s until the early 2010s consisted of four interconnected buildings housing offices and factory spaces. In 2016, a new Philips APAC HQ building was opened on the site of one of the former 1972 buildings.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.philips.com.sg/a-w/apaccenter/innoexp-articles/workplace-innovation/witness-the-unveiling-of-our-new-apac-center.html | title=Witness the unveiling of our new APAC Center | access-date=15 May 2022 | archive-date=31 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831105522/https://www.philips.com.sg/a-w/apaccenter/innoexp-articles/workplace-innovation/witness-the-unveiling-of-our-new-apac-center.html | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.laudarchitects.com/philips | title=Philips | access-date=15 May 2022 | archive-date=4 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804230420/http://www.laudarchitects.com/philips | url-status=live}}</ref>

===Europe===
====Denmark====
[[File:Philips_TV_&_Test_Equipment_Amager.jpg|right|thumb|PTV Centre Amager 1964–1989]]
[[File:Philips_TV_&_Test_Equipment_Brøndby.jpg|right|thumb|PTV Centre Brøndby 1989–2001]]
Philips Denmark was founded in [[Copenhagen]] in 1927, and is now headquartered in [[Frederiksberg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/3972924Z:DC |title=Philips Danmark A/S – Company Profile and News |website=Bloomberg |date= |accessdate=6 August 2022}}</ref>

In 1963, Philips established the Philips TV & Test Equipment laboratory in [[Amager]] (moved to [[Brøndby Municipality]] in 1989) which was where engineers Erik Helmer Nielsen and {{ill|Finn Hendil|da}} (1939–2011) created and developed some of Philips' most iconic television [[test card]]s, such as the monochrome [[Philips PM5540|PM5540]] and the colour [[Philips PM5544|PM5544]] and [[TVE test card]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=13293 |title=PTV, Philips TV Test Equipment; Brøndby manufacturer in DK |language=de |website=Radiomuseum |date= |accessdate=6 August 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806143811/https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=13293 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumenter/medier/Tv/Generelt/Fjernsynets_historie_Erling_Madsen_BFE.pdf|title=Fjernsynets historie fra 1926 til 2012 - og lidt efter ...|work=kulturstyrelsen.dk|accessdate=7 June 2015|archive-date=15 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115153233/http://www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumenter/medier/Tv/Generelt/Fjernsynets_historie_Erling_Madsen_BFE.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/spain/diario-de-cadiz/20200729/282952452526838 |title=Carta de ajuste para la cadena perpetua |language=es |via=PressReader|access-date=6 August 2022|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001052709/https://www.pressreader.com/spain/diario-de-cadiz/20200729/282952452526838|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sevilla.abc.es/contenidopromocionado/2017/10/19/sabes-cuantos-anos-cumple-la-carta-ajuste-la-television/|title=¿Sabes cuántos años cumple la "carta de ajuste" de la televisión?|date=19 October 2017|website=Contenido Promocionado|access-date=6 August 2022|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611214948/https://sevilla.abc.es/contenidopromocionado/2017/10/19/sabes-cuantos-anos-cumple-la-carta-ajuste-la-television/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1998 Philips TV & Test Equipment was spun off as ProTeleVision Technologies A/S and sold to PANTA Electronics B.V. which was owned by a consortium of investors led by [[Advent International]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ProTeleVision Technologies|url=http://www.ptv.dk/|access-date=26 February 2023|website=ProTeleVision Technologies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980525073250/http://www.ptv.dk/|archive-date=25 May 1998|language=en-GB|url-status=dead}}</ref> ProTeleVision Technologies A/S was dissolved in 2001 with products transferring to [https://protelevision.com/ ProTelevision Technologies Corp A/S] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804012549/https://protelevision.com/ |date=4 August 2023}}, DK-Audio A/S (dissolved 2018) and AREPA Test & Calibration.

====France====
[[File:Usine Philips Suresnes 41-43 rue de Verdun.jpg|thumb|The headquarters of Philips France in [[Suresnes]] west of Paris, October 2011]]
Philips France has its headquarters in [[Suresnes]]. The company employs over 3600 people nationwide.

