{"id":16494,"date":"2018-10-28T14:14:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=16494"},"modified":"2018-10-28T01:04:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T22:04:18","slug":"story-of-philips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/story-of-philips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Philips\u2019 Founding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16996 no-display appear\" src=\"https:\/\/small-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/%D8%AA%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/small-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/\u062a\u0623\u0633\u064a\u0633-\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629-\u0641\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0628\u0633.jpg 600w, https:\/\/small-projects.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/\u062a\u0623\u0633\u064a\u0633-\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629-\u0641\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0628\u0633-300x168.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\u062a\u0623\u0633\u064a\u0633 \u0634\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0641\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0628\u0633\" width=\"559\" height=\"313\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In 1891, a young Dutchman, Gerard Philips, founded his own company with help from his wealthy mother, who specialized in manufacturing lamps. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u2026electricity and many electrical devices. Gerard Philips was influenced by Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light bulb, who at the time had many\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u2026factories producing this type of product. Philips decided to buy a factory in the Dutch city of Eindhoven and renovate it to make it suitable\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u2026for manufacturing lamps and electrical equipment. There was considerable competition in the electric-lighting market, but he considered how to turn a profit and came up with a solution. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The solution was to produce large quantities of electric light bulbs and sell them at a lower price\u2014which is exactly what he did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Philips\u2019 major expansion and the help of his brother<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Philips was on the verge of bankruptcy and had no ideas for turning the company around until his younger brother, Anton, joined him and helped considerably by working<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> as a sales representative to boost the company\u2019s sales. After a while, he began proposing business ideas and became very interested in exporting products, until they could no longer<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> keep up with the orders coming in. For this reason, they decided to expand, establishing a company to manufacture the metals used in light bulbs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">electrical products, followed by a company specializing in glass for electric light bulbs, and then an electronics company. According to those who worked there, this was one of the most <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">successful companies. In 1914, Philips established a scientific and technical research laboratory, paving the way for major success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Philips\u2019 contribution to World War I<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">During World War I, people boycotted German products, which helped Philips move quickly into the market, produce and sell its products, and then invent<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> vacuum tubes, creating another opportunity Philips was able to capitalize on. Philips invented a broadcasting device that soldiers could use in <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u2026the war made it easier for people to communicate with one another, which benefited those using it. Demand also grew significantly, and soon everyone was using it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and gained greater fame with each passing day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">How World War II affected Philips and his family<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In 1939, Philips decided to expand the company and produce other products. It began manufacturing electric shavers under the Philishave name. Then the war broke out<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> During World War II, the Germans invaded the Netherlands. Before then, many members of the Philips family had fled to America, but some stayed behind to continue working in the factories after <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">World War II began. Philips managed to hide several research centers from the occupying Germans, along with the people working there, until the war ended. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">After World War II, the Philips family returned to the Netherlands and reopened the centers, resuming operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">The benefits of World War II<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">After World War II, Philips invented the X-ray machine and radar, which could detect aircraft. The components used to make<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> these devices were components Philips manufactured for its own use. The company also made another commercial breakthrough: radar could only work by<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> using screens to display what the scanner detected. This paved the way for Philips to manufacture and sell televisions easily.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">for trading and increasing profits, and this was<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">in 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">The invention of the cassette<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In 1963, as audio and video media became more widespread, Philips was able to produce a device called the cassette player, which many of us still remember today. It was one of <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Philips\u2019 inventions, and it had a special advantage: people could use it without paying usage fees. This helped it spread more <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">quickly, while also generating significant profits for the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Combining the radio and cassette player<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">At first, cassette players were used to record important meetings. But as technology advanced rapidly and recording and playback quality improved, people began using them <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">People were listening to music and more, which prompted Philips to combine a cassette player and a radio in one device. It also produced another version, called the<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> microcassette, but it was not as successful as the standard cassette.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Invention of the video recorder:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">As technology advanced rapidly, the first device capable of recording video (both sound and picture) was invented in England in 1972. This was before Sony entered the competition with<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> its Betamax system. Then the VHS group arrived and dominated the market at the time. Philips, however, took a different approach by producing another video recorder <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">with twice the recording time of a VHS device. But the Japanese soon produced the same tape with the same quality at a lower price, which led Philips to <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">give in and adopt the VHS system, abandoning the system it had invented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Production of the compact disc:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In 1982, the world was eagerly awaiting the compact disc, which Philips had announced. It offered far higher-quality recording <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and playback than the videotapes available at the time. The compact disc was ultimately developed in partnership with Sony, followed by the DVD and then Blu-ray <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">technology, which is available today. Philips continued to expand step by step until it focused exclusively on high-priced products for large companies, factories, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and hospitals\u2014a strategy that generated substantial revenue and profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Philips\u2019 football affiliation and major profits:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Philips founded the now-famous PSV Eindhoven football club in the Netherlands and remains one of its largest financial supporters. The factory suffered several <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">fires, but it has since been transformed into a museum showcasing Philips\u2019 inventions. The number of inventions credited to Philips<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> With more than 100,000 inventions and over 122,000 employees in 60 countries around the world, Philips is now one of the best-known companies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Worldwide, it is a leader in manufacturing electrical appliances and other products used by millions of people. Philips now has a market capitalization of $50 billion<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> and annual revenue of $20 billion.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0641\u064a \u0639\u0627\u0645 1891\u0645 \u0642\u0627\u0645 \u0634\u0627\u0628 \u0647\u0648\u0644\u0646\u062f\u064a \u201c\u062c\u064a\u0631\u0627\u0631\u062f \u0641\u064a\u0644\u064a\u0628\u0633\u201d \u0628\u062a\u0623\u0633\u064a\u0633 \u0634\u0631\u0643\u062a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0635 \u0628\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0639\u062f\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u062c\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0646\u064a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u064a \u0643\u0627\u0646\u062a \u0645\u062a\u062e\u0635\u0635\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0635\u0646\u064a\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0627\u0628\u064a\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062c\u0647\u0632\u0629<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[17559,17558,17561,17562,17560],"class_list":["post-16494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-17559","tag-17558","tag-17561","tag-17562","tag-17560"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}