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Philips Oral Healthcare launches InfoCentre site

Philips Oral Healthcare, manufacturers of Sonicare®, selects McKinstry/essention’s InfoCentre Web-based facility management solution

SEATTLE, WA (March 8, 2004) – McKinstry/essention, Inc., a Seattle-based application service provider of property and facility management solutions, and Philips Oral Healthcare, manufacturers of Sonicare® , today announced roll-out of McKinstry/essention’s Web-based facility management solution, called InfoCentre, for the Philips Oral Healthcare headquarters in Snoqualmie, Wash.

Philips Oral Healthcare is using InfoCentre to improve efficiency with improved facility service capabilities. With InfoCentre, Philips employees use a Web-based interface to initiate and check status of service requests, read company news and to keep up on facility events. InfoCentre allows Philips facility team members to better manage their workflow, preventative maintenance and employee communications. 

“Philips Oral Healthcare is a leader in the healthcare field and the selection of InfoCentre for management of our facility is a testament to the high quality and value of the Web-based solution,” said David Ling, manager of facility operations at Philips. “InfoCentre substantially improves efficiencies and will allow Philips Oral Healthcare to maintain an exceptional level of facility management.”

About McKinstry/essention
McKinstry/essention, Inc. is a real estate application service provider (ASP) that offers Web-based property and facility management solutions. Headquartered in Seattle, WA, McKinstry/essention develops and markets InfoCentre, a highly scaleable technology that addresses property and facility management inefficiencies and unifies service information. With over 50 million square feet of occupied space either already operating or currently contracted in numerous major metropolitan markets across North America, McKinstry/essention’s clients include those that own or manage substantial property portfolios as well as Fortune 1000 organizations with large or geographically dispersed buildings. For additional information, visit www.essention.com or email media@essention.com.

About Royal Philips Electronics
Philips Oral Healthcare is a business unit of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care (DAP), a division of Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG). Philips DAP manufactures and markets shavers and women's beauty and health care products, as well as domestic appliances around the world. It enjoys the number one global position in electric shavers with the Philishave and Norelco brands; the number one brand in steam irons and it is the second largest global player in dental care products under the Sensiflex and Sonicare brands. Philips also offers a range of kitchen appliances exclusively through Target. 

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest, with sales of $30.1 billion (EUR 31.8 billion) in 2002. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, electric shavers, medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, and one-chip TV products. Its 166,500 employees in more than 60 countries are active in 
the areas of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, semiconductors, and medical systems. Philips is quoted on the NYSE (symbol: PHG), London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges. News from Philips is located at www.newscenter.philips.com/InformationCenter/NewsCenter/FList.asp. 

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