HTM (Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij) has ordered 40 trams from Siemens for the network of the city of The Hague. They are intended to replace part of the existing high-floor vehicles of type GTL 8. In March 2014, HTM ordered other 20 Avenio trams.
On November 2, 2015, the Dutch tram operator HTM, started the passenger services with brand new Siemens trams in The Hague, Netherlands. The first Avenio will run on line 2.
For Dutch tram operator HTM, today marks the start of passenger services with brand new Siemens trams in The Hague, Netherlands. The first Avenio will run on line 2, which connects the western suburb of Kraayenstein with Leidschendam in the northeast via The Hague's main station. The Siemens trams will also gradually progress to operating on lines 1, 9, 15 and 17, with test runs already being conducted on the next route earmarked for Avenio, line 11. HTM has ordered a total of 60 Avenio trams from Siemens.
- Further ten Vectron AC and eleven Vectron MS
- Three locomotives have just been delivered
- MRCE owns 56 Vectron locomotives
The locomotive leasing and service company Mitsui Rail Capital Europe B.V. (MRCE) has ordered 21 additional Vectron locomotives from Siemens. Ten of these locomotives are of the AC version for operation in Germany and Austria. The other eleven locomotives are equipped as multi-system locomotives and will be operated in Germany, Austria and Italy. All Vectron locomotives will be manufactured in the Munich-Allach locomotive production plant. The first three locomotives were pre-produced and have already been handed over to MRCE by Siemens. With this new order MRCE will now own a fleet of 56 Vectron locomotives.
- Construction nearly complete by turn of the year
- Opening ceremony of new headquarters in summer of 2016
- Lighthouse project for Siemens Real Estate
Construction of the new Siemens headquarters building at Wittelsbacherplatz in Munich is now virtually complete. When it opens its doors in 2016, the building will provide a modern, inspiring work environment for up to 1,200 employees on roughly 45,000 square meters of above-ground floor space. Environmental friendliness and energy efficiency are playing a key role: the new building will meet the world's highest sustainability standards.
- Percentage of women at top two management levels to be increased
- Percentage of women on Siemens' Managing Board – currently two of seven members – to be at least maintained
- Quota of 30 percent women on the Supervisory Board already fulfilled
Siemens AG intends to further increase the percentage of women in its top management positions. For both of the company's top two management levels in Germany, the share is to be raised to 10 percent by the end of June 2017. For the company's Managing Board, the Siemens Supervisory Board has set the target of at least maintaining the status quo until June 30, 2017. Two women – Lisa Davis and Janina Kugel – are currently members of the seven-member Managing Board. With six female members – Bettina Haller, Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Güler Sabancı, Birgit Steinborn, Nathalie von Siemens and Sibylle Wankel – the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG already fulfills the statutory gender quota of 30 percent women.
- Company provides practical support and donations totaling around €2 million
- Paid leave of up to five days a year for voluntary helpers with certain qualifications
- Internships to be offered at additional locations
- Establishment of special classes for refugees planned
- Further facilities to be made available for enabling municipalities to provide accommodations to refugees
Together with its employees, Siemens is launching a multi-stage, long-term program for integrating refugees in Germany. For this purpose, the company is quickly providing donations worth a total of €1 million. This will be supplemented by practical support worth an equivalent amount.
- CO2 emissions to be cut 50 percent as early as 2020
- €100 million investment in improving energy efficiency
- Annual savings of €20 million expected
Siemens aims to be the world's first major industrial company to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030. The company plans to cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – which currently total about 2.2 million metric tons a year – in half by as early as 2020. To achieve these goals, Siemens will invest some €100 million over the next three years in order to reduce the energy footprint of its production facilities and buildings.
- 10,661 of 12,000 outstanding warrants will be furnished with option rights exclusively relating to Siemens shares
- The transaction will result in additional option rights relating to roughly 960,000 Siemens shares
Siemens has accepted the exchange offers submitted by institutional investors of bonds with warrants issued in 2012. The exchange offer started on August 26, 2015, and expired on September 11, 2015. In total, Siemens has accepted for exchange 5,236 warrants of the 2019 tranche and 5,425 warrants of the 2017 tranche. The financial result of the exchange is a replacement of option rights relating to Osram shares incorporated in these warrants with option rights to additional Siemens shares. Each new warrant gives a holder the right to subscribe to 1,902.0024 Siemens shares against payment of the exercise price of €187,842.81. This corresponds to an additional 90.0675 Siemens shares per warrant. The old warrants submitted for exchange will be cancelled.
- Recognized with top marks in nine categories in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- Company scores 90 out of 100 points
Siemens has again been recognized as one of the most sustainable companies in its industry. Each year, the investment company RobecoSAM compiles the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) – the world's most renowned ranking of its kind – for Dow Jones, a provider of financial market indices. In this year's DJSI, Siemens ranks among the leaders by taking second place in the Industrial Conglomerates area, which comprises 43 companies, including General Electric, 3M, Philips and Toshiba.
- Offer addressed to institutional investors in the bonds with warrants issued in February 2012 with a volume of US$3 billion
- High complexity of warrants since Osram spin-off can be eliminated.
Siemens is inviting institutional investors in the bonds with warrants issued in February 2012 to participate in an exchange offer. Since the effective date of the Osram spin-off in July 2013, the warrants entitle their holders to receive, upon exercise, Siemens shares and additionally shares of Osram Licht AG. As a result, the warrants are now more complex for both investors as well as Siemens. The exchange offer aims to allow the involved parties to again furnish the warrants ‒ in accordance with their terms and conditions for the rest of their lifetime ‒ with subscription rights exclusively relating to Siemens shares.