- Bustanica, the Dubai-based vertical farming company, requires 95% less water than a conventional plot, and yields more than 1 million kg of produce free of pesticides, herbicides and chemicals
- Siemens provided building systems and automation hardware and software from its Digital Industries and Smart Infrastructure portfolios
- Building systems, automation software and hardware are part of Siemens Xcelerator
Siemens provided automation and building technology
to the recently opened Bustanica vertical farm in Dubai, the world’s largest of
its kind. The $40 million facility is owned by Emirates Crop One, a joint venture
between Emirates Flight Catering, one of the world’s largest catering
operations serving more than 100 airlines, and Crop One Holdings Inc., an
industry leader in technology-driven indoor vertical farming.
- New seven-year energy performance contract extension signed between Siemens and Australia’s Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC)
- Technology and services from Siemens Xcelerator enabled the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground to achieve north of A$5m savings in energy costs over seven years
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 50,089 tons over same period (equivalent to taking around 10,000 cars off the road)
Australia’s
home of sport, the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has, over a seven-year
period, achieved higher than expected energy, cost and emissions savings under an
energy performance contract (EPC) between Siemens and the Melbourne Cricket
Club (MCC).
- ETH Zurich runs unique research project on automation and energy supply for buildings in different climate zones
- Project includes one-of-a-kind artificial sun
- Siemens supplies digital building technologies, part of Siemens Xcelerator, for lab
ETH Zurich,
one of the world’s most renowned universities, has just opened a unique
research facility: the Zero Carbon Building Systems (ZCBS) Lab. It allows research
into the behavior of building components and systems in different climate
zones. The new building, located on the university campus in Zurich, comprises
two floors with different test cells, climate chambers, and experimentation
rooms. As part of its existing industrial partnership with ETH Zurich, Siemens
has equipped the new research facility with state-of-the-art digital building technologies,
including for building operations and management. The technologies are part of
the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
The pump and drive system-OEMs team up through
their IoT-platforms for enhanced pump operations
- Contracts include state-of-the-art
rail electrification technologies for the Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 and the Surat
Metro Phase 1
- Siemens
to provide project management, and deliver rail electrification technologies,
including advanced power supply and distribution systems
- Siemens
Mobility further strengthens its’ footprints in India & supports country’s
sustainable transformation
Siemens Mobility, as part of
a consortium with Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, received two separate orders from
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRCL) for the Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2
and for the Surat Metro Phase 1. Both cities are in the western state of
Gujarat. Siemens Mobility’s share as part of the consortium is worth
approximately €75 million.
- Siemens Arts Program engaging for first time in Alexandria, Egypt, with a production of Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni”
- German-Egyptian education project set to provide fresh momentum for opera tradition in Alexandria
- Don Giovanni premiering at Bibliotheca Alexandrina on May 18, 2023
Siemens
intends to further expand its cultural commitment in Egypt and is supporting an
exceptional opera production in Alexandria for the first time. Together with
the German cultural institution Goethe-Institut, the Egyptian conductor Nayer Nagui
and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina library, the Siemens Arts Program is making the
Egyptian premiere of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” possible. The performance will
take place at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina at 7 p.m.
on Thursday, May 18, 2023.
- The two companies are developing a new systems engineering and asset management combined software solution to support traceability and sustainable product development – linking domains including mechanical, electronics, electrical and software engineering
Siemens Digital
Industries Software and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today
announced they are expanding their long-term partnership by collaborating to
develop a combined software solution integrating their respective offerings for systems
engineering, service lifecycle management and asset
management.
- Siemens, Bausch+Ströbel, Bosch Rexroth, CADENAS, Festo, HARTING, SICK, Phoenix Contact, and WAGO use the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) to exchange digital twins in engineering
- Defined AAS standard is crucial for the interoperable and efficient exchange of digital twin data
- At Hannover Messe, partners demonstrate a specific application with machinery manufacturer Bausch+Ströbel
- Collaboration in an open ecosystem from component manufacturer to the customer
At Hannover Messe 2023, Siemens, Bausch+Ströbel,
Bosch Rexroth, CADENAS, Festo, HARTING, SICK, Phoenix Contact, and WAGO jointly
demonstrate how the Asset Administration Shell standard can be implemented in
practice. The companies have exchanged digital twin data according to the AAS
standard and evaluated the added value based on a specific application with
machinery manufacturer Bausch+Ströbel. In doing so, the nine partners thus made
the interoperable digital twin based on an Asset Administration Shell from the
component manufacturer to the customer possible for the first time.
- Siemens and FREYR Battery (“FREYR”) to cooperate on large-scale and sustainable battery production as part of Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform
- FREYR will use the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, including Siemens Industrial Operations X software and hardware to design and operate the planned gigafactories in Norway and the U.S.
- Siemens, NVIDIA, and AWS create immersive industrial metaverse experience of FREYR gigafactory by combining real and digital worlds
Siemens and FREYR announced a strategic partnership today
at Hannover Messe. Siemens will become FREYR’s preferred supplier in automation
and digitalization technology, enabling FREYR to scale-up production, and maximize
its plant and energy efficiency.
- Samotics joins Siemens Xcelerator partner ecosystem with its leading monitoring system for AC motors and rotating equipment based on electrical signature analysis (ESA) technology
- ESA technology has been integrated into NXpower Monitor, delivering asset health and energy efficiency insights for electric-driven equipment
- ESA will extend NXpower Monitor’s capabilities to deliver an end-to-end asset monitoring offering for the entire energy distribution system
Siemens Smart
Infrastructure has integrated electrical signature analysis (ESA) from Samotics
into NXpower Monitor, its industry-leading digital caretaker for electrical
networks. Using ESA and machine learning, Samotics provides real-time
actionable insights to help global industrial companies eliminate industrial
energy waste and unplanned downtime. This new capability leverages the
ecosystem of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform that enables
customers to accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster, and at
scale.