The world is today commemorating and honoring the victims of National Socialism. Seventy years ago, on January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps were liberated by Soviet troops. From 1943 to 1945, Siemens-Schuckertwerke AG operated a machine tool production facility in the Bobrek camp near Auschwitz. About 200 of the camp's prisoners worked at the facility. Siemens is known to have employed a total of at least 80,000 forced laborers in the war years of 1940 to 1945. At least 5,000 of these laborers were prisoners from concentration camps – primarily from the Ravensbrück, Auschwitz-Bobrek, Flossenbürg, Buchenwald and Gross-Rosen camps.
- Shareholders discuss with experts at foyer exhibits
- Roadshow on digitalization@Siemens
- Dream Chaser© orbital spacecraft is this year's star attraction
- Victims of National Socialism commemorated
The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Siemens AG brought together thousands of shareholders and employees again in 2015. Large numbers of shareholders took advantage of the opportunity to gather detailed information and talk with experts at the exhibits in the foyer of Munich's Olympiahalle. The company mission and the knowhow on display in the foyer highlighted a wide range of topics and perspectives.
Siemens held its Annual Shareholders' Meeting at the Olympia Hall in Munich on January 27, 2015.
- Healthcare management reorganized with Bernd Montag as CEO
- Head of Power and Gas Division leaves Siemens
Janina Kugel, previously Corporate Vice President Human Resources and Siemens' Chief Diversity Officer, was appointed to the Managing Board by the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG at its meeting today. Kugel will succeed Siegfried Russwurm as head of Human Resources and will also serve as the new Labor Director of Siemens AG. Siegfried Russwurm will be the Board-level partner for the separately managed Healthcare business, while retaining his regional responsibilities for the CIS and Middle East as well as his position as Chief Technology Officer. Hermann Requardt is stepping down from the Managing Board and his position as Healthcare CEO by mutual consent to enable a generation change at the launch of the new Healthcare company. Requardt will remain available in an advisory capacity. All changes will take effect on February 1, 2015.
- New outbound baggage screening and inbound baggage handling system
- Project completion planned for summer 2017
- Los Angeles International Airport is the sixth busiest airport in the world
Southwest Airlines® has chosen Siemens to install a new baggage handling system in Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The project covers layout, engineering, assembly, commissioning and integration of a completely new outbound baggage screening system and a new inbound baggage handling system. The extension and conversion work will be performed during ongoing operations with completion planned for summer 2017.
- Joe Kaeser, Horst Seehofer and Dr. Florian Janik present winning design
- Important milestone reached in this €500-million project
- Strong symbol for the state of Bavaria, the city and Siemens
- Construction work to be performed in stages from 2016 through 2030
The "Siemens Campus in Erlangen," which is being planned as Siemens' largest location worldwide, will be built according to the design drafted by the architecture firm KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten of Frankfurt, Germany. This decision was made today in Erlangen by the jury comprised of high-caliber stakeholder representatives and experts from related fields. "We're building the Siemens Campus in Erlangen to provide a home to top researchers from all over the world. When the political, business and scientific communities work hand in hand, that's the best investment in Germany's future as an innovation hub," said Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG, during the announcement in Erlangen. "The urban development design implements our objective of creating a campus of the future that will benefit our customers and employees, but also the entire area, over the long term," said Kaeser.