Corporate Investments

Corporate Investments manage a portfolio of activities that strategically no longer fit into the current operating sectors and are earmarked for full or partial divestment. Most of the remaining activities were divested in the course of 2007, the remaining activities include:

Assembléon

Assembléon is a wholly owned subsidiary that develops. Assembles, markets and distributes a diverse range of surface-mount technology placement equipment. Its customers use Assembléon machines to place surface-mount devices and other electronic components on printed circuit boards. Assembléon employs approx. 750 people, mainly in the Netherlands.

High Tech Plastics - Optics

High Tech Plastics – Optics develops, manufactures and markets high-end plastics, opto- and opto-mechanical products. It employs some 360 people, almost all in China.

In 2008, Corporate Investments will be repositioned as the New Venture Integration Group, which will focus on the integration of newly acquired companies across all Philips sectors.