As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children,
took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
Philips' operations in Poland include:
a European financial and accounting centre in Łódź; Philips Lighting facilities in Bielsko-Biała,
Pabianice, Piła, and Kętrzyn; and a Philips Domestic Appliances facility in Białystok.