Philips Lighting has manufacturing facilities in [[Chalon-sur-Saône]] ([[fluorescent lamp]]s), [[Chartres]] (automotive lighting), [[Lamotte-Beuvron]] (architectural lighting by LEDs and professional indoor lighting), [[Longvic]] (lamps), [[Miribel, Ain|Miribel]] (outdoor lighting), [[Nevers]] (professional indoor lighting). All manufacturing in France were sold or discontinued before the Lighting spin-off in 2016.

====Germany====
Philips Germany was founded in 1926 in Berlin. Now its headquarters is located in [[Hamburg]]. Over 4900 people are employed in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philips.de/a-w/about-philips/unternehmensprofil/philips-deutschland.html|title=Philips Deutschland – Philips|website=Philips.de|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119132256/http://www.philips.de/a-w/about-philips/unternehmensprofil/philips-deutschland.html|archive-date=19 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Hamburg
** Distribution center of the divisions Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle, and Lighting
** Philips Medical Systems DMC
** Philips Innovative Technologies, Research Laboratories
* Aachen
** Philips Innovative Technologies
** Philips Innovation Services
* Böblingen
** Philips Medical Systems, patient monitoring systems
* Herrsching
** Philips Respironics
* Ulm
** Philips Photonics, development and manufacture of vertical laser diodes (VCSELs) and photodiodes for sensing and data communication

====Greece====
Philips' Greece is headquartered in [[Chalandri]] in [[Attica]]. As of 2012, Philips has no manufacturing plants in Greece, although previously there were audio, lighting and telecommunications factories.

====Italy====
Philips founded its Italian subsidiary in 1923, basing it in Milan where it still operates. After the closure of the company's industrial operations, mainly manufacturing TVs in Monza and conventional light bulbs near Turin, Philips Italia exists for commercial activities only.

====Hungary====
Philips founded PACH (Philips Assembly Centre Hungary) in 1992, producing televisions and [[consumer electronics]] in [[Székesfehérvár]]. After TPV entering the Philips TV business, the factory was moved under TP Vision, the new joint-venture company in 2011. Products have been transferred to Poland and China and factory was closed in 2013.

By Philips acquiring PLI in 2007, another Hungarian Philips factory emerged in [[Tamási]], producing lamps under the name of Philips IPSC Tamási, later Philips Lighting. The factory was renamed to Signify in 2017, still producing Philips lighting products.

====Poland====
Philips' operations in Poland include: a European financial and accounting centre in [[Łódź]]; Philips Lighting facilities in [[Bielsko-Biała]], [[Piła]], and [[Kętrzyn]]; and a Philips Domestic Appliances facility in [[Białystok]].

====Portugal====
Philips started business in Portugal in 1927, as "Philips Portuguesa S.A.R.L.".<ref name="philips.pt">{{cite web|url=http://www.philips.pt/a-w/about-philips/perfil-da-empresa/historia.html|title=História Local – Philips|website=Philips.pt|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222051751/http://www.philips.pt/a-w/about-philips/perfil-da-empresa/historia.html|archive-date=22 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Philips Portuguesa S.A. is headquartered in [[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]] near [[Lisbon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.pt/maps/dir/philips%20em%20portugal/@38.712024,-9.3119793,233m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0xd1ecec52fd7fd77:0xd4be2a9cca5551b9!2m2!1d-9.311267!2d38.712061|title=Google Maps|website=Google.pt|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073515/https://www.google.pt/maps/dir/philips%20em%20portugal/@38.712024,-9.3119793,233m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0xd1ecec52fd7fd77:0xd4be2a9cca5551b9!2m2!1d-9.311267!2d38.712061|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> There were three Philips factories in Portugal: the FAPAE lamp factory in Lisbon;<ref name="philips.pt"/><ref name="radiomuseum.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=5544|title=Philips Portugal manufacturer in P, radio technology from Po|first=Philips|last=Portugal|website=Radiomuseum|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212105217/http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=5544|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pardalmonteiro.com/atelier/imag/ARTIGOS/Tese/Para%20o%20projeto%20global%20-%20Volume%20I.pdf|title=Artigos Project : Global Report Volume 20|website=Pardalmonteiro.com|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203029/http://www.pardalmonteiro.com/atelier/imag/ARTIGOS/Tese/Para%20o%20projeto%20global%20-%20Volume%20I.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Carnaxide]] [[magnetic-core memory]] factory near Lisbon, where the Philips Service organization was also based; and the [[Ovar]] factory in northern Portugal making camera components and remote control devices.<ref name="radiomuseum.org"/> The company still operates in Portugal with divisions for commercial lighting, medical systems and domestic appliances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philips.pt/|title=Philips – Portugal|website=Philips.pt|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105235516/http://www.philips.pt/|archive-date=5 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Sweden====
Philips Sweden has two main sites: Kista, Stockholm County, with regional sales, marketing and a customer support organization; and Solna, Stockholm County, with the main office of the mammography division.

