In connection with implementing the North European Center for Radio-Oncology in Kiel (NRoCK), the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) and Siemens AG have signed a declaration of intent to dissolve their existing contracts. Negotiated under the auspices of the Minister of Economy and Science of Schleswig-Holstein, Jost de Jager, the declaration foresees favorable terms for equipping the UKSH with one of Germany's most advanced and efficient centers for the conventional radiotherapy treatment of cancer patients. Work by Siemens to set up a particle therapy facility on the basis of proton and carbon-ion radiation is to be discontinued.
Siemens AG has been ranked the most sustainable company in its industry for the fourth time in a row. In the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – the sustainability rating established by Dow Jones and SAM – Siemens has again taken first place in the Diversified Industrials category, which includes companies like 3M, General Electric, Toshiba and Thyssen Krupp. Out of a possible 100 points, Siemens received 90 – its highest overall rating to date and a further improvement over last year's result of 87 points. The company has now been honored by the DJSI twelve times in a row for its sustainable activities.
Siemens achieved strong growth again in the third quarter of fiscal 2011. New orders climbed 20 percent year-over-year. Revenue rose two percent. These figures include negative currency translation effects that took five percentage points from new orders as well as revenue. Income from continuing operations was below the prior-year figure. This decline was due to negative profit impacts in connection with an arbitration decision and in connection with the particle therapy business. "We continued to grow in the third quarter and are on track to reach our targets for fiscal 2011. New orders rose again sharply, driven by a large order at Mobility. We're vigorously tackling operating challenges. Our markets are still robust, although risks are tending to increase in the global economic environment," said Siemens President and CEO Peter Löscher.
"We continued to grow in the third quarter and are on track to reach our targets for fiscal 2011," said Siemens CEO Peter Löscher. "New orders again rose sharply, driven by a large order at Mobility. We're vigorously tackling operating challenges. Our markets are still robust, although risks are tending to increase in the global economic environment."
We released our results for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 on July 28, 2011. The conference call was broadcast live on the internet.
The Siemens Festival Night in Bayreuth on August 14, 2011, will be a unique Richard Wagner opera experience for everyone in the audience. To mark the festival anniversary, Siemens has doubled the size of the LED screen for the public viewing event to 180 m2. This will enable ten thousand people to enjoy the music of Wagner to the full in the open air. Two public attractions will be offered in succession: first the brand-new "Ring" for children, then "Lohengrin" for everyone. Together they provide a full-day festival event for people of all ages in a relaxed summer atmosphere on the Bayreuth Festplatz.
On the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Chief Technology Officer Prof. Karl Heinz Beckurts and his driver Eckhard Groppler, Siemens pays tribute to the victims and their families, in a spirit of profound solidarity with them. On the morning of July 9, 1986, a bomb destroyed the car of Karl Heinz Beckurts, who was being driven to work by Eckhard Groppler.
San Francisco grabbed the mantle of "greenest" major city in the U.S. and Canada Green City Index, with New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston rounding out the top five U.S. cities. The unique study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and commissioned by Siemens, assesses and compares 27 major U.S. and Canadian cities on environmental performance and policies across nine categories – CO2 emissions, energy, land use, buildings, transport, water, waste, air quality and environmental governance.