In order to show the next generation of OLED lighting innovations, Philips the world's first Lumiblade OLED lighting product on 2013 Taipei International Optoelectronics Show ─ LivingShapes interactive magic mirror. This innovative OLED product combines technological innovation and modern minimalist design, the appearance of LivingShapes interactive magic mirror is just more like an elegantly designed lighting installation, but also it is a sort of interactive mirror, it can sense people's contour and move via Intelligent Sensor technology. When it is hang...

Philips recently announced that it will build 19 "Community Light Centers" throughout Kenya by 2015. These Community Light Centers are areas of about 1000 square meters as large as a small football pitch, being lit up by using solar powered LED lighting. Philips East Africa Director Roeloi Assies, who made the announcement, said that the activity of building Community Light Centers aims at creating areas of bright light for people who live in rural communities without electricity, thus they can do social, sports and economic activities in the evening. He al...

After Philips transferred its Audio and accessories businesses to Japanese companies, this consumer electronics giant has completely taken off the "electronic" coat. It was pointed out in the latest news from Philips that the "Royal Philips Electronics of Netherlands" has been replaced by "Royal Philips of Netherlands". Recently, Philips Lighting being one of the main businesses of Philips revealed in Guangzhou that Philips's LED sale is expected to take up 50% of its total business volume in 2015. In accordance with the earnings...

Recently, Philips announced the official listing of its universal LED bulbs at the minimum price of $ 49, the introduction of this new bulb will enable the mature LED indoor lighting products to be more widely used by the common consumers. The newly launched Philips universal LED bulb inherits the innovative LED technology and sophisticated production processes. According to reports, this product passed through the photo-biological safety certification, it saves more energy than incandescent lights by 80%, and it is suitable for the screw design of lamps most commonly use...

An internal wiring problem can pose fire and laceration hazards Philips Lighting Company of Bath, N.Y., is recalling about 8,100 metal halide lamps. The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter, posing fire and laceration hazards. The company has received one report of a failure that damaged a lamp. There have been no reports of injury or property damage. The recalled items are egg-shaped, clear glass, 150-watt industrial metal halide lamps about five inches long with a medium base. Recalled lamps were manufactured between November 201...

SUN POWERED The solar LEDs are lit using a new generation of efficient solar-powered LED lighting to provide light for communities with no electricity Royal Philips Electronics is continuing its program of installing more than 100 Community Light Centres across Africa, with six new ones in South Africa. The program is in the form of the Philips Cape Town to Cairo Roadshow 2013, which is a vehicle for Philips to raise awareness of how healthcare and lighting solutions can enhance life in Africa. The roadshow will visit 18 cities in 17 African countri...

Yes, now lightbulbs can glow red when your squeeze arrives The Philips Hue lightbulbs are the Internet of Things made real: multicoloured light bulbs with network connectivity and cloud control, with only the outrageous price preventing world domination. The bulbs come beautifully packaged in a three-light starter pack, along with a controlling hub. The bulbs fit into a standard screw socket and connect wirelessly to the Ethernet-connected hub – and even each other. A smartphone app (for Android and iOS) gets you up and running within a few minutes, but it’s th...

Royal Philips today announced that the 300th licensee signed up to its LED luminaire and retrofit bulb licensing program, which has seen its number of licensees grow by 50% since May 2012. As a result, 300 companies have access to Philips’ comprehensive portfolio of patented LED system technologies and solutions. Within the last year, the LED luminaire licensing and retrofit program has gained an impressive 100 new licensing agreements with companies worldwide. Signing up its 300th licensee is a significant milestone for Philips which is committed to driving innovation...

Philips Hue LED light bulb Philips’ intelligent LED light bulb named Hue has just been given an update. Now, Hue users can tie their bulbs to the IFTTT service which turns a user’s Internet service into an actionable equation. The new Hue update also adds geofencing support, programmable alarms and timers, turning the LED bulb into just as much a notification system as it as a source of light. This update comes a little more than two months after Philips opened up the API to allow developers to write their own apps for the colorful bulb. "P...

Philips announces a number of innovations making Philips Hue - the world’s smartest connected LED lighting system – even more intelligent, convenient and accessible to homes across the world. These updates reflect valued feedback from the growing community of Hue enthusiasts and developers worldwide.   Now connected light can keep you up-to-date The next generation of the Hue app (version 1.1) can now hook up to your essential internet services via your smartphone or tablet, meaning your bulbs can act as indicators for weather, stock quotes, sports scores, emai...

