Do they even have a single factory? : Three. One in Struer, Denmark - one in Koprivnice, Czech Republic - plus one in China for the Play product range. They employ around 3,000 people.
Do they actually have any engineers? Yes. Hundreds.
I'm pretty certain the answers there are "no" and "no"...
A common misconception which people throw about. Not true, apart from the late 80's when the company almost went bust and Philips steamed in and tried to rip the arse out of the company by rebadging a few rubbish hi-fi systems. Hitachi had a hand in it too..
Tube screens for the old TV's were...