- Hydrogen generation plant with electrical capacity of 8.75 megawatts opened in Wunsiedel
- Facility to generate 1,350 tons of hydrogen a year and cut CO2 emissions by about 13,500 tons
- Opening attended by Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder and Siemens Managing Board member Matthias Rebellius
- Siemens is technology and financing partner
In Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia,
one of Germany’s largest green hydrogen generation plants has been planned
digitally and commissioned by Siemens, demonstrating the key role hydrogen can
play in Germany’s energy future.
Around
one year after the official groundbreaking ceremony, Bavaria’s Minister-President
Markus Söder, Siemens Managing Board member Matthias Rebellius and Siemens Financial
Services CEO Veronika Bienert handed over the plant to the operating company
WUN H2, represented by Managing Directors Thilo Rießner and Philipp Matthes.
- Siemens empowers world premiere of the Opera Namibia project Chief Hijangua in Windhoek
- Opera staged by a multinational team of artists from Namibia, Germany and South Africa
On September 9,
2022, an ensemble of artists from Namibia, Germany and South Africa presented at the National Theatre of
Namibia the premier performance of Namibia’s very first opera in the country’s capital, Windhoek. Chief Hijangua is a celebration of a bilingual and intercultural exchange on the dramatic
history that Namibia and Germany shared during colonial times and is sung in Otjiherero – one of Namibia’s
national languages – and German.
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More than 1,300
apprentices and university students in work-study programs begin careers at
Siemens locations across Germany in 2022
- Focus on personalized
skill development
- Training program
for digital-transformation qualifications expanded again
- Siemens invests
€160 million a year in training programs
This year, as
in 2021, more than 1,300 apprentices and university students in work-study
programs will begin their work lives at Siemens locations across Germany. These
traineeships include 800 positions at Siemens AG, 190 at Siemens Mobility,
and 130 at Siemens Healthineers. In addition, 200 trainees from the company’s external
partners are also beginning training programs offered by Siemens Professional
Education. More than half of the overall number of traineeships are in work-study
programs for university students. Siemens has one of the private sector’s
largest and most innovative job training programs worldwide
and invests €160 million a year in this area.
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The global
charitable organization Siemens Caring Hands will provide $250,000 to Unlimited
Tomorrow Global Initiative to secure prostheses for victims in Ukraine
- Siemens
software is used for the personalized development and 3D printing of
prostheses, enabling delivery directly to victims in the Ukraine
The war in
Ukraine has produced numerous amputation victims. In total, more than 10,000
prostheses are needed in the country. To help those affected who have lost one
or more limbs, Unlimited Tomorrow Global Initiative (UTGI) has launched a
fundraising initiative in partnership with Singularity
Group to deliver 100 of its personalized TrueLimb prostheses to Ukraine.
Siemens Caring Hands is contributing to the initiative through an initial
$250,000 donation, which will cover the costs for 25 victims.
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New
leadership appointments effective October 1, 2022
- Jenny
Bofinger, currently head of Sustainability, will join the board of the newly
formed International Sustainability Standards Board
Siemens AG
today announced new leadership appointments in its Sustainability and Investor Relations
departments, effective October 1. Eva Riesenhuber (49), currently head of Investor
Relations, will assume the role of global head of Sustainability and Eva
Scherer (38), currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Rail
Infrastructure and Software Business Units at Siemens Mobility, is appointed
head of Investor Relations.
- Orders climbed to €22.0 billion (Q3 2021: €20.5 billion), with substantial growth at Digital Industries and Smart Infrastructure
- Since start of fiscal year, orders grew 20 percent on a comparable basis to €67.2 billion (Q1-Q3 2021: €52.3 billion)
- In Q3, revenue increased by 4 percent on a comparable basis to €17.9 billion (Q3 2021: €16.1 billion)
- Profit Industrial Business surged 27 percent to €2.9 billion (Q3 2021: €2.3 billion)
- Net loss of €1.5 billion (Q3 2021: net income of €1.5 billion) impacted by €2.7 billion impairment of stake in Siemens Energy
- Outstanding Free cash flow at Group level of €2.3 billion
- Outlook adjusted only due to impairment of Siemens Energy stake
Siemens made
significant progress as a focused technology company in the third quarter
(ended June 30, 2022). The company leveraged growth opportunities in
many key markets despite a continuing complex macroeconomic environment influenced
by economic sanctions on Russia, high inflation and effects associated with the
coronavirus pandemic. In addition, Siemens continued to avoid larger
disruptions due to supply chain risks associated with electronics components,
raw materials and logistics.
- Audit Committee recommends proposing to 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting that PwC be elected independent auditors for fiscal 2024
- Comprehensive tendering process in accordance with current European legal norms
- Audit contract with PwC can be extended by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting annually only through fiscal 2033
The Audit Committee
of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG has decided to recommend that the
Supervisory Board propose to the shareholders at the Annual Shareholders’
Meeting in 2024 the election of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH,
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, as independent auditors of Siemens’ financial
statements for fiscal 2024 (start: October 1, 2023). This recommendation is the
result of intensive discussions between the Supervisory Board, the Audit
Committee and the Managing Board of Siemens AG and of a comprehensive tendering
process in accordance with current European legal norms.
- Smart Infrastructure completes acquisition of Brightly, a leader in
cloud-based asset and maintenance management software
- Acquisition puts Siemens in pole position to address fast-growing software
market for buildings and built infrastructure
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI), the frontrunner in digital buildings, has
completed the acquisition of Brightly Software, a leading U.S.-based software-as-a-service
(SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions. The acquisition elevates
SI to a leading position in the software market for buildings and built
infrastructure. It adds Brightly’s well-established cloud-based capabilities across
key sectors – education, public infrastructure, healthcare, and manufacturing –
to Siemens’ digital and software know-how in buildings. Brightly’s addition to
the Siemens portfolio accelerates the build-up of SI’s SaaS business, enabling
the companies to deliver superior performance and sustainability for built
infrastructure.
- Long-term accommodations for 160 people at Siemens headquarters in Warsaw
- First Ukrainian refugees have already moved in
- Siemens Caring Hands e.V. as a strong partner in fight against global
On the
grounds of its company headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Siemens has opened a
center for refugees from Ukraine. To make this step possible, the company has
been renovating and remodeling large parts of the building since early March
2022. A variety of accommodations – ranging from rooms for families and for
childcare all the way to sanitary facilities – have been set up on about 2,600 square
meters of floor space. These accommodations have been designed to be suitable
for long-term residence. Siemens Caring Hands e.V. used donations primarily
made by Siemens employees to finance the remodeling work. Since July 12,
Siemens has been making these facilities available free of charge to Warsaw’s
municipal authorities, who are taking care of operating the center. The first group
of Ukrainian refugees has already moved in.