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PHILPS lighting transition things in the future is not just selling lights

in PHILPS 2017 innovation day lighting, PHILPS lighting CEO Hong Anli (Eric Rondolat), chief Innovation Officer Qiu Ronghong, Greater China President Wang Yun lined up, declaring this with 125 years of history of the old enterprises, to lighting company to the "Internet of things" (lighting company for the IoT) forward.

Hung said that the LED energy saving and intelligent interconnection, so that the light transmission message, is the two direction of PHILPS lighting in 2017.

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the PHILPS CEO Anli flood lighting, let light pass the message to rewrite the definition of "lighting". PHILPS lighting (

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from selling lights to sell light, which means that PHILPS lighting has to sell products from the sale of the system, selling services. Through LED lamp build interconnection smart roads, public space, home life and sustainable development of agriculture is the four largest city, the goals of the future.

problem is, sell "light" really can make money?

"we are also thinking, to know their goals, not what to do, but to know why we are doing it," said Hong Anli.

for PHILPS lighting, 2016 is an important watershed transformation. The first is PHILPS's suspension of its Lumileds and the automotive lighting division merger plan. In May last year, the cause of the spin off into independent companies listed in Holland, Amsterdam. Currently, the parent company PHILPS stake of about 55%.

spread out PHILPS lighting last year's earnings, the transition pressure also jumped on the paper.

2016, PHILPS lighting overall revenue comparable sales (comparable sales growth) compared with the previous year to shrink by 2.4%. Net profit from 240 million euros in 2015 to $185 million. Adjusted earnings before tax depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) from the previous year's 547 million euros, up to Euro 645 million.

among them, LED and home sector comparable sales, respectively, compared with the previous year growth of 16% and 11%. Larger scale of the two business groups, covering the business office buildings, hospitals, industry, outdoor environment and other professional departments are slightly down by 0.5%, mainly in the non LED lighting sector is greatly reduced by 15.8%.

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the profitability of PHILPS lighting

with more and more LED manufacturers to invest, the price war is heating up, professional and home sector has become the two major focus of the transformation of PHILPS lighting.

Shanghai Yangpu District, the construction of the wall and between the site, stands a discarded ten years old piano factory. Two years ago, the piano factory converted into E friends green Creative Industrial Park, PHILPS lighting systems are integrated into one of them, as one of the green low-carbon applications.

office, as long as people leave the seat area, the system detected no movement within five minutes, the lights will automatically shut down. Responsible for the business of Zhou Jing said, on average, this floor, one day can save about 70 kwh of electricity.

but electricity is only part of the future lighting system is more intelligent, customized.

not just selling light bulbs, but also changing your home

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bit in Beijing, China Academy of building research, on the further use of PoE (Power over Ethernet, Ethernet powered) intelligent networking lighting technology. This nearly zero energy consumption of the new building, so that employees can use mobile phone applications, set the light dark preferences.

ubiquitous lighting is the core of the Internet of things. The Internet has a wealth of sensors intelligent lighting systems, has been integrated into the entire building of the message network, PHILPS lighting Greater China President Wang Yun said.

needs not only the integration of information, as well as cross brand resources.

home smart lighting system Hue, is one of the PHILPS lighting transformation sell light bridge. Users can use mobile phone applications, through the background of PHILPS lighting system to change the home lighting settings.

"We're not just selling light bulbs, but changing the way you live and live with lights," said

Hue, the inventor and director of the PHILPS lighting home lighting division, George (Yianni)."

last September, HUAWEI and PHILPS lighting signed a cooperation agreement to become a friend of home smart lighting system Hue (Friends of Hue), link OceanConnect networking platform. For example, once the surveillance camera found suspicious character invasion, it will alarm at the same time, together with the family of Hue bulbs lit red and blue warning lights.

November, PHILPS lighting and millet constitute a joint venture, the main smart home and Internet of things

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