Philips founded in 1891 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is a supplier of products, systems and services in, among others the fields of electronics and information processing. Royal Philips Electronics is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, electric shavers, color picture tubes for televisions and monitors, and one-chip TV products. The contribution of Philips to the EUD-Net project is coming from Philips Research organization.

Philips Research, part of Philips Electronics N.V., was founded in 1914 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It has expanded the scale and scope of its activities to become one of the world’s major private research organizations. With laboratories in nine different countries (The Netherlands, England, France, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, the United States, India and China) and staffed by around 3,000 people, our common vision is to create technologies that will lead to products for improving people’s lives. Our activities have led to the award of over 60,000 patent and design rights, and the publishing of countless thousands of technical and scientific papers.

Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, from electrical engineering and physics to chemistry, mathematics, mechanics, information technology and software, work in close proximity, influencing and broadening each other's views. This implies that Philips Research reaps the benefits of synergy and cross-fertilization of ideas. In close cooperation with the Philips Product Divisions, Philips Research generates options for new and improved products and processes and produces important patents in many fields. Researchers of the various Philips Research Laboratories world-wide are studying many fields, e.g. miniaturization, low power, digitization, voice controlled systems, system architecture, networks, human care, technologies for the future, etc.