Royal Philips Electronics Group is ranked 10th in the world in the Fortune 30 electronics industry ranking. We operate more than 60 business activities across a wide range of business areas, from consumer electronics to small household appliances, and from security systems to semiconductors.
We are a world leader in digital technologies such as televisions, monitors, wireless communications, voice recognition, video compression, and optical storage products, as well as in the semiconductor technologies that underpin these breakthroughs. Our technologies in lighting, medical systems (especially scanning and other diagnostic systems), and small home appliances and personal care products are world-class, and our investments in design and new materials are key to our success.
By the numbers, we produce 2.4 billion incandescent lamps and 300 million color picture tubes each year.
Our technology is used in approximately 2.5 million cardiac procedures (including scans and interventional procedures) performed with X-ray equipment worldwide each year.
One in seven televisions in the world uses Philips color tubes, and 60% of the world's telephones contain Philips products. Philips lighting is used in 30% of the world's offices, and we also light 65% of the world's major airports, 55% of soccer stadiums and 30% of hospitals.
The strength of Philips' global operations is that it holds leading positions (based on value) in many of the markets in which it is active.