The company was a major supplier of defence electronics to the Swedish Armed Forces operating under the name Philips Elektronikindustrier AB with its final location in [[Järfälla Municipality|Järfälla]], a suburb of Stockholm. What remains of that division is now part of [[Saab AB]].

====United Kingdom====
Philips UK has its headquarters<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=philips+uk&sll=51.246446,-0.586755&sspn=0.00135,0.003484&g=Guildford,+Surrey+GU2+8XH,+United+Kingdom&layer=t&ie=UTF8&hq=philips+uk&hnear=Guildford,+GU2+8XH,+UK&ll=51.246524,-0.586755&spn=0.001308,0.003484&t=h&z=19&iwloc=B |title=philips uk – Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=24 November 2012 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728065743/https://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode&q=philips+uk&sll=51.246446,-0.586755&sspn=0.00135,0.003484&g=Guildford,+Surrey+GU2+8XH,+United+Kingdom&layer=t&ie=UTF8&hq=philips+uk&hnear=Guildford,+GU2+8XH,+UK&ll=51.246524,-0.586755&spn=0.001308,0.003484&t=h&z=19&iwloc=B |url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Guildford]]. The company employs over 2,500 people nationwide.

* Philips Healthcare Informatics, [[Belfast]] develops healthcare software products.
* Philips Consumer Products, Guildford provides sales and marketing for televisions, including High Definition televisions, DVD recorders, hi-fi and portable audio, CD recorders, PC peripherals, cordless telephones, home and kitchen appliances, and personal care products (shavers, hair dryers, body beauty, and [[oral hygiene]] ).
* Philips Dictation Systems, [[Colchester]]
* Philips Lighting: sales from Guildford and manufactured in [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire|Hamilton]]
* Philips Healthcare, Guildford; sales and technical support for X-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, patient monitoring, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, and resuscitation products
* Philips Research Laboratories, [[Cambridge]] (until 2008 based in [[Redhill, Surrey]]; originally it was called the Mullard Research Laboratories).

In the past, Philips UK also included:
* Consumer product manufacturing in [[Croydon]]
* Television Tube Manufacturing Mullard Simonstone
* Philips Business Communications, [[Cambridge]]: offered voice and data communications products, specializing in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications, IP Telephony, data networking, voice processing, command and control systems and cordless and mobile telephony. In 2006 the business was placed into a 60/40 joint venture with NEC. NEC later acquired 100 per cent ownership and the business was renamed NEC Unified Solutions
* Philips Electronics Blackburn; vacuum tubes, capacitors, delay-lines, Laserdiscs, CDs
* Philips Domestic Appliances [[Hastings]]: Design and Production of [[Electric kettle]]s, [[Fan heater|Fan Heaters]] plus former [[EKCO]] brand "Thermotube" Tubular Heaters and "Hostess" Domestic Food Warming Trolleys
* Mullard [[Southampton]] and [[Hazel Grove]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport|Stockport]] was originally brought together as a joint venture between [[Mullard]] and [[General Electric Company|GEC]] as ''Associated Semiconductor Manufacturers''. They developed and manufactured [[rectifiers]], [[diodes]], [[transistors]], [[integrated circuits]], and [[Electro-optics|electro-optical devices]]. It became Philips Semiconductors before becoming part of NXP.
* London Carriers, logistics and transport division
* Mullard Equipment Limited (MEL) which produced products for the military
* Ada (Halifax) Ltd, maker of washing machines and spin driers, refrigerators
* [[Pye Ltd.|Pye]] TVT Ltd of Cambridge
* Pye Telecommunications Ltd of Cambridge
* TMC Limited of [[Malmesbury]]

===North America===
====Canada====
[[File:PhilipsMarkham.jpg|thumb|Philips headquarters in Markham, February 2020]]
Philips Canada was founded in 1941 when it acquired Small Electric Motors Limited. It is well known in medical systems for diagnosis and therapy, lighting technologies, shavers, and consumer electronics. The Canadian headquarters are located in [[Markham, Ontario]].