Philips Lumileds' new LUXEON 3535 2D has the highest efficiency in its class LUXEON 3535 2D, which combines two LED chips in a package to enable reduction in LED count and cost of designing retrofit lamps, consumer downlights and diffuse industrial lamps. Best-in-class efficacy of 140 lm/W is achieved for cool white light at 4000K and minimum 80 CRI. “This is an exciting breakthrough, because lighting designers can take advantage of a high lumen package with high efficacy while using significantly fewer chips per fixture,” said Rahul Bamm...

LUXEON Z ES Philips announces newest high-power emitter, the LUXEON Z ES, offers industry leading color consistency through a 1-step MacAdam ellipse in warm white color options.  With a micro-footprint, undomed design and full spectrum availability, LUXEON Z ES from Philips Lumileds enables high lumen density solutions with precise optical control. In applications such as retail, where superior beam angles and high efficacy are crucial, the illumination-grade emitters help lower costs while offering best in class white light. LUXEON Z ES...

Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) announces its fourth consecutive pan-African Cape Town to Cairo road show; visiting 18 cities across 17 countries between 14th May and 23rd September 2013. The road show is instrumental in raising awareness on how Philips can enhance life in Africa. With an Africa-relevant product portfolio and a strong historical presence on the continent, Philips is committed to significantly expand its business footprint in Africa in the coming years.  Well positioned for growth in Africa   “Africa is an important growth market for Philips. We have an ambitious growth plan for the continent in place aimed at double digit growth over the coming few years,” states Frans van Houten, CEO of Philips.

Philips operational results improve by 31% to EUR 421 million; net income at EUR 162 million. Frans van Houten, CEO: “We made solid progress again in the first quarter as all sectors contributed to the 31% improvement of our operational results, clearly demonstrating the positive impact our Accelerate! transformation program is having on our company. The initiatives to improve gross margins, structurally lower our cost base and reduce our inventory levels led to a better performance in the quarter. Consumer Lifestyle sales did very well, with strong 10% growth, as our...

In order to meet the growing demand for sustainable lighting, Technology Foundation STW and Philips have taken the initiative to form the ‘Advanced Sustainable Lighting Solutions’ partnership. With eight recently approved research project proposals, the program is now officially launched. The aim of these projects is to develop innovative, efficient lighting that will also be available for new applications. The five-year program has had the sum of three million euros allocated to it: each of the partners will pay half. The initial results are expected in 2014.&n...

With the inauguration of Rs 2.3-crore LED street-lighting project of Rajkot Urban Development Authority (RUDA) by state Energy Minister Saurabh Patel, it became operational from April 14  evening. The project has been implemented by Philips Electronics India Limited. RUDA has installed more than 400 LEDs to light up around Six kilometers long stretch of a four-lane road connecting Rajkot with Metoda GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation) on the western outskirts of the city. "We have made only the capital expenditure of Rs 2...

First LED lamp prototype delivering 200 lumen per watt high quality light, halving the energy use compared to current LED lamps Royal Philips Electronics announces a new innovation in LED lighting, creating the world’s most energy-efficient LED lamp suitable for general lighting applications. Philips researchers developed a tube lighting (TL) replacement TLED prototype that produces a record 200 lumens per watt of high-quality white light (compared with 100lm/W for fluorescent lighting and just 15lm/W for traditional light bulbs). This prototype TLED...

Saint Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko and Anatoly Chubais, CEO & chairman of RUSNANO (Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, a sovereign investment corporation based in Moscow, Russia), visited the St Petersburg site of LED chip and luminaire maker Optogan, where the joint venture ‘Philips and Optogan’ has started production of the new ‘Avenue’ LED luminaire.   The maximum capacity of the line is more than 50,000 LED luminaries per year.  Founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2004 by Russian entrepreneurs ...

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, together with Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips Electronics  officially opened the Philips museum in the city center of Eindhoven. Her Majesty the Queen symbolically switched on the lights in the museum by fitting a wireless LED lamp in a light sculpture to illuminate it.     The opening ceremony was accompanied by music performed by members of the Philips Symphony Orchestra. Subsequently, the Queen was given a guided tour of the museum. Visitors to the Philips Museum can experience the development o...

Philips Ledalite introduces BoldPlay, a new portfolio of high-performance LED lighting systems that is 44 percent more efficient and consumes 28 percent less energy than traditional technologies like fluorescent. Integrating daylight harvesting with the latest Philips LED technology and advanced optics, BoldPlay is the latest in the Philips’ family of luminaires to offer building owners a flexible, intuitive lighting solution that allows for fewer fixtures in a space, while delivering all the light quality, energy efficiency and cost savings that have become hallmarks...

Philips on Monday launched a software developer program for the Hue line of iOS-controlled "smart LED" light bulbs, allowing app makers to integrate the lighting solution into third-party products. With the new software development kit and open APIs, iOS developers can take advantage of Hue's unique capabilities, including powering the Wi-Fi enabled LED bulbs on and off, as well as changing their color remotely through a Wi-Fi enabled bridge. Besides being able to alter the color of each bulb remotely, compatibility with the ZigBee LightLink sta...

Philips Electronics North America has kicked off a long-anticipated price war in home lighting, with a 10.5-watt LED bulb for just under $15 at Home Depot.  And by the end of the year, Philips expects to market a similar bulb for a little less than $10. At 10.5 watts, the LED lamps produce as much light as a traditional 60-watt incandescent bulb and a fraction of the heat. Philips rates the lifetime of the 10.5-watt LED lamps more than 18 years under normal household use.  That's less than the the 23-year-rating of the more expensive LED bulbs that ...

Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON 3535L family of mid-power LEDs, offering what is claimed to be the highest luminous efficacy available for the category on the market: 165lm/W at cool-white and 150lm/W at warm-white correlated color temperatures. The LUXEON 3535L line supports ENERGY STAR certification requirements for color quality and a lumen maintenance lifetime of 35,000 hours at test conditions as high as 105°C and 150mA. “Our LUXEON 3535L mid-power LED offers luminaire and lamp manufacturer...

The chief executive officer of Philips North America, Greg Sebasky, has pointed out in an interview that the global market for LED will grow about 40 % in 2013.   According to him, the company sees a “growth tipping point” with the debut this year of its 60-watt equivalent LED light bulb that will retail for about $10. That will help the energy- efficient technology make up about 50 percent of Philips’ lighting sales by 2015, up from 25 percent last year. “People are starting to see lighting as a durable good,” Sebasky said, taking lig...

Using the latest in energy saving LED lighting technology, Philips Lighting New Zealand has fitted out the new Pegasus Engineering premises at the Izone Business Park in Christchurch. Pegasus Engineering, which specialises in structural steelwork, are officially opening the doors of its new premises today. Working with Arnold Jensen Electrical, Philips Lighting New Zealand developed a lighting design concept for the workshop and loading bay using the latest Philips LED lighting technology. “Pegasus Engineering is expanding and hiring more staff. The...

Royal Philips Electronics has been awarded a multi-year contract in partnership with French professional lighting company Step to light up the subway system in Paris with LED lighting solutions.   The switch to LED will reduce the energy needed to light up the Paris metro and suburban RER stations by more than 50%, while improving the light quality at the same time. The contract was awarded by Parisian transport company Groupe RATP for more than 85% of the lighting in metro and RER stations in the French capital. The tender is to replace the 250,000 lig...

•    Green Product1 sales increased to 45% of total sales (EUR 11.3 billion) in 2012 •    Total investments in Green Innovation at EUR 569 million in 2012, mainly driven by investments in sustainable LED lighting •    Carbon reduction target achieved, with 25% decrease in operational CO2 emissions over five years   Today Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) reported Green Product sales of EUR 11.3 billion in 2012, marking 45% of total sales and moving the company significant...

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced that it will propose to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM), which will be held on May 3, 2013,  to amend the articles of association of the company to change the name of the company to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Royal Philips).   “Philips is a diversified technology company focused on delivering meaningful innovation in healthcare, energy-efficient lighting and consumer health and well-being,” said Philips Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten. “Our ...

Philips Lumileds has announced new LUXEON Flip Chip LED devices that will enable the next generation of lighting applications by providing luminaire manufacturers with more design flexibility. Users can now access Philips Lumileds technology through a robust LUXEON Flip Chip die format giving them greater design options than in the past. “Now luminaire manufacturers can enjoy the best of both worlds, by either incorporating packaged LEDs as they did in the past, or by starting with the LED die and customizing the phosphor and packaging to best suit ...

Back in May 2011 Philips announced that they are investing €40 million in a new OLED lighting production line in Aachen. Philips inaugurated the new line - which has been producing OLEDs since Q3 2012 in fact (but it's only official now). Philips say that this new line is the largest and "most modern" OLED lighting line in the world. The clean-room is approximately 2,000-square meter in size. The new line is adjacent to Philips' pilot line that's been producing OLEDs since 2007. Philips plans to produce all their panels in the old ...