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Philips Consumer Lifestyle is a division of the Dutch multinational electronics company Philips which produces consumer electronics and small appliances. It is the only Philips division headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Philips Consumer Lifestyle was formed in 2008 from the merger of Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care. Philips receives royalties from the sale of every DVD and Blu-ray.() ==History== While Philips' first product was manufactured in 1891, the first product that would fit in the Consumer Electronics division was a television, experimentally manufactured in 1925. In 1927, Philips began producing radios. Only five years later, Philips had sold one million of them. One other major product release came in 1963, when the Compact Cassette was introduced. After Philips Consumer Electronics acquired companies as Magnavox and Sylvania in the late 1970s, Philips managed to sell their 100-millionth TV-set in 1984. Philips still is the European television market leader, as well as the third in the world. Because of the enormous growth, Philips decided to split up their company divisions during the 1990s. While Philips CE contains most of the Consumer Electronics, other products such as Philips' shavers were located under the Domestic Appliances division. As of 2012 Philips is no longer directly involved in TV manufacturing, because it has outsourced it to a joint venture with TPV Technology, called TP Vision.〔http://www.techdigest.tv/2012/04/philips_spin-of.html〕 Philips announced in January 2013〔http://www.newscenter.philips.com/us_en/standard/news/press/2013/20130129-Philips-transfer-AVMA-Funai.wpd#.UQhLt0qOi0c〕 that it agreed to sell its consumer electronics division to Japan-based Funai Electric Co. for Euro 150 million (US$201.8 million). This would leave mainly consumer products for personal care and health in this division of Philips.〔http://www.zdnet.com/philips-transfers-lifestyle-unit-to-funai-electric-for-202m-7000010532/〕 However, in October 2013, Philips announced that it would not proceed with the sale, instead initiating litigation against Funai Electric Co., alleging breach of contract by Funai.〔http://www.funai.jp/en/news/detail.php?pk=1384745416〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philips Consumer Lifestyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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