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| Dutch partnership with Eneco Energy Trade, Royal Philips Electronics and ING Wholesale Banking makes distribution of 30 million CFLs to low and middle income households possible with support of the Mexican government. |
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| The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition has received its first entrant, a product from Philips Electronics. Philips has developed, manufactured and will bring to market an LED replacement for the common 60-Watt incandescent light bulb. Philips developed this product in response to DOE’s industry-wide challenge, and was today recognized by DOE as the first company to submit an entry. |
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| Philips will today call for action to ensure that renovation of existing infrastructure and buildings in cities is accelerated in the battle against climate change. At the UN Leadership Forum on Climate Change, Philips will call upon governments worldwide to help ensure a green recovery by setting ambitious CO2 reduction targets as well as strong legislative standards for implementation. The company puts weight behind its appeal by partnering with the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), committing to make cities 40% more energy efficient in the next 10 years. |
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| In a keynote speech delivered today at this year’s Nikkei-Philips symposium on “Independent Living and Home healthcare”, Dr. Eric Silfen, Chief Medical Officer, Philips Healthcare, reconfirmed Philips’ commitment to ensuring sound and sustainable healthcare in the future. Speaking to an audience of experts from a wide variety of fields and sectors (including the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare), Dr. Silfen focused upon the complex challenge of providing quality care to the nearly 7 billion people living on this planet and the significance of “empowerment”, in a rapidly ageing society. |
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| Philips is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious INDEX:Award in the category Home, for the Chulha, Philips' innovative sustainable, healthy cooking stove. The INDEX: Award is a bi-annual award that supports the INDEX mission to generate more design to improve life of higher quality all over the world. |
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| Greggs Plc, the UK’s leading bakery retailer, is believed to be the first retailer in Europe to light the sales area of its store entirely with LED light sources, designed and supplied by Philips Lighting, at its new concept store in Bromley, Kent. |
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| Philips has expressed its backing for the initiative announced by the European Lamp Companies Federation (ELC) to work towards a simplification of international regulations governing the transportation and distribution of products, such as high intensity discharge lamps, containing small amounts of substances emitting ionising radiation. |
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| Philips announced today that it has acquired Teletrol Systems, a leading supplier of integrated solutions for simultaneous multi-site management of lighting and energy usage. The Teletrol product portfolio will strengthen Philips' range of sophisticated control solutions for institutional customers, including the seamless, networked management of lighting and environment facilities, including heating and air conditioning. |
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| At an Inauguration Ceremony at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital today, Philips China and Project HOPE announced a unique partnership that will create a new chronic disease management model linking major hospitals and community healthcare centers in a collaborative approach. |
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| The Hermitage museum Amsterdam, of which Philips is one of the main sponsors, will officially open the doors of its new wing to the public on June 20. The new wing will enable the museum to showcase an even greater selection of art collections to visitors. The sponsorship marks a further step in Philips’ commitment to supporting the arts, promoting cultural awareness and improving accessibility of national and international art treasures for local communities. |
