Philips

Philips is a Dutch health technology company with a presence in the East Cambridge business community. The company describes its focus as improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation, historically across healthcare, consumer lifestyle and lighting. Today it is best known for medical technology such as diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, along with consumer products including Sonicare electric toothbrushes and Philips electric shavers.

Founded in 1891 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Philips began as a maker of light bulbs and grew into one of the world’s best-known electronics brands. Over the past decade it has transformed itself into a company focused on health technology. Its products now range from equipment used by clinicians in hospitals to personal care devices used at home, all under the same long-established brand name.

What to Know

• Philips is a member of the East Cambridge Business Association.
• The company’s global headquarters is in Amsterdam.
• Its lighting business was spun off and now operates separately as Signify.