For several years, Philips manufactured lighting products in two Canadian factories. The [[London, Ontario]], plant opened in 1971. It produced A19 lamps (including the "Royale" long life bulbs), [[Parabolic aluminized reflector light|PAR38]] lamps and T19 lamps (originally a [[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse]] lamp shape). Philips closed the factory in May 2003. The [[Trois-Rivières]], Quebec, plant was a Westinghouse facility which Philips continued to run it after buying Westinghouse's lamp division in 1983. Philips closed this factory a few years later, in the late 1980s.

====Mexico====
Philips Mexico Commercial SA de CV is headquartered in Mexico City. This entity was incorporated in FY{{nbsp}}2016 to sales consumer lifestyle and healthcare portfolios in the market.

====United States====
[[File:PhilipsNAHQ.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|Previous Philips' North American headquarters in [[Andover, Massachusetts]], June 2009]]
Philips' Electronics North American headquarters is in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/01/11/dutch-firm-philips-move-north-american-headquarters-from-andover-cambridge/aP8HXyXlQFaIvGufY9tI7M/story.html|title=Dutch firm Philips to move North American headquarters from Andover to Cambridge|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418014044/http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/01/11/dutch-firm-philips-move-north-american-headquarters-from-andover-cambridge/aP8HXyXlQFaIvGufY9tI7M/story.html|archive-date=18 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Philips Lighting has its corporate office in [[Somerset, New Jersey]]; with manufacturing plants in [[Danville, Kentucky]]; [[Salina, Kansas]]; [[Dallas]] and [[Paris, Texas]]; and distribution centers in [[Mountain Top, Pennsylvania]]; [[El Paso, Texas]]; [[Ontario, California]]; and [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. Philips Healthcare is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and operates a health-tech hub in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] with over 1,000 jobs. The North American sales organization is based in [[Bothell, Washington]]. There are also manufacturing facilities in Bothell, Washington; [[Baltimore, Maryland]]; [[Cleveland, Ohio]]; [[Foster City, California]]; [[Gainesville, Florida]]; [[Milpitas, California]]; and [[Reedsville, Pennsylvania]]. Philips Healthcare formerly had a factory in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]. Philips Consumer Lifestyle has its corporate office in [[Stamford, Connecticut]].  Philips Lighting has a Color Kinetics office in [[Burlington, Massachusetts]]. Philips Research North American headquarters is in Cambridge.

In 2007, Philips entered into a definitive merger agreement with North American luminaires company Genlyte Group Incorporated, which provides the company with a leading position in the North American [[luminaire]]s (also known as "[[lighting fixture]]s"), controls and related products for a wide variety of applications, including [[solid state lighting]]. The company also acquired Respironics, which was a significant gain for its healthcare sector. On 21 February 2008, Philips completed the acquisition of Baltimore-based VISICU. VISICU was the creator of the [[eICU]] concept of the use of Telemedicine from a centralized facility to monitor and care for ICU patients.

In April 2020, the [[United States Department of Health & Human Services]] (HHS) entered into a contract with Philips Respironics for 43,000 bundled Trilogy Evo Universal ventilator (EV300) hospital ventilators.<ref>{{cite web| title = Trilogy EV300 Hospital ventilator| work = Philips Healthcare| access-date = 3 September 2020| url = https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/product/HCDS2200X11B/trilogy-ev300-hospital-ventilator| archive-date = 15 February 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220215141706/https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/product/HCDS2200X11B/trilogy-ev300-hospital-ventilator| url-status = live}}</ref> This included the production and delivery of ventilators to the [[Strategic National Stockpile]]—about  156,000 by the end of August 2020 and 187,000 more by the end of 2020.<ref name="Philips_20200831">{{cite web| title = Philips EV300 ventilator supply contract with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to end after delivery of 12,300 bundled ventilator configurations| work = Philips| date = 31 August 2020| access-date = 3 September 2020| url = https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/news/archive/standard/news/press/2020/20200831-philips-ev300-ventilator-supply-contract-with-us-department-of-health-and-human-services-to-end-after-delivery-of-12300-bundled-ventilator-configurations.html| archive-date = 1 October 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221001052709/https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/news/archive/standard/news/press/2020/20200831-philips-ev300-ventilator-supply-contract-with-us-department-of-health-and-human-services-to-end-after-delivery-of-12300-bundled-ventilator-configurations.html| url-status = live}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], beginning in March 2020, in response to an international demand, Philips increased production of the ventilators fourfold within five months. Production lines were added in the United States with employees working around the clock in factories producing ventilators, in Western Pennsylvania and California, for example.<ref name="Philips_20200831"/>

In March 2020, [[ProPublica]] published a series of articles on the Philips ventilator contract as negotiated by trade adviser [[Peter Navarro]]. In response to the ProPublica series, in August, the [[United States House of Representatives]] undertook a "congressional investigation" into the acquisition of the Philips ventilators. The lawmakers investigation found "evidence of fraud, waste and abuse".<ref name="ProPublica_Philips_Callahan_20200901">{{Cite news| title = The Trump Administration Is Backing Out of a $647 Million Ventilator Deal After ProPublica Investigated the Price| first1 = Patricia| last1 = Callahan| author-link=Patricia Callahan |first2 = Sebastian| last2 = Rotella| author2-link=Sebastian Rotella |date = 1 September 2020| work = ProPublica| access-date = 3 September 2020| url = https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-is-backing-out-of-a-647-million-ventilator-deal-after-propublica-investigated-the-price| archive-date = 4 January 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210104064108/https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-is-backing-out-of-a-647-million-ventilator-deal-after-propublica-investigated-the-price| url-status = live}}</ref>—the deal negotiated by Navarro had resulted in an over-payment to Philips by the US government of "hundreds of millions".<ref name="ProPublica_Philips_Callahan_20200901"/>

===Oceania===
====Australia and New Zealand====
Philips Australia was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in [[North Ryde, New South Wales]]; it also manages the New Zealand operation from there. The company employs about 800 people. Regional sales and support offices are located in [[Melbourne]], [[Brisbane]], [[Adelaide]], [[Perth]], and [[Auckland]].

Activities include: Philips Healthcare (also responsible for New Zealand operations); Philips Lighting (also responsible for New Zealand operations); Philips Oral Healthcare, Philips Professional Dictation Solutions, Philips Professional Display Solutions, Philips AVENT Professional, Philips Consumer Lifestyle (also responsible for New Zealand operations); Philips Sleep & Respiratory Care (formerly Respironics), with its ever-increasing national network of Sleepeasy Centres; Philips Dynalite (Lighting Control systems, acquired in 2009, global design and manufacturing centre) and Philips Selecon NZ (Lighting Entertainment product design and manufacture).

===South America===
====Brazil====
Philips do Brasil was founded in 1924 in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philips.com.br/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961230143035/http://www.philips.com.br/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 1996|title=Philips Brasil Home Page|date=30 December 1996|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> In 1929, Philips began selling radio receivers. In the 1930s, Philips was making its light bulbs and radio receivers in Brazil. From 1939 to 1945, World War II forced Brazilian branch of Philips to sell [[bicycle]]s, [[refrigerator]]s and [[insecticide]]s. After the war, Philips had a great industrial expansion in Brazil, and was among the first groups to establish in [[Manaus]] [[Free economic zone|Free Zone]]. In the 1970s, [[Philips Records]] was a major player in Brazil recording industry. Now Philips do Brasil is one of the largest foreign-owned companies in Brazil. Philips uses the brand Walita for domestic appliances in Brazil.

====Color television====
[[Color television]] was introduced in South America by Cor Dillen (CFO, 1960–1968; CEO, 1981–1982), with continent-wide service in the early 1980s.<ref name="JayFm-Facebook">{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/jayfmjos/posts/pfbid0Zcj21qZUQEHKLCXVtEJQsFW3aBqerhpgqVuVQQhTfYp5d6isf5xhKSoNacvcfd2ql|title=JayFm Live|website=Facebook}}</ref>

===Former operations===
Philips subsidiary {{ill|Philips-Duphar|nl}} manufactured pharmaceuticals for human and veterinary use and products for crop protection. Duphar was sold to [[Solvay (company)|Solvay]] in 1990. Since then Solvay sold off all divisions to other companies (crop protection to UniRoyal, now [[Chemtura Corporation|Chemtura]], the veterinary division to Fort Dodge, a division of [[Wyeth]], and the pharmaceutical division to [[Abbott Laboratories]]).

[[PolyGram]], Philips' music television and movies division, was sold to [[Seagram]] in 1998 and merged into [[Universal Music Group]]. [[Philips Records]] continues to operate as record label of UMG, its name is licensed from its former parent. In 1980, Philips acquired [[Marantz]], a company renowned for high-end audio and video products, based at Kanagawa, Japan. In 2002, Marantz Japan merged with Denon to form D&M Holdings and Philips sold its remaining stake in D&M Holdings in 2008.

Origin, now part of [[Atos]] Origin, is a former division of Philips. [[ASML Holding|ASM Lithography]] is a spin-off from a division of Philips. [[Hollandse Signaalapparaten]] was a manufacturer of military electronics. The business was sold to [[Thomson-CSF]] in 1990 and is now Thales Nederland. [[NXP Semiconductors]], formerly known as Philips Semiconductors, was sold a consortium of private equity investors in 2006. On 6 August 2010, NXP completed its [[IPO]], with shares trading on [[Nasdaq|NASDAQ]].

Ignis,{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} of [[Comerio]], in the [[province of Varese]], Italy, producing washing machines, dishwashers and microwave ovens, was one of the leading companies in the domestic appliance market, holding a 38% share in 1960. In 1970, 50% of the company's capital was taken over by Philips, which acquired full control in 1972. Ignis was in those years, after Zanussi, the second largest domestic appliance manufacturer, and in 1973 its factories numbered over 10,000 employees only in Italy. With the transfer of ownership to the Dutch multinational, the corporate name of the company was changed, which became "IRE SpA" (''Industrie Riunite Eurodomestici''). Thereafter Philips used to sell major household appliances ([[whitegoods]]) under the name Philips. After selling the Major Domestic Appliances division to [[Whirlpool Corporation]] it changed from '''Philips Whirlpool''' to '''Whirlpool Philips''' and finally to just '''Whirlpool'''. Whirlpool bought a 53% stake in Philips' major appliance operations to form Whirlpool International. Whirlpool bought Philips' remaining interest in Whirlpool International in 1991.

Philips Cryogenics was split off in 1990 to form the Stirling Cryogenics BV, Netherlands. This company is still active in the development and manufacturing of Stirling cryocoolers and cryogenic cooling systems. North American Philips distributed [[AKG (company)|AKG Acoustics]] products under the AKG of America, Philips Audio/Video, Norelco and AKG Acoustics Inc. branding until AKG set up its North American division in [[San Leandro, California]], in 1985.  (AKG's North American division has since moved to [[Northridge, California]].)

Polymer Vision was a Philips spin-off which manufactured a flexible [[Electronic paper|e-ink]] display screen. The company was acquired by Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Wistron in 2009 and it was shut down in 2012, after repeated failed attempts to find a potential buyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/12/03/wistron-reportedly-closes-polymer-vision/|title=Polymer Vision reportedly shut down, along with its dream of rollable e-ink displays|website=Engadget|date=3 December 2012 |access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810064051/https://www.engadget.com/2012/12/03/wistron-reportedly-closes-polymer-vision/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>John Biggs, Tech Crunch. [https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/welcome-to-the-future-polymer-vision-demos-svga-rollable-screen/ "Welcome To The Future: Polymer Vision Demos SVGA Rollable Screen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506222435/https://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/welcome-to-the-future-polymer-vision-demos-svga-rollable-screen/ |date=6 May 2018}}. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=Gareth|title=50 jobs go at Polymer Vision|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4492908.display/|access-date=6 January 2016|work=[[Southern Daily Echo]]|date=15 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205142700/http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4492908.display/|archive-date=5 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>