11 Sep
2016
11 Sep
'16
7:52 p.m.
On 09/11/2016 01:39 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 09/11/2016 08:23 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
> Philips was founded around the end of the 19th century as a maker of
> light bulbs, got into vacuum tubes in the 1920s or so.
Original name was
N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken
Philips was into everything. For simple appliances, most in North
America were completely unaware of the parent company, because personal
care products are marketed under the "Norelco" brand. I believe that
Philips acquired Sylvania, then sold it to Funai.
My pick and place machine has the Philips label, but was
actually made by Yamaha.
Jon