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Originally Posted by egrand
Actually that company is Philips. They were known as Norelco in the US. Gloeilampenfabrieken literally means "light bulb manufacturer" in Dutch. It is just the ending of the company name. Similar to the "Motor Company" part of Ford Motor Company.
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Apparently they started specific and then broadened out, 5 years before that name they were known as Metaalgloeilampfabriek (Metal filament lamp factory)
Probably a good thing they didn't keep that naming scheme or you'd have a mass of companies with names that are incredibly confusing to the non-speaker... Philips bandrecorderfabriek, philips keukenapparatuurfabriek etc
