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History of Philips Argentina
He was born on June 19, 1935 as a manufacturer of lamps, and then expand its manufacturing and commercial activities.
In those years, established a partnership with Radio Prieto being purchased the majority percentage of the shares in the company that manufactured receivers and also owned two radio-stations "Prieto " and "Radio Argentina ", which for a time were given Philips Argentina.By 1938, Philips expands into the country. Born branches, plus the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires, Rosario, Tucuman, Cordoba, Mendoza, Bahia Blanca, Concordia, Comodoro Rivadavia and even Paraguay. The receiver line reaches the ten models; FAPESA born that year (Electrical Product Factory Argentina), channeling the industrial activity while Philips is in charge of marketing.
During the Second World War, World Philips management moves to New York (New York). In 1946, Philips Argentina lost all contact with the Netherlands. First they resorted to the importation of material, then had to improvise radio valves or caps to continue manufacturing retrieve incandescent lamps, the slogan was "not stop ", to maintain production at "any cost ". Thereafter Philips Argentina created the Department of Additional Articles, and sells electric refrigerators and ice, fans, stoves, kerosene, antennas, amplifier equipment, etc.. Participate actively in the development of pen or "Ball Point ", also pioneered and neon indicators. After establishing a trade agreement with the company and another with Dante Martiri Gigler: White Line was born. The business grew, as the years went by Philips Argentina incorporated as Franklin second brand to target other sectors of marking; CINCOTEL area is responsible for telecommunications transmitters are manufactured for most local radio stations and export to Chile and Brazil and radio receivers for the use of ARA provided to the defense

In 1951, comes on television, the first 4000 units imported from Holland.In 1955, he began to produce television sets locally, which would be one of the strong business of Philips. In 1958, he joined another great product: the shaver. In 1961 he moved to FAPESA Tablada as an independent company and supplier of electronic components. In 1963, he established the first contacts with Salvo. In 1982, FAPESA called Electrical Product Factory Austral SA, is installed in the city of Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, under the regime of Industrial Promotion, as factory Televisions, Videos and Appliances. The political-economic context that invaded the country, relegated the possibility of manufacturing some products, and manufactures its installed capacity only devoted to TV line.
The decade of the '80s represented a time of great change for Philips also a growth in their line of products marketed.
By the beginning of the decade of the '90s. Philips, worldwide, sells businesses Appliances (Washing machine, Refrigerator, Microwave) to the company Whirlpool. Beginning in 1992, coinciding with a major cultural change in the Company, called Centurion, gestated by the parent company in Holland, and changes in government economic policy, the company achieved record sales in all product lines and even record production of incandescent lamps, resulting in the opening lines of production. In 1982, FAPESA called Electrical Product Factory Austral SA, is installed in the city of Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, under the regime of Industrial Promotion, as factory Televisions, Videos and Appliances. The political-economic context that invaded the country, relegated the possibility of manufacturing some products, and manufactures its installed capacity only devoted to TV line. The decade of the '80s represented a time of great change for Philips also a growth in their line of products marketed. By the beginning of the decade of the '90s. Philips, worldwide, sells businesses Appliances (Washing machine, Refrigerator, Microwave) to the company Whirlpool. From the year 1995 has begun the process of regionalization, involving Philips Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, with headquarters in Argentina.