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Monday, February 28, 2005 |
Philips has published its third
annual sustainability report.
Based on its environmental
program ‘EcoVision’, the company
introduced 21 new Green Flagship
products to the market in 2004,
bringing the total number of
these products to more than one
hundred.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
Philips has announced that it
will propose to its 2005 Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders
the appointment of Wong Ngit
Liong and James J. Schiro as
members of its Supervisory
Board. It will also propose
amending its Articles of
Association to cancel its ten
priority shares.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2005 |
Philips, STMicroelectronics, and
Freescale Semiconductor have
extended the scope of their
joint semiconductor activities
to include R&D related to wafer
testing and packaging, in
addition to the original
development of sub 100-nm CMOS
process technologies.
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Thursday, February 03, 2005 |
Philips Medical Systems and the
Georgia Heart Center at The
Medical Center of Central
Georgia (MCCG) today announced a
five-year alliance that calls
for the installation of
state-of-the-art imaging
equipment at the US facility.
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Thursday, February 03, 2005 |
Philips continues to be
recognized as a leader in
sustainability, taking its place
among the Global 100 Most
Sustainable Corporations in the
World, a global business ranking
unveiled at the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
This new list identifies the top
100 companies that are most open
to leading the way to a more
sustainable world.
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
To ensure a good future for the
continent, Europe’s educational
establishments, governments and
industries need to modernize,
Philips CEO Gerard Kleisterlee
said at a doctoral award
ceremony in Leuven. Belgium.
Pointing out that the idea of
entrepreneurship today is more
cherished by citizens of the USA
than those of Europe, he
observed that European behavior
could be best characterized as
an avoidance of risk.
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 |
Philips recorded net income of
EUR 498 million (EUR 0.39 per
share), compared with net income
of EUR 598 million (EUR 0.46 per
share) in the same period of
2003. Sales amounted to EUR
9,179 million, an increase of 2%
over the same period of 2003.
The weaker US dollar and
dollar-related currencies had a
downward effect of 4%.
Comparable sales increased by
6%.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 |
Philips has announced the
appointment of Mr. Pierre-Jean
Sivignon as the Group’s new
Chief Financial Officer. He will
succeed Mr. Jan Hommen, who
will, as planned, leave the
company as of May 1, 2005 upon
reaching the statutory
retirement age of 62.
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Friday, January 14, 2005 |
Philips unveiled its new
all-in-one PC writer at the
Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas this month. The triple
laser optical pick-up unit can
read and write CDs, DVDs and the
next generation of optical
storage, Blu-ray (BD) discs. The
unit is scheduled to be
introduced in the second half of
2005.
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