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We help you to speed up the development
of new products, processes, applications or technical solutions
for the energy market, especially energy generation, storage
and utilization. With Philips Applied Technologies you maximize
your potential by tapping into more than 40 years of experience
in bringing innovations to market, based on more than 70
technology and process competences.
You can benefit from the innovation and industrial experience
we gained in other sectors such as semiconductors, lighting
and consumer electronics. Our unique contribution is
the transfer of known, high volume, low cost solutions
from these other markets to the energy market in order
to reduce your cost and time to market . We’re ready
to listen to and act on your specific needs. We work
closely with you to create integral and practical solutions,
bringing innovation, technology and ‘hands on’ expertise
at every step of the way.
Philips Applied Technologies offers added value to any
stage of your solution development, from ideation to
industrialization, including industry-ready prototyping
and supply chain support. And whether you are a start-up,
mid-size company or multinational market leader, we
offer the right mix of competences from our broad and
deep resource pool of multi-discipline professionals,
processes, technologies and equipment. Philips Applied
Technologies, bringing your energy ideas to life fast.

Innovating in energy
In the energy market, there are many
novel ideas to support the climate friendly generation,
storage and utilization of energy. With our know-how, pro-active
teamwork and resources, we can help you bring your innovation
to market, fast.
Processes and people
Whether you need to create new processes or improve
existing ones, we maximize development efficiency while
minimizing your costs. Our services are available to
you at any stage of product development, from ideation
to manufacturing.
Philips Applied Technologies consists of 850 highly
qualified people, all ready to support you. Together
with partners in industry, research and academia worldwide,
our multinational workforce offers a unique resource
of scientific, engineering and leadership skills.
Sustainable City Light is a concept
from Philips Design, brought to life by Philips Applied
Technologies for the Philips Simplicity Event 2008
Your ideal innovation partner!
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Proven track record in technical problem solving
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Ability to leverage know-how and synergies across
a huge range of technologies and numerous industries
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A knowledgeable outside perspective on your business
and technologies
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Flexibility for your R&D budget
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A way to ramp capacity up or down quickly and
with no fuss
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Access to a global network of experts and organizations
engaged in open and collaborative innovation
Technologies
Tap into our deep storehouse of technologies from many
different areas. Join our experts in re-using existing
technologies and developing new ones to solve the challenges
in energy generation, utilization and storage.
Equipment
Our project involvement also includes equipment development,
either improving existing equipment or creating new
purpose-built equipment to meet your specific needs.
Our know-how in the field of high volume, low cost manufacturing
technologies can help you reduce your manufacturing
costs.
Energy generation
Using our experience and competences
in many areas we are able to see things from a different
perspective, offering new approaches to the challenges in
the energy market.
Our expertise in the new areas of energy generation
includes:
- Solar
- Wind
- Fusion
- Fuel cells
- Harvesting
Technology competences include:
- System design for high efficiency modules
- Process- and equipment modeling
- Thermal / mechanical modeling and analysis
- Optical design for cost-effective CPV
- Thin film process development
- Materials analysis
- RF and plasma processing
- Design for reliability / reliability testing
- Business case assessment

Energy storage
Storing and recovering energy efficiently
is the key for optimizing total energy consumption. Many
novel ideas are being generated in this sector, and existing
concepts still have to be optimized for cost and volume
production.
We serve customers in the areas of:
Technology competences include:
- Material selection and optimization
- Battery management
- Electrode shaping
- Custom-shape batteries for complete design freedom
- System integration using super capacitors
- Power electronics
- Heat management
- Industry-leading magnetic bearing expertise
- Vacuum operations
- Tribology expertise

Energy utilization
The efficient use of generated energy is extremely important. In the energy utilization market, we draw
on our experience in home electronics, consumer displays, home and lighting automation systems.
We enable solutions in the areas of:
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Smart metering
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Smart grids
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Energy management
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Energy efficient buildings
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In-home energy displays
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Energy efficient products
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Transportation
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Home and building automation
Technology competences include:
- End-to-end system design
- Wireless sensor design for mesh networks
- Aggregation of local generation
(supply-side) and device control (demand-side)
- Leadership with industry standards
- Smart metering peripherals
- Human centred solutions
- Power electronics (reliability, efficiency
and topology design)
- CMM level 3 certified software engineering
- DSP technologies for sensors

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