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A lifetime of innovation
Start of production of
carbon ilament lamps by
Philips & Co.
1891
Start of production of
tungsten ilament lamps
1907
Start of production of
gas-illed incandescent
lamps
1913
Duplo car-lamps
1924
Philora sodium gas
discharge lamp
1931
1967
SON-lamp (high pressure
sodium lamp)
1970
Duplo halogen
car-lamp (H4)
2009
LED Daytime Running
Lights [DRL] – car lamps
2008
Master LED (LED
retroit lamp)
2004
Ambilight TV
Philips introduced the
irst Ambilight TV,
PL-lamp and SL-lamp
(Compact Fluorescent
Lamps [CFL]) are energy
saving lamps
1980