History of Philips lighting.

... History of Philips Lighting It was the incandescent lamps demonstrated by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879 that fascinated Gerard Philips, just like many other people. It made Gerard Philips start to experiment with electric light. Financed by his father - Frederik Philips, who was a banker in the Dutch town Zaltbommel, near the river Waal - Gerard managed to set up the first Philips factory, now known as Philips, the multinational electronics company. In the first years of Philips Lighting, Gerard Philips was the man who took care of most of the jobs that had to be done. Next to the purchaser and salesman, Gerard did the developing, producing and acted as personnel officer. All these things were not enough to keep the business running. The only keyword for earning a living in the lamp business was: development. Obtaining constant quality was hard and therefore Gerard was often to be found

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