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Endpoint: Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken NV



created on: 23/03/2016
by: BitMapKen (111)
 
 

Company properties

General info :
Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V. was a subsidiary of the Philips Company.
At first it produced lightbulbs, but later would also produce television sets, portable radios and cassette recorders, home video cassette recorders, video game consoles and games.

The Philips Company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik. Frederik, a banker based in Zaltbommel, financed the purchase and setup of a modest, empty factory building in Eindhoven, where the company started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892. This first factory has been adapted and is used as a museum.

In 1895, after a difficult first few years and near bankruptcy, the Philipses brought in Anton, Gerard's younger brother by sixteen years. Though he had earned a degree in engineering, Anton started work as a sales representative; soon, however, he began to contribute many important business ideas. With Anton's arrival, the family business began to expand rapidly, resulting in the founding of Philips Metaalgloeilampfabriek N.V. (Philips Metal Filament Lamp Factory Ltd.) in Eindhoven in 1908, followed in 1912 by the foundation of Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V. (Philips Lightbulb Factories Ltd.). After Gerard and Anton Philips changed their family business by founding the Philips corporation, they laid the foundations for the later electronics multinational.

In 1991, the company's name was changed from N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken to Philips Electronics N.V.
Relations :
Renamed to [1991] : Philips Electronics NV
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Uses the brand name : Philips
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Submitted by : BitMapKen (111)
on : 23/03/2016
Refined by : Lo55o (12478)
Last updated on: 27/05/2023