Talk:Philips
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Makes sense to me to add sections for Philips other products, and not just consumer electronics. Since their imaging systems cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, their imaging products probably make a substantial portion (if not a majority) of their annual revenues. FreedomWorks! 17:51, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Thought it useful to add Wikipedia links to the list of imaging systems FreedomWorks! 16:42, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Just noticed that a couple of the external links need to be redirected to subpages of the external sites they link to. Changed theworldofcdi.com link to a subpage that has the actual "History of CD-i" info. FreedomWorks! 17:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Grouped the External links by the pre-existing categories in the article (generally). Found a new site for each product category that didn't have at least two already. FreedomWorks! 17:41, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Just noticed I forgot Lighting product category! Added the 3 most-related external links re lighting. FreedomWorks! 18:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Expansion requested...
I'd like to see expansion of this article to cover various things, including more details of Philips history, details of the various divisions (by function and by country), more details of inventions, patents, innovative or famous products and also links to some of the more prominent employees. However I don't know enough to be able to add this lot - I might manage a snippet about the Redhill Research Labs. -- SGBailey 20:57, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I see no mention of Philips with regard to their computer divisions such as Philips Business System and Philips Data Systems. Philips also became a major player in the ATM market and multivendor computer maintenance.--Phimo 14:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Expansion Plan
The four general product categories represented in this article are taken directly from Philips.com. Philips doesn't seem to give much prominence to its computer divisions, they are not even mentioned or linked to on Philips.com. So, to accomodate the interest in its computer divisions, perhaps adding a Other Products & Services section would do the article well -- after, of course, Lighting and Semiconductors are fleshed out. Any volunteers? FreedomWorks! 16:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Domestic Appliances & Personal Care needs to be mentioned as they are the market leader in shavers. Steelbeard1 17:03, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Does anybody know the history of those computer divisions? Philips was restructured in the 1990s, and all the current product divisions are listed in the article. --Silvonen 06:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Philips Semiconductors
The Philips page will require a significant revision after its Semiconductor Division becomes a separate legal entity in October, 2006. DFH 18:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- Following the sale of the Semiconductor Division to the private equity consortium (as announced on 2006-08-03), the name of the new company will be announced at the end of August 2006. When this new name becomes known, we should create a new Wikipedia page for it. DFH 12:46, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Once this new page is up and running, the redirect from Philips Semiconductors should be retargeted to it. DFH 13:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History of Philips
For those who are interested, a lot of the history of Philips was covered in the book 45 Years with Philips by Frederick Philips. DFH 18:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Apparent Copyvio in Post-War section
It looks as if a few of the paragraphs in this section have been directly copied from the Philips website - for example: "In our more than 115 year history, this counts as a big step that is definitely changing the profile of the company."
- Not necessarily a copyvio - the wording could have come from the Press Announcements. Anyway, some of the wording has just been changed in this section in order to give it a more encyclopedic tone, etc. By all means make further improvements, as long as they are kept factual. DFH 13:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nazi collaboration ?
The article suggests that Philips collaborated with the Nazis before and during WW2. While the article asks for a citation for this, I can't find anything to back up this suggestion. Given the severity of such a suggestion would it be appropriate to temporarily remove the sentence until an acceptable source is found?
- The statement certainly requires qualification. A detailed account of how Philips fared under the German occupation of the Netherlands is included in Frits Philips' book. Unfortunately, I don't know where my copy of the book is currently located. DFH 16:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Reading of Frits Philips' obituary certainly makes it difficult to believe that Frits (or the division he was left with) voluntarily collaborated with the Nazis. (see http://www.cauxinitiativesforbusiness.org/lives/philips.htm). FreedomWorks! 16:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] United Kingdom
With the formation of NXP Semiconductors, and the employees at Hazel Grove and Southampton transferring to the new company, the number of Philips employees in the UK will need to be revised downwards. DFH 16:42, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Radiotherapy
Philips sold their Radiotherapy business to Elekta in 1997, but mention is still made in this article to 'radiation oncology'.
