Philco is an American electronics manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia. Philco was a pioneer in battery, radio, and television production. In 1961, the company was purchased by Ford and, from 1966, renamed "Philco-Ford". Ford sold the company to GTE in 1974, and it was purchased by Philips in 1981. In North America, the Philco brand is owned by Philips. In other markets, the Philco International brand is owned by Electrolux.
Philco produced Socket Power "A", "B", and "AB" Battery Eliminators, starting in August 1925. Model A-60 "A" Socket Power Battery Eliminator shown.
Philco Socket Power A & B Battery Eliminators - 1925 August brochure
Philco Model B-60 "B" Socket Power Battery Eliminator - August 1925
A Philco 90 "cathedral" style radio from 1931
Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, its world headquarters have been situated 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 its other divisions.
Headquarters in Amsterdam, 2009
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder
The first Philips factory in Eindhoven, now a public museum
Share of the Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, issued 14 December 1928