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Philips Medical Systems Facts & Figures

Philips medical activities date back to 1918, when it first introduced a medical X-ray tube, and 1895, after it bought CHF Muller of Hamburg, which manufactured the first commercial X-ray tube. By 1933, the company was manufacturing medical X-ray equipment in Europe and the United States. Today, Philips Medical Systems is a global leader in diagnostic imaging systems, healthcare information technology solutions, and patient monitoring and cardiac devices. Philips also provides customer services such as financing, consultancy and maintenance & repair.


Headquarters

Andover, MA, USA  and Best, the Netherlands

President and CEO

Jouko Karvinen

Employees

31,000 (19% of Philips total)

Sales and Services Operations

In more than 63 countries with more than 6,000 service technicians

Countries of Distribution

Over 100

Development and manufacturing sites

The Netherlands: Best and Heerlen.
Germany: Hamburg and Böblingen.
Finland: Helsinki.
Israel: Haifa.
USA: Bothell and Seattle, Washington; Reedsville and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Andover, Massachusetts; Milpitas and Oxnard, California; Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Madison, Wisconsin; Brisbane, California; Melbourne, Florida.
Business Activities

Philips Medical Systems is in three businesses:

  1. Imaging Systems – This business consists of X-ray machines, CT, MR, Ultrasound and nuclear medicine imaging equipment, used to create images of various parts of the body in varied detail for radiologists and cardiologists.
  2. Customer Services – This includes consultancy, equipment financing, asset management and equipment maintenance and repair.
  3. Clinical Solutions – This includes healthcare IT systems as well as patient monitoring and cardiac devices.

Research and advanced development

At 22 Philips sites and over 40 medical and technical institutions worldwide

Affiliate Companies (Philips share):

Medquist (72%), Philips Medical Capital (40%), Trixell (24.5%)


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