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===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]]
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