Have You Created A Free Account?

You are currently trying to access content without an account, please create an account or log in to view more.

Once you’ve created your account, you’ll have access to content via your Company’s membership. You can also request a 21-day Free Trial to try everything that Connect has to offer if your company is not currently a member.

Log In Create Free Account
Have You Created A Free Account?

You are currently trying to access content without an account, please create an account or log in to view more.

Once you’ve created your account, you’ll have access to content via your Company’s membership. You can also request a 21-day Free Trial to try everything that Connect has to offer if your company is not currently a member.

Log In Create Free Account
Home
Events
Research
Innovators
Log In
Signify

Signify provides professional customers and consumers with lighting based products, systems and services. Their connected lighting solutions offerings light functionality and the data they collect to devices, places and people - informing customers of the usage and movements around their asset.

Published February 5, 2021 • Updated August 27, 2022
Power & Utilities
Asset Management & Digitization
Insights
Details
Materials

Product Overview

Overview

Signify NV (Signify), formerly Philips Lighting NV, manufactures and markets lighting products. It offers incandescent, specialty lighting, linear and compact fluorescent, high-intensity discharge (HID), halogen, light-emitting diodes (LED), fluorescent, electronic ballasts and drivers, among others. The company also provides integrated and customized lighting systems and light management services, including light design and engineering, and remote monitoring and managed services. Signify markets its products under Philips, Interact, Philips Hue, Luceplan, WiZ, Color Kinetics, and Modular brands.

They provides lighting solutions for professional segments such as automotive, healthcare, horticulture, office, outdoor, phototherapy, petrol stations, solar, purification, schools, fashion, cinema, and more. These lighting solutions include indoor and outdoor luminaries, lamps, electronics, lighting controls, lighting controlsoftware, IoT systems and platforms.

Professional lighting systems Interact is their IoT platform that enables connected lighting systems and software capabilities to bring both lighting and value -added IoT related applications to their customers. Interact APIs enables Signify to integrate connected lighting with other management systems and offer data-enabled services.

Lighting services Signify’s lighting services take care of their clients lighting, so they can take care of their business. They tailor services to you:

  • Lighting Services to ensure the best lighting for their clients needs
  • Life Cycle Services to extend the life of their clients' investment
  • Managed Services where they design, build, manage and operate.

Smart home lighting Philips Hue is a smart home lighting ecosystem of connected lamps, luminaires, strips, spots, sensors and controls with more than 750 third-party apps. It transforms how their clients experience light by providing unique experiences for every aspect of their home. IT can be used to wake up more naturally, to energize and relax, and to create amazing moments, syncing it with music, games and movies.

Business Model
  • Signify Partner Program: They provide business to business high-quality, energy-efficient lighting products, systems, and services to partners that among others have dedicated sales and technical staff, invest in demo kits and training, commission system installations and program system controllers, and commit to monthly/quarterly sales targets. *(They do not provide business to consumer solutions like Philips Hue lighting products.) *
  • Signify Pioneers of Light: Signify global hub for architects, lighting designers and engineers. Here, theirs clients can find the latest lighting projects, events, training and tools.
  • Signify Lighting Academy offers a comprehensive range of educational resources, such as webinars, online courses and publications to empower your lighting knowledge.
Technology Innovations
  • In 2018 Signify became the first global lighting company to LiFi-enable normal office lighting fixtures. Their technology provides a fast, stable broadband connection through light waves. It’s ideal in areas where WiFi cannot be used or where there’s poor or no wireless connection.
  • Interact IoT Platform enables connected LED lighting systems and embedded sensor networks to deliver insights, benefits and new services to customers. It makes lighting intelligent. Delivering an IoT ecosystem for their partners, customers and developers powered by the world's largest network – connected LED lighting.
  • In 2014 they launched their indoor positioning system which uses light fixtures that transmit their location through light waves. This allows retailers to offer location-based services to boost sales and customer loyalty.
  • Their horticultural lighting experts have created special ‘light recipes’ tailored to the requirements of particular plants and vegetables. These enable growers to improve quality, taste and yield while saving operating costs.
  • In 2012 Signify launched Philips Hue, a leading smart home lighting system. It’s grown to become an ecosystem of products that work seamlessly with all major smart home platforms and more than 750 apps. It allows their clients to create new experiences such as syncing your lights with music, games and movies.
  • In 2011 they won the L-Prize, a competition with a $10 million prize to develop a 60W equivalent light bulb that consumed less than 10W of power.
Applications

For professionals Energy-efficient LED lighting and smart lighting control minimizes lighting energy usage and helps achieve sustainability goals. Their Interact IoT Platform enables connected LED lighting systems and embedded sensor networks to collect data and deliver insights, benefits and new services. Signify provides high-quality, energy-efficient lamps, luminaires and lighting electronics. They support their customers in the transition from conventional to LED and connected lighting.

For consumers Signify's energy-efficient LED lamps and luminaires offer customizable solutions. They state "their consumer connected lighting offering, Philips Hue, is the world’s best-selling and most wide-ranging wireless lighting system for the home and garden".

Register
Join your peers
Stay up to date on the latest technology trends in your sector.
Sign Up
Events

Smart Cities Revolution

Aug 11th 2022

© Copyright 2025 Darcy Partners, LLC | All Rights Reserved | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Team | Careers | Support