"Massachusetts can be proud that many of the technologies we are creating and manufacturing as we strive to become the world's leading health and well-being brand -- including LED Lighting, home healthcare solutions and other life saving healthcare equipment, are being developed every day in this state, and sent around the world," Weisenhoff added. "I have no doubt that the innovations being developed by Philips in Massachusetts are going to help improve the world."

At the announcement ceremony, the Governor saw these technologies first-hand with a tour of Philips' healthcare business, including the assembly room for state-of-the-art patient monitors that bring critical data, vital signs and digital imaging directly to the patients bedside, greatly assisting medical staff and helping to improve patient care.


To commemorate the relocation, as well as the company's 75th anniversary operating in the United States, Philips representatives provided a HeartStart defibrillator to the community, 25 free subscriptions to its Lifeline medical alert system for indigent elderly in the Framingham community, and the eW Profile Powercore under-shelf display light, a proof point that demonstrates new LED lighting sources that use 40 percent less energy than efficient fluorescent lighting for residential and commercial spaces.

Joan Trombetti contributed to this report

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