Shaving - Philips, Leg Shaving, Straight Razor, Safety Razor, King of Shaves, Thiers Issard, Shaving in Judaism, Head Shaving, Braun (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Philips, Leg shaving, Straight razor, Safety razor, King of Shaves, Thiers Issard, Shaving in Judaism, Head shaving, Braun, Shave brush, Shaving cream, Kesh, Shaving soap, Antihemorrhagic, Coates, Norelco, Remington Products, Philishave, Shaving oil, Razor strop, DOVO Solingen, Mangroomer. Excerpt: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics), most commonly known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is a multinational Dutch electronics company. Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. In 2010, its sales were 25.42 billion. The company employs 119,000 people in more than 60 countries. Philips is organized in a number of sectors: Philips Consumer Lifestyle (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), Philips Lighting and Philips Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems). Headquarters of Philips in Amsterdam, Netherlands Philips electric razorThe Philips Company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik as a family business. Frederik Philips, being a banker in Zaltbommel, financed the purchase and setup of an empty modest factory building in Eindhoven where Philips started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892. This first factory survives as a Museum devoted to light sculpture In 1895, after the first difficult years and going nearly bankrupt, Gerard's 16 years younger brother Anton entered the family business as a sales representative at the request of his father. Since then, due to Anton's brilliant business talent, the family business began to expand rapidly resulting in 1907 in the foundation of the N.V. Philips' Metaalgloeilampfabriek (the Philips Lightwire-bulb Factory Inc) in Eindhoven, followed in 1912 by the foundation of the N.V. Philips' Gloeila...