COMPANY PROFILE

Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on
improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and
lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental
customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”.
 
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 119,000 employees in more than 60
countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 25.4 billion in 2010, the company is a market leader in cardiac
care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as
well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in male
shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare.

Philips Electronics India Limited

Philips Electronics India Limited, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics, is the
leading Health and Wellbeing company. Today, Philips is a simpler and more focused company with
global leadership positions in key markets of Healthcare, Lighting and Consumer Lifestyle, addressing
people’s Health and wellbeing needs and aspirations as its overarching theme.

As one of the nation's most well-known and well-loved brands, Philips is a part of practically every
Indian's life. With recent launch of Philips Respironics product categories in obstructive sleep apnea
management and home respiratory care, home decorative lighting range and ALU range, Philips products
find use in virtually every aspect of an individual’s daily life 24X7 - at home, at work, on the move and at
rest. Philips stands as a source of easy to use, trendy and innovative internationally acclaimed products
with superior design and technology that enhance the quality of consumers' professional and personal
lives.

Philips has been operating in India for over 75 years and employs over 4,500 employees around the
country.  The company has an excellent pan India distribution and after-sales service network.

Businesses

Healthcare
Philips simplifies healthcare by focusing on the people in the entire “cycle of care” - whether it is
in the hospital or in the home – patients and care providers. Philips Healthcare in India operates
in the diagnostic imaging segment including CT, MRI, X-rays, cardiovascular system, nuclear
medicine, PET-CT, and ultrasound imaging systems, and is also a significant player in patient
monitoring. Recently, Philips Healthcare announced its entry into the fast-growing Indian home
healthcare market by introducing the Philips Respironics product categories in obstructive sleep
apnea management and home respiratory care. Through combining human insights and clinical
expertise, Philips aims to improve patient outcomes while lowering the burden on the healthcare
system. Outstanding image quality and reliability, backed by an excellent application, and
customer support network, has made Philips Healthcare a preferred choice of clinicians and one
of the leading suppliers of diagnostic imaging systems. Philips is the clear leader in cathlabs
segment with the most comprehensive range of innovative cardiology solutions in India.
 
With a strong focus to drive growth from emerging markets, Philips Healthcare announced the
first patient monitor designed for emerging markets, Philips SureSigns VM3, in India. This series
of new portable, compact patient monitors provides a reliable, yet affordable means to observe
and care for patients. With the acquisition of India-based Alpha X-Ray Technologies and
Meditronics, Philips also expanded its healthcare business to cater to the high-growth economy
segment for Cardiovascular and General X-Ray systems.

Lighting 
Philips Electronics India, India’s largest lighting company operates in business areas of Lamps,
Luminaires, Lighting Electronics, Automotive and Special Lighting. Today, as global leader in
Lighting, Philips is driving the switch to energy-efficient solutions. With worldwide electrical
lighting using 19 per cent of all electricity, the use of energy-efficient lighting will significantly
reduce energy consumption around the world and thereby cut harmful CO2 emissions. Philips
India has been consistently working with industry bodies such as ELCOMA, Bureau of energy
efficiency and NGOs towards addressing India’s power crisis through promotion of energy
efficient lighting in India.
 
Philips provides advanced energy-efficient solutions for all segments: road lighting, office &
industrial, hospitality and home. Philips is also a leader in shaping the future with exciting new
lighting applications and technologies such as LED technology, which, besides energy efficiency,
provides attractive benefits and endless new ‘never-before-possible’ lighting solutions.
 
In 2008, Philips inaugurated a global research and development (R&D) centre for lighting
electronics in India. This was its third such unit in the world. The facility which is situated in
Noida will not only cater to the needs of the Indian market but also the Asia-Pacific, Europe and
North America. The other R&D centres are located at Eindhoven in the Netherlands and in
Shanghai, China. One of the primary research areas for the centre is to develop products that can
tackle high voltage fluctuations in India. The centre currently employs 35 engineers. Around 40
per cent of Philips’ revenue in India comes from the lighting business.

Consumer Lifestyle
Guided by the brand promise of “sense and simplicity” and the consumer insights, Philips
Consumer Lifestyle offers rich, new consumer experiences that meet consumers’ desire for
relaxation and improving their state of mind. Philips also responds to the consumer's desire for
wellness and pleasure by introducing products that meet the individual’s interests in terms of
their mind, space, body and appearance.
 
The Consumer Lifestyle arm in India operates in the business areas of Home Entertainment
solutions and Personal Infotainment with product categories such as TVs, home theatre systems,
music systems, DVD players, personal entertainment solutions, sound accessories, Domestic
Appliances and Personal care.
Philips Consumer Lifestyle, India site

Philips Innovation Campus (PIC)

Philips Innovation Campus (PIC), Bangalore is a division of Philips Electronics India Limited,
which is owned 96% by Royal Philips Electronics N.V., The Netherlands. It was established in
August 1996, with a vision to be an innovation hub creating next generation solutions and
products for Healthcare and Lifestyle. With the objective of meeting the growing need for high-
quality, cost-effective software development capacity within the organization, PIC’s share has
increased significantly from 8% in 1998 to around 20% in 2008.
 
Working at PIC are about 1000 of the industry's finest professionals, using state-of-the-art
software engineering paradigms and platforms including real-time systems, component-based
software engineering and multi-threaded architecture to drive the creation of tomorrow's
products and services. PIC is an ISO 9001/TickIT, SEI, CMM SM level 5 company & has emerged as
a critical partner in the development of strategic & futuristic technologies for Philips worldwide.
60,000 registered patents illustrate the innovative nature of the company. Philips has adopted an
Open Innovation strategy which leverages the joint innovative power of partnering companies
and researchers to bring more innovations to the market effectively and faster. PIC has built-up
extensive know-how and expertise in the software engineering and technology domains relevant
to its business. In addition, competencies in the areas of project management, requirement
engineering and quality assurance have been established to offer customers products and
services of the highest quality, at the fastest time-to-market and the lowest cost of ownership.
Sustainability

Sustainability is at the center of Philips’ strategy. Philips is committed to reducing its

environmental footprint in all aspects of its business: in the products, manufacturing,
procurement, as well as in the communities where the company acts and in the working practices
of its employees.
 
All Philips products go through an EcoDesign process, identifying environmental impact in terms
of energy efficiency, hazardous substances, take-back and recycling, weight and lifetime
reliability. Philips’ processes on Green Product sales are verified annually by an independent
third party and published in the Sustainability Annual Report.
 
Philips aims to combat global healthcare challenges by focusing on delivering better quality
healthcare at lower costs, also in the emerging markets, such as China and India.
 
Philips also takes a leading position in educational programs, showing its stakeholders that
energy efficient solutions are simple, easy and actionable and make economic sense for national
and local governments, businesses, schools and individuals.