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General Stock. Netherlands. Male figure vignette with various symbols around him & tall buildings in the background. Great detail!! Available in Blue or Green. Please specify color. Koninklijke Philips N.V. (in Dutch literally 'Royal Philips', commonly shortened to Philips) is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters is still in Eindhoven. Philips was formerly one of the largest electronics companies in the world, but is currently focused on the area of health technology, having divested from other divisions. The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips & his father Frederik, with their first products being light bulbs. It currently employs around 80,000 people across 100 countries. The company gained its royal honorary title in 1998 & dropped the "Electronics" in its name in 2013, due to its refocusing from consumer electronics to healthcare technology. Philips is organized into three main divisions: Personal Health (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics & Philips Domestic Appliances & Personal Care), Connected Care, & Diagnosis & Treatment (formerly Philips Medical Systems). The lighting division was spun off as a separate company, Signify N.V. The company started making electric shavers in 1939 under the Philishave brand, & post-war they developed the Compact Cassette format & co-developed the Compact Disc format with Sony, as well as numerous other technologies. As of 2012, Philips was the largest manufacturer of lighting in the world as measured by applicable revenues. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.