Lighting Business Highlights

Rudy Provoost

Executive Vice-President and CEO of Philips Lighting

Biography

Key Business Areas

Lamps
Professional Luminaires & Systems
Home Luminaires & Systems
Lighting Electronics
Automotive
Solid State Modules
Lumileds
Special Lighting Applications

Our Lighting sector is dedicated to introducing innovative end-user-driven and energy-efficient solutions and applications for lighting, based on a thorough understanding of the customer needs, both in public and private context.

Shaping the Future

Philips Lighting is a leading provider of solutions and applications for both professional and consumer markets.

We address lighting needs in a full range of environments – indoors (homes, shops, offices, schools, hotels, factories, and hospitals) as well as outdoors (public places, residential areas and sports arenas). We also meet people’s needs on the road, by providing safe lighting in traffic (car lighting and street lighting).

In addition, we deliver light-inspired experiences through architectural and city beautification projects. Our lighting is also used for specific applications, including horticulture, refrigeration lighting and signage, as well as heating, air and water purification, and healthcare.

With the new lighting technologies, such as LED technology, and the increasing demand for energy efficient solutions, Philips will continue shaping the future with groundbreaking new lighting applications.

Vision 2010 Ambition

We deliver shareholder value by driving the switch to energy-efficient solutions, as well bringing to market exciting new lighting applications and technologies.

City Beautification

Environmentally conscious product design, such as the energy saving lamps used in the Eiffel Tower is part of the Philips aim to create sustainable solutions for lighting and a broader drive to contribute to a better quality of life across the globe.

Automotive Lighting

The Philips Xenon HID light improves the driver’s vision compared to the conventional halogen lighting and thereby increases safety on the road. The Xenon HID light gives twice as much light as a halogen bulb at half the energy consumption with a much longer lifetime.

Energy Saving Lighting

Philips took another step in further leveraging its recently acquired consumer luminaires business by introducing the energy-saving consumer-luminaire Ecomoods range in Europe and Asia.

Business trends

- Energy costs are rising across the globe, driven by high oil prices

- Increased awareness/legislation around climate change is driving a reduction in CO2

- Atmosphere-creating and safety-enhancing lighting solutions increasingly become part of individual and community well-being

- Demand for (energy-efficient) lighting in emerging markets continues to grow

- Future LED solutions: application IP and luminaries will be essential