CAPE TIMES - April 4, 1933
The Philips Company was founded in Eindhoven in 1891, by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips, where the company started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892. This first factory is used as a museum.
The family business began to expand rapidly and they laid the
foundations for the later electronics multinational.
1908
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- founding of Philips Metal Filament
Lamp Factory Ltd. in Eindhoven
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1912
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- foundation of Philips Lightbulb
Factories Ltd.
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1920s
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- the company started to manufacture
other products, e.g. vacuum tubes
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1930s
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- the "Chapel" (a radio with
built-in loudspeaker) was designed
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1939
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- introduced the Philishave – an electric razor
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