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Phoebus cartel

cartel to control the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs
Thing Cartel Q1800014

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
cartel, planned obsolescence[2]
Inception
December 23, 1924, January 15, 1925[11][12]
Dissolved
1939
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
1939[13]
Has part(s)
General Electric, OSRAM Licht AG, Associated Electrical Industries, Koninklijke Philips NV, Tungsram, La Compagnie des Lampes, Lámparas Z[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Has parts
General Electric, OSRAM Licht AG, Associated Electrical Industries, Koninklijke Philips NV, Tungsram, La Compagnie des Lampes, Lámparas Z
Location of formation
Geneva[14]
Named after
Apollo[3]
Official name
Phœbus S.A. Compagnie Industrielle pour le Développement de l'Éclairage[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Phoebus cartel en Phœbus S.A. Compagnie Industrielle pour le Développement de l'Éclairage ar ميثاق فيبوس de Phoebuskartell el Καρτέλ του λαμπτήρα es Cartel Phoebus fr Cartel Phœbus it cartello Phoebus ja ポイボス・カルテル ko 피버스 카르텔 nl Phoebus-kartel ro Cartelul Phoebus ro Cartelul Phœbus ro Conspirația becurilor ru Картель Phoebus zh 太陽神壟斷聯盟
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/043bnf
Quora topic ID
Phoebus-Cartel

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 4
Koninklijke Philips NV, General Electric, OSRAM Licht AG, Tungsram
Instance of 2
cartel, planned obsolescence
Location of formation 1
Geneva
Named after 1
Apollo
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Summary

Phoebus cartel is a cartel[1].

Related Entities

General Electric Koninklijke Philips NV OSRAM Licht AG

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . npr.org. npr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . spectrum.ieee.org. spectrum.ieee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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