Core business

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs about 117,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries worldwide. Philips Innovation Services is part of Royal Philips Electronics and helps you accelerate your innovation by offering a range of advanced innovation services, expertise and high-tech facilities across the whole innovation process. From concept creation, product development, prototyping and small series production, quality and reliability, right through to sustainability and industrial consulting, we provide a comprehensive range of main services to support your innovation needs.

Mission Statement

We improve the quality of people’s lives through the timely introduction of meaningful innovations.

Kind of products

As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. The company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. 50,000 registered patents illustrate the innovative nature of the company.

Relation to design for usability

One of Philips’ competence areas is Human Centered Solutions. Philips Innovation Services provides solutions, concepts and designs, to improve usability of complex products as well as consultancy to improve product innovation processes to ensure that the right tools are used to create products that fit the user’s expectations, and the right market feedback systems are installed to close the learning loops with the actual users.

Contact person

Cindy Copier
Innovation Consultant
Philips Innovation Services, Industry Consulting
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven
The Netherlands
Mobile: +31 6 31 91 42 07
E-mail: cindy.copier@philips.com

Usability starts with the choice of a